Robert Murić

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Robert Murić
Murić playing for Croatia U19 in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Varaždin, Croatia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Slaven Belupo
Number 9
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 Jong Ajax 48 (15)
2015–2016 Ajax 2 (0)
2016–2017 → Pescara (loan) 5 (1)
2017–2019 Braga B 18 (2)
2019–2022 Rijeka 100 (28)
2022–2024 Konyaspor 44 (2)
2024– Slaven Belupo 0 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 Croatia U17 7 (3)
2015 Croatia U19 3 (0)
2019 Croatia U21 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 June 2019

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

Club career[edit]

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 two-and-a-half year contract with HNK Rijeka.[9]

In June 2022 he signed for Turkish club Konyaspor.[10] He left the club in February 2024.[11] Later that month he signed for Slaven Belupo.[12]

International career[edit]

Murić has played for the Croatia under-17 team,[1] for whom he played at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup,[13] as well as the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.[14] 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.[15] He took part with the U21 team in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[citation needed]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 26 May 2022.[16]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong Ajax 2014–15 Jupiler League 17 4 – – 23 4
2015–16 28 8 – – 28 8
2016–17 1 1 – – 1 1
2017–18 2 2 – – 2 2
Total 48 15 0 0 0 0 48 15
Ajax 2015–16 Eredivisie 2 0 – – 2 0
Pescara (loan) 2016–17 Serie A 5 1 1 0 – 6 1
Braga B 2017–18 LigaPro 8 0 – – 8 0
2018–19 10 2 – – 10 2
Total 18 2 0 0 0 0 18 2
Rijeka 2018–19 1. HNL 16 3 1 1 – 17 4
2019–20 24 6 4[a] 3 3[b] 1 31 10
2020–21 30 8 3 3 5 1 38 12
2021–22 30 11 4 1 3 0 37 12
Total 100 28 12 8 11 2 123 38
Career total 173 46 13 8 11 2 197 56
  1. ^ One appearance in Croatian Super Cup and three in Croatian Football Cup.
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League.

Honours[edit]

Dinamo Zagreb

Rijeka

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f 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. ^ Medya, Zirve. "Konyaspor'umuza hoş geldin Robert Muric". konyaspor.org.tr.
  11. ^ https://tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiId=2419546
  12. ^ "Robert Murić je novi igrač Slaven Belupa – NK Slaven Belupo". nk-slaven-belupo.hr.
  13. ^ Robert Murić – FIFA competition record (archived)
  14. ^ Robert Murić – UEFA competition record (archive)
  15. ^ "POVRATAK HRVATSKE U-21 U ITALIJI, HALILOVIĆ I KALAICA ZA REMI" (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  16. ^ "R.Murić statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  17. ^ a b "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.
  18. ^ "Croatian League HNL 2022 top assists table". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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