Robert Murić (born 12 March 1996) is a Croatian professional

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who plays for Turkish club

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, as a

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Club career

Murić played youth football in Croatia for Lepoglava, Schiedel Novi Golubovec, Ivančica Ivanec, Zagorec Krapina and

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

. In January 2014 he was linked with a transfer to English club

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. In June 2014 he signed a four-year contract with Dutch club

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, effective from 1 July 2014. Dinamo Zagreb claimed that the contract between Murić and Ajax was not valid, and that he remained their player. In July 2014 Murić was awarded squad number 18 by Ajax for the forthcoming season. He played for

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in the

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for the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons. He spent the 2016–17 season on loan at Italian club

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. In August 2017 he signed a five-year contract with Portuguese club

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. In February 2019 he returned to Croatia and signed a two-and-a-half year contract with

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football, football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top ...

. In June 2022 he signed for Turkish club

International career

Murić has played for the Croatia under-17 team, for whom he played at the

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, as well as the

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. He also played for the under-19 team. On 25 March 2019, Murić made his debut with Croatia U21 in the match against Italy U21. He took part with the U21 team in the

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2019) was the 22nd edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship (25th edition if the Under-23 era is also included), the biennial international youth football ch ...

Career statistics

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb * 1. HNL: 2013–14 Rijeka *

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* 1996 births Living people AFC Ajax players Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatian expatriate men's footballers Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Croatian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Croatian Football League players Croatian men's footballers Delfino Pescara 1936 players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Footballers from Varaždin HNK Rijeka players Jong Ajax players Konyaspor footballers Liga Portugal 2 players Men's association football wingers S.C. Braga players Serie A players Süper Lig players {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub