Robert Murić

Robert Murić (born 12 March 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Croatian club Rijeka, as a winger.

Robert Murić
Murić playing for Croatia U19 in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996[1]
Place of birth Varaždin, Croatia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Rijeka
Number 18
Youth career
2002–2005 Lepoglava
2006–2007 Schiedel Novi Golubovec
2007–2008 Ivančica Ivanec
2009–2011 Zagorec Krapina
2011–2014 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Ajax 2 (0)
2014–2017 Jong Ajax 48 (15)
2016–2017 → Pescara (loan) 5 (1)
2017–2019 Braga B 18 (2)
2019– Rijeka 50 (11)
National team‡
2012–2013 Croatia U17 7 (3)
2015 Croatia U19 3 (0)
2019– Croatia U21 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:58, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 June 2019

Club career

Murić played youth football in Croatia for Lepoglava, Schiedel Novi Golubovec, Ivančica Ivanec, Zagorec Krapina and Dinamo Zagreb.[2][3]

In January 2014 he was linked with a transfer to English club Manchester United.[4]

In June 2014 he signed a four-year contract with Dutch club Ajax, effective from 1 July 2014.[5] Dinamo Zagreb claimed that the contract between Murić and Ajax was not valid, and that he remained their player.[6] In July 2014 Murić was awarded squad number 18 by Ajax for the forthcoming season.[7] He played for Jong Ajax in the Eerste Divisie for the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons.[1]

He spent the 2016–17 season on loan at Italian club Pescara.[1]

In August 2017 he signed a five-year contract with Portuguese club Braga.[8]

In February 2019 he returned to Croatia and signed a 2.5 year contract with HNK Rijeka.[9]

International career

Murić has played for the Croatia under-17 team,[1] for whom he played at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup,[10] as well as the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.[11] He also played for the under-19 team.[1] On 25 March 2019, Murić made his debut with Croatia U21 in the match against Italy U21.[12] He took part with the U21 team in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Career statistics
As of 23 January 2021.[13]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Ajax 2014–15 Jupiler League 174––234
2015–16 288––288
2016–17 10––10
2017–18 20––20
Total 481300004813
Ajax 2015–16 Eredivisie 20––20
Pescara (loan) 2016–17 Serie A 5110–61
Braga B 2017–18 LigaPro 80––80
2018–19 102––102
Total 1820000182
Rijeka 2018–19 1. HNL 16311–174
2019–20 2464[lower-alpha 1]33[lower-alpha 2]13110
2020–21 1021051163
Total 501164826417
Career total 12326748213832
  1. One appearance in Croatian Super Cup and three in Croatian Football Cup.
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League.

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

Rijeka

References
  1. Robert Murić at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. "Comet database" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  3. Branko Stipković (2 January 2015). "Murić: 'Pregovori s Dinamom su bili napeti, ali nisam bio nekorektan!'" (in Croatian). Jutarnji List. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  4. "Transfer news: Manchester United could attempt to sign £6m-rated Dinamo Zagreb striker Robert Muric for just £300,000". The Independent. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  5. "Ajax contracteert Robert Murić" (in Dutch). AFC Ajax. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  6. "Dinamo Zagreb reageert furieus op Ajax na transfer Muric" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  7. "Rugnummers Ajax-selectie bekend" (in Dutch). AFC Ajax. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  8. "Robert Muric é reforço do Sporting de Braga". desporto.sapo.pt (in Portuguese). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  9. "Robert Murić potpisao na dvije i pol godine za Rijeku". novilist.hr (in Croatian). 5 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  10. Robert Murić – FIFA competition record
  11. Robert Murić – UEFA competition record
  12. "POVRATAK HRVATSKE U-21 U ITALIJI, HALILOVIĆ I KALAICA ZA REMI" (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  13. "R.Murić statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  14. "KRAJ U PULI: Rijeka na krilima Simona Sluge i Zorana Kvržića stigla do sedmog Kupa u povijesti!". Novilist.hr (in Croatian). 22 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.


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