Alessandro Murgia

Alessandro Murgia
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-08-09) 9 August 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hermannstadt
(on loan from SPAL)
Number 16
Youth career
2001–2012 CS Colombo
2012–2016 Lazio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Lazio 31 (2)
2019 → SPAL (loan) 15 (0)
2019– SPAL 67 (1)
2021–2022 → Perugia (loan) 4 (0)
2023– → Hermannstadt (loan) 44 (4)
International career
2014 Italy U18 4 (0)
2014–2015 Italy U19 4 (0)
2017–2019 Italy U21 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2024

Alessandro Murgia (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro ˈmurdʒa]; born 9 August 1996) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Hermannstadt, on loan from Serie C Group B club SPAL.

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]

Loan to SPAL

On 30 January 2019, Murgia joined to Serie A club SPAL on loan until 30 June 2019.[5][6]

SPAL

On 12 July 2019, Murgia joined SPAL after 6-month loan, he signed until 2024.[7]

Loan to Perugia

On 31 August 2021, he joined Perugia on loan.[8]

Hermannstadt

On 9 August 2023, Murgia joined Romanian Superliga club Hermannstadt on loan.[9]

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.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played on 21 December 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental 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 9 1 1 1 27 2
2018–19 1 0 0 0 3 0 — 4 0
Total 31 2 5 0 12 1 1 1 49 4
SPAL (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 15 0 — — — 15 0
SPAL 2019–20 25 0 3 1 — — 28 1
2020–21 Serie B 23 1 4 0 — — 27 1
2021–22 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
2022–23 18 0 2 0 — — 20 0
Total 82 1 10 1 — — 92 2
Perugia (loan) 2021–22 Serie B 4 0 — — — 4 0
Hermannstadt (loan) 2023–24 Liga I 24 1 4 0 — — 28 1
2024–25 20 3 1 0 — — 21 3
Total 44 4 5 0 — — 49 4
Career total 161 7 20 1 12 1 1 1 194 10

Honours

Lazio

References

  1. ^ "Alessandro Murgia Profile". www.uefa.com. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Serie A TIM Torino-Lazio 2-2, il tabellino" (in Italian). 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Murgia: 'Lazio deserved this'". Football Italia. 13 August 2017.
  4. ^ "EL: Lazio thriller sinks Vitesse". Football Italia. 14 September 2017.
  5. ^ "UFFICIALE: Lazio, Murgia in prestito alla SPAL" (in Italian). Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  6. ^ "ALESSANDRO MURGIA E' BIANCAZZURRO!" (in Italian). spalferrara.it. 30 January 2019. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  7. ^ "UFFICIALE: Lazio, ceduto Murgia a titolo definitivo alla SPAL". Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  8. ^ "UFFICIALE! MURGIA AL PERUGIA- MELCHIORRI ALLA SPAL" (in Italian). Perugia. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  9. ^ "BINE AI VENIT LA FCH & LA MULȚI ANI, ALESSANDRO MURGIA!" [WELCOME TO FCH & HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALESSANDRO MURGIA!] (in Romanian). fchermannstadt.ro. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ Alessandro Murgia at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 March 2018.