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Roberto Biancu
Personal information
Full name Roberto Biancu
Date of birth (2000-01-19) 19 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Sassari, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Olbia
Number 19
Youth career
Cagliari
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Cagliari 1 (0)
2017–Olbia (loan) 78 (6)
International career
2016 Italy U16 5 (1)
2016–2017 Italy U17 14 (1)
2017–2018 Italy U18 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09 July 2020

Roberto Biancu (born 19 January 2000) is an Italian football player who plays as midfielder for Olbia on loan from Cagliari.[1]

Club career

Cagliari

On 30 November 2016, at 16, Biancu made his professional debut for Cagliari as a substitute replacing Illia Briukhov in the 77th minute of a 3–0 away defeat against Sampdoria in the fourth round of Coppa Italia.[2] On 28 March 2017 he made his Serie A debut as a substitute replacing Alessandro Deiola in the 80th minute of a 2–1 home win over Milan.[3]

Loan to Olbia

On 16 August 2017, Biancu was signed by Serie C side Olbia on a season-long loan deal.[4] On 15 October he made his Serie C debut for Olbia as a substitute replacing Alessio Murgia in the 83rd minute of a 1–0 away win over Arezzo.[5] On 22 October he played his first entire match for Olbia, a 4–1 home win over Cuneo.[6] On 7 April 2018, Biancu scored his first professional goal in the 90th minute of a 4–2 home win over Livorno.[7] On 10 April he scored his second goal in the 17th minute of a 3–2 home defeat against Arezzo.[8] Biancu ended his season-long loan to Olbia with 23 appearances, 2 goals and 3 assists.[9]

On 17 July 2018, after extended his contract until 2023, his loan to Olbia was extended for another season.[10][11] On 19 September he played his first match of his second season at Olbia, a 3–2 away win over Albissola, he was replaced after 86 minutes by Antonio Martiniello.[12] On 16 December he played his first entire match of the season, a 4–0 away defeat against Novara.[13] On 17 February 2019, Bianco scored his first goal of the season in the 48th minute of a 3–1 home win over Carrarese.[14] Biancu ended his second season on loan at Olbia with 31 appearances, 1 goal and 1 assist.[9]

On 8 August 2019, Biancu returned for the third season on loan at Olbia.[15] On 25 August, Biancu played his first match of the new season, a 2–1 away win over Robur Siena, he played the entire match.[16] Two weeks later, on 8 September, he scored his first goal of the season in the 11th minute of a 3–2 away defeat against Pontedera.[17] On 26 September he scored his second goal in the 54th minute of a 4–2 away defeat against Carrarese.[18]

On 28 August 2020, the loan was renewed for yet another season.[19]

International career

Biancu represented Italy at Under-16, Under-17 and Under-18 levels. On 9 March 2016 he made his debut at U-16 level as a 55th-minute substitute replacing Fabrizio Caligara in a 1–0 away win over Netherlands U-16, two months later he scored his first goal at this level in the 66th minute of a 3–0 away win over Croatia U-16. On 24 August 2016, Biancu made his debut at U-17 level in a 2–0 home win over Bosnia and Herzegovina U-17, he was replaced by Giuseppe Iglio after 72 minutes. On 31 October 2016 he scored his first goal at U-17 level in a 2–0 win over Serbia U-17. Biancu played 5 matches in the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, he was also in the team who played the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, however Italy U-17 was eliminated at group stage. On 9 September 2017 he made his debut at Under-18 level in a 3–3 away draw against Slovenia U-18.

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 July 2020
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cagliari 2016–17 Serie A 1 0 1 0 2 0
Olbia (loan) 2017–18 Serie C 23 2 0 0 23 2
2018–19 Serie C 31 1 0 0 31 1
2019–20 Serie C 25 3 0 0 11 2
Total Olbia 65 5 0 0 65 5
Career total 66 5 1 0 66 5

References

  1. ^ Roberto Biancu at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Sampdoria vs. Cagliari - 30 November 2016 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  3. ^ "Cagliari vs. Milan - 28 May 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  4. ^ "UFFICIALE: Olbia, rinnova Pisano. E arrivano cinque innesti dal Cagliari - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  5. ^ "Arezzo vs. Olbia - 15 October 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  6. ^ "Olbia vs. Cuneo - 22 October 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  7. ^ "Olbia vs. Livorno - 7 April 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  8. ^ "Olbia vs. Arezzo - 10 April 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  9. ^ a b "Italy - R. Biancu - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  10. ^ "UFFICIALE: Cagliari, Biancu rinnova e va in prestito all'Olbia - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  11. ^ "UFFICIALE: Olbia, torna Biancu in prestito dal Cagliari - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  12. ^ "Albissola vs. Olbia - 19 September 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  13. ^ "Novara vs. Olbia - 16 December 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  14. ^ "Olbia vs. Carrarese - 17 February 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  15. ^ "UFFICIALE: Cagliari, Biancu torna in prestito all'Olbia - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  16. ^ "Robur Siena vs. Olbia - 25 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  17. ^ "Pontedera vs. Olbia - 8 September 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  18. ^ "Carrarese vs. Olbia - 26 September 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  19. ^ "Biancu in prestito dal Cagliari" (Press release) (in Italian). Olbia. 28 August 2020.