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Thomas Murg

Thomas Murg
Murg playing for PAOK in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Voitsberg, Austria
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, right winger
Team information
Current team
 PAOK
Number 10
Youth career
2005–2008 Atus Bärnbach
2008 Grazer AK
2008 Sturm Graz
2009–2010 Atus Bärnbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Grazer AK 52 (13)
2012–2014 Austria Wien II 23 (13)
2012–2014 Austria Wien 19 (2)
2014–2016 Ried 40 (6)
2016–2020 Rapid Wien 122 (26)
2020– PAOK 94 (15)
International career‡
2012 Austria U17 3 (0)
2012–2013 Austria U19 14 (9)
2014–2016 Austria U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2016

Thomas Murg (German pronunciation: [ˈtoːmas ˈmʊɐ̯k];[1][2] born 14 November 1994) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a right winger for Greek Super League club PAOK.[3]

Career

Early career

Murg was born on 14 November 1994 in Voitsberg, and at age six he joined the youth academy at Atus Bärnbach, where he remained until 2010, moving on later to Sturm Graz.

Grazer and Austria Wien

Murg moved on to Grazer AK, where he made his professional debut in 2010. He stayed at the club for two years, making 49 appearances and scoring 13 goals in the Austrian lower divisions, before then making a big step up and joining Austria Wien.

There he made 19 appearances and scored two goals, playing for both the reserve and first teams, while he also won a league title in the 2012–13 season.

SV Ried

In 2014 Murg moved on to SV Ried, where his career took off. In two seasons at the club, he chalked up 44 games, eight goals, and six assists, establishing himself as one of the league's best attacking midfielders.

Rapid Wien

In January 2016 Rapid Wien signed Murg. He immediately took on a leading role in the team and has played a major part in the team's rise to prominence in recent years.

Overall, Murg made 163 appearances in a Rapid shirt, scoring 35 goals and contributing another 40 assists. [4]

PAOK

On 5 October 2020, Murg signed a four-year contract with Superleague Greece club PAOK for an estimated fee of €2.2 million.[5] In his first year for the club, he played in 35 games with 4 goals and 3 assists. His contribution in the first semifinal of the cup, against AEK, which PAOK won 1–0. The team of Thessaloniki qualified for the final, after beating AEK in the second semifinal with 2–1. With PAOK, Murg finally celebrated the Greek Cup for 2020-2021. In the final, PAOK faced OSFP and prevailed with a score of 2–1.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Austria Wien 2012–13 Austrian Bundesliga 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
2013–14 12 2 1 0 6[b] 0 19 2
Total 19 2 1 0 6 0 26 2
Ried 2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 29 3 2 0 — 31 3
2015–16 11 3 2 2 — 13 5
Total 40 6 4 2 — 44 8
Rapid Wien 2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga 7 1 1 0 2 0 10 1
2016–17 26 3 6 2 7[c] 0 39 5
2017–18 33 10 5 1 — 38 11
2018–19 32 7 5 2 11[c] 2 48 11
2019–20 20 3 1 2 — 21 5
2020–21 4 2 1 0 2[b] 0 7 2
Total 122 26 19 7 22 2 163 35
PAOK 2020–21 Super League Greece 24 2 5 1 6[c] 1 35 4
2021–22 25 4 4 0 12[d] 1 41 5
2022–23 4 0 1 0 — 5 0
2023–24 16 8 2 0 8[d] 1 26 9
Total 69 14 12 1 24 3 105 18
Career total 250 48 37 10 52 5 339 63
  1. ^ Includes Austrian Cup, Greek Football Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Grazer AK

Austria Wien

PAOK

References

  1. ^ Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 617, 835. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
  2. ^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 762, 984. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
  3. ^ Thomas Murg at Soccerway
  4. ^ "Austria Wien vs. Wolfsberger AC - 9 November 2013 - Soccerway".
  5. ^ "ΠΑΟΚ: Ανακοίνωσε τον Μουργκ". sport24.gr. 5 October 2020.
  6. ^ "ΠΑΟΚ 4Χ4 και... 1,2, 4 ως αουτσάιντερ: από 75-68 το έκανε 78-80!". Gazzetta (in Greek). 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
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