Nicola Murru

Nicola Murru is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Gubbio.

Club career

Born in Cagliari, Murru started his career at hometown's Cagliari. In July 2011 he was promoted to first team squad, and played his first match as a professional on 20 December, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–2 home loss against Milan.
Murru appeared in only one further match during the campaign, a 0–0 draw at Fiorentina, also from the bench. In 2012, after Alessandro Agostini's departure to Torino, he acted as a backup to Danilo Avelar. In the following year Murru appeared as first-choice, overtaking Avelar in the pecking order. On 8 October 2013, he renewed his link with the Rossoblù, until 2017.
On 1 July 2017, he joined Sampdoria.
On 17 September 2020, Murru joined Torino on loan with an option to buy.

After appearing with the under-17, under-18 and under-19's, Murru made his debut with the [Italy national Italy national under-21 football team|under-21 football team|under-21] side on 5 March 2014, in a qualifying match against Northern Ireland.
In June 2017, he was included in the Italy under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship by manager Luigi Di Biagio, but later had to withdraw from the team due to injury; he was replaced by Giuseppe Pezzella.

Cagliari