Roberto Biancu
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-19) 19 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Sassari, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Olbia
Youth career
Cagliari
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Cagliari 1 (0)
2017–2022 → Olbia (loan) 144 (15)
2022– Olbia 0 (0)
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 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 July 2020

Roberto Biancu (born 19 January 2000) is an Italian football player who plays as midfielder for Serie C Group B club Olbia.[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]

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]

On 18 August 2021, the loan was renewed once again for the 2021–22 season.[20]

On 3 July 2022, Biancu moved to Olbia on a permanent basis with a contract until June 2025.[21]

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 match played 12 March 2022[1]
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 — — 25 3
2020–21 Serie C 31 5 0 0 — — 31 5
2021–22 Serie C 29 2 0 0 — — 29 2
Total Olbia 139 13 0 0 — — 65 5
Career total 140 13 1 0 — — 141 13

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  20. ^ "Biancu all'Olbia" (in Italian). Cagliari. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  21. ^ "Biancu è un giocatore dell'Olbia" (in Italian). Olbia. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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