Roberto Biancu
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 January 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Sassari, Italy | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Olbia | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
Cagliari | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2022 | Cagliari | 1 | (0) |
2017–2022 | → Olbia (loan) | 144 | (15) |
2022– | Olbia | 68 | (1) |
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 4 May 2024 ‡ 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 D club Olbia.[1]
Club career
[edit]Cagliari
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 12 March 2022[1]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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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
[edit]- ^ a b Roberto Biancu at Soccerway
- ^ "Sampdoria vs. Cagliari - 30 November 2016 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Cagliari vs. Milan - 28 May 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Olbia, rinnova Pisano. E arrivano cinque innesti dal Cagliari - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "Arezzo vs. Olbia - 15 October 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Olbia vs. Cuneo - 22 October 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Olbia vs. Livorno - 7 April 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Olbia vs. Arezzo - 10 April 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Italy - R. Biancu - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Cagliari, Biancu rinnova e va in prestito all'Olbia - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Olbia, torna Biancu in prestito dal Cagliari - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "Albissola vs. Olbia - 19 September 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Novara vs. Olbia - 16 December 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Olbia vs. Carrarese - 17 February 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Cagliari, Biancu torna in prestito all'Olbia - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Robur Siena vs. Olbia - 25 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Pontedera vs. Olbia - 8 September 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Carrarese vs. Olbia - 26 September 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "Biancu in prestito dal Cagliari" (Press release) (in Italian). Olbia. 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Biancu all'Olbia" (in Italian). Cagliari. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Biancu è un giocatore dell'Olbia" (in Italian). Olbia. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Sassari
- Footballers from the Province of Sassari
- Italian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Serie A players
- Serie C players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- Olbia Calcio 1905 players
- Italy men's youth international footballers
- Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in football
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen