page_title: Luis Muriel
section_title: Senior team
hierarchical_section_title: Luis Muriel / International career / Senior team
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Чемпионат мира по футболу 2018, 1/8 финала, Колумбия - Англия. Луис Мурьель готовится исполнить послематчевый удар в серии пенальти English: FIFA World Cup 2018, Round of 16, Colombia vs. England. Luis Muriel before his penalty kick during the shoot-out
context_page_description: Luis Fernando Muriel Fruto is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Atalanta and the Colombian national team.
  Having started his professional career with Colombian side Deportivo Cali, Muriel joined Udinese. His first two seasons at the club saw him loaned out to Granada and Lecce respectively before returning to the club in 2012, during which year he won the Serie A Best Young Revelation award alongside Stephan El Shaarawy. After scoring 15 league goals in 57 appearances, Muriel joined fellow Serie A side Sampdoria in January 2015. He spent two-and-a-half seasons with the club, scoring 21 goals in 79 league appearances before joining Sevilla in 2017. In January 2019, he was sent back to Italy on loan with Fiorentina. In June 2019, Muriel signed for Serie A side Atalanta for a reported €18m.
  Muriel is currently a Colombian international having represented his nation at a full international level since 2012. He made his senior debut in June 2012, in a World Cup qualifying match against Ecuador and scored his first goal the following year, netting against Guatemala.
context_section_description: Muriel was called up to the senior side for the first time in 2012 by new manager José Pékerman and made his debut in a 1–0 World Cup qualifier loss to Ecuador on 10 June. He scored his first goal the following year, scoring in a friendly against Guatemala on 6 February 2013. The following year, he was one of seven players cut from Colombia's extended squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. He was a member of Colombia's squad for the 2015 Copa América but was overlooked for the Copa América Centenario the following year.
  In May 2018 he was named in Colombia's preliminary 35 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He featured sporadically as Colombia reached the Round of 16 where they were eliminated following a penalty shoot-out defeat to England.
  The following summer, Muriel was included in the 23-man Colombia squad for the 2019 Copa América in Brazil.
caption: Muriel stepping up to take a penalty kick during Colombia's penalty shoot-out defeat to England at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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