Nicola Murru

Nicola Murru

Country: Italy

Date of birth: 16/12/1994 (18 years old)

Place of birth: Cagliari (Italy)

Height: 1,80m

Club career: Cagliari Calcio

Current national team: Italy U-19

Position: centre back, left back

Preferred foot: left

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 2,000,000 €

Contract until: 30.06.2014

Similar type of player: Stefan Radu

Strengths:

– intercepting

– marking

– pace

– acceleration

– crossing

– teamwork

– concentration

– suitable to play in three-man defence

Style of play:

– likes to tackle

– likes overlapping runs

– commits fouls often

– clears the ball out of defence often

He is best suited to playing as:

Left back in 4-3-1-2.

Video:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k3akTUL7aACWFe4Xu0h&

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k73kycacRNkhN24Xu1I&

Achievements:

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League summary:

Serie A 2011/2012: 2 matches/0 goals (Cagliari Calcio)

Serie A 2012/2013: 13 matches/0 goals (Cagliari Calcio)

Serie A 2013/2014 (ongoing): 10 matches/0 goals (Cagliari Calcio)

Description:

Nicola is a graduate of Cagliari. In July 2011 he was promoted to first team squad. However, only made his debut on 20 December 2011, in a 0-2 home loss against Milan. However, he became “Rossoblu” first team player only this season. He is one of the biggest revelations of Serie A recently and thanks to this much stronger clubs than Cagliari, such as AC Milan or Juventus, are strongly interested in buying the talented left back, but despite that not so long ago Murru extended his contract with Cagliari. He represented Italy on U-17 and U-18 levels, now he is a member of “Squadra Azzurra” U-19 team.

Quotes:

“He is a player that already proved his potential, but still has a lot to learn.”

(Luigi Di Biagio – former Italian international, Italy U-21 coach)

Football Talent Scout potential rating:

8/10