Thomas Murg (; born 14 November 1994) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a winger for Greek Super League club PAOK.

Career

Early career

Thomas Murg was born on 14 November 1994 in

Voitsberg Voitsberg () is a small city in the district of Voitsberg in Styria, Austria, with a population of c. 9,700 . It grew upon the St. Margaret church at the Tregistbach river and was first mentioned in 1220 as Civitas. Remains of the Greisenegg ...

, and at just age six he joined the youth academy at Atus Bärnbach, where he remained until 2010, moving on later to

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Grazer and Austria Vienna

He soon moved on to

Grazer AK Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletiksport Klub (in Austria the abbreviation GAK is more common), is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria (''Steiermark''). The football section used to be on ...

, where he made his professional debut in 2010. He stayed at the club for two years, making 49 appearances and scoring 13 goals in the Austrian lower divisions, before then making a big step up and joining

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. There he made 19 appearances and scored two goals, playing for both the reserve and first teams, while he also won a league title in the

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season.

SV Ried

In 2014 he moved on to

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, where his career took off. In two seasons at the club, he chalked up 44 games, eight goals, and six assists, establishing himself as one of the league's best attacking midfielders.

Rapid Wien

In January 2016

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came calling and signed him. Murg immediately took on a leading role in the team and has played a major part in the team's rise to prominence in recent years. Overall, Murg made 163 appearances in a Rapid shirt, scoring 35 goals and contributing another 40 assists.

PAOK

On 5 October 2020, Murg signed a four-year contract with Superleague Greece club PAOK for an estimated fee of €2,200,000. In his first year for the club, he played in 35 games with 4 goals and 3 assists. His contribution in the first semifinal of the

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, against

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, was important, as with his own, very beautiful foul, the team of PAOK left the match victorious with a score of 1-0. The team of Thessaloniki qualified for the final, after beating AEK in the second semifinal with 2-1. With PAOK, Murg finally celebrated the Greek Cup for 2020-2021. In the final, PAOK faced OSFP and prevailed with a score of 2-1. He was on the team mission, but did not play.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Grazer AK *

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: 2011–12 FK Austria Wien * Austrian Bundesliga:

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PAOK *

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;Runner-Up : 2021–22

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Murg, Thomas 1994 births Living people Footballers from Graz Austrian footballers Austria under-21 international footballers Austria youth international footballers Grazer AK players FK Austria Wien players SV Ried players SK Rapid Wien players PAOK FC players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Super League Greece players Austrian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Association football wingers