Thomas Murg

Thomas Murg
	Murg playing for PAOK in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	14 November 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth	Voitsberg, Austria
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Positions	Attacking midfielder; right winger;
Youth career
2005–2008	Atus Bärnbach
2008	Grazer AK
2008	Sturm Graz
2009–2010	Atus Bärnbach
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2012	Grazer AK
2012–2014	Austria Wien II
2012–2014	Austria Wien
2014–2016	Ried
2016–2020	Rapid Wien
2020–2026	PAOK
2025	→Al-Khaleej (loan)
2025–2026	PAOK B
International career‡
2012	Austria U17
2012–2013	Austria U19
2014–2016	Austria U21
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 May 2026; ‡ National team caps and goals 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 2 club PAOK B.^[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 Greek Super League 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 semi-final of the cup, against AEK Athens, 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.

Al-Khaleej (loan)

On 30 January 2025, Murg joined Al-Khaleej on a six-month loan.^[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 February 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Austria Wien	2012–13	Austrian Bundesliga	7	0	0	0	—		7	0
	2013–14	Austrian Bundesliga	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	Austrian Bundesliga	11	3	2	2	—		13	5
	Total		40	6	4	2	—		44	8
Rapid Wien	2015–16	Austrian Bundesliga	7	1	1	0	2^[b]	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		30	8	5	0	11^[d]	1	46	9
	2024–25		14	1	2	1	6^[e]	1	22	3
	Total		97	15	17	2	35	4	149	21
Career total			278	49	41	11	63	6	382	66

↑ Includes Austrian Cup, Greek Football Cup
1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Grazer AK

Austrian Regionalliga Central: 2011–12

Austria Wien

Austrian Bundesliga: 2012–13

PAOK

References

↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ Thomas Murg at Soccerway
↑ "Austria Wien vs. Wolfsberger AC - 9 November 2013 - Soccerway".
↑ "ΠΑΟΚ: Ανακοίνωσε τον Μουργκ". sport24.gr. 5 October 2020.
↑ "الخليج يتعاقد مع توماس مورغ".
↑ "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.

External links

Thomas Murg at WorldFootball.net

[7] Includes Austrian Cup, Greek Football Cup

[UCL-8] 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

[UEL-9] 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

[UECL-10] 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

[11] Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

[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.

[soccerway-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] "الخليج يتعاقد مع توماس مورغ".

[12] "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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