Alessandro Murgia
Alessandro Murgia (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro ˈmurdʒa]; born 9 August 1996) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club SPAL.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alessandro Murgia | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | SPAL | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2016 | Lazio | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Lazio | 31 | (2) |
| 2019 | → SPAL (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2019– | SPAL | 25 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | Italy U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2014 | Italy U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Italy U21 | 14 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:42, 19 August 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 March 2019 | |||
Club career
Lazio
Murgia made his debut for Lazio in the 2016–17 season on 17 September 2016 in a 3–0 home win over Pescara.[1] He scored his first goal for the club on 23 October 2016 in a 2–2 away draw against Torino.[2]
On 13 August 2017, Murgia scored the winning goal of the Supercoppa Italiana against Juventus with a final score of 3–2.[3] On 14 September, Murgia started in his first match in European competitions, and scored the match winner of a 3–2 away victory over Vitesse in Lazio's first match of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.[4]
International career
Murgia made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 1 September 2017, in a friendly 3–0 loss against Spain.
Personal life
Murgia is a brother in-law to footballer Andrea Bertolacci who married his sister, Nicole, who is an actress.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played on 2 August 2020[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lazio | 2016–17 | Serie A | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 2 | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 49 | 4 | ||
| SPAL (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| SPAL | 2019–20 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 28 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
| Career totals | 71 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 92 | 5 | ||
References
- "Alessandro Murgia Profile". www.uefa.com. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- "Serie A TIM Torino-Lazio 2-2, il tabellino" (in Italian). 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- "Murgia: 'Lazio deserved this'". Football Italia. 13 August 2017.
- "EL: Lazio thriller sinks Vitesse". Football Italia. 14 September 2017.
- "UFFICIALE: Lazio, Murgia in prestito alla SPAL" (in Italian). Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- "ALESSANDRO MURGIA E' BIANCAZZURRO!" (in Italian). spalferrara.it. 30 January 2019.
- "UFFICIALE: Lazio, ceduto Murgia a titolo definitivo alla SPAL". Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- "Bertolacci si sposa con Nicole: tra gli invitati Florenzi, Romagnoli, Cerci e Perin" (in Italian). sport.ilmessaggero.it. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- Alessandro Murgia at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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