Kyle Curinga

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Kyle Curinga
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-12-30) December 30, 1993 (age 29)
Place of birth Clearwater, Florida, United States
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
KPV
Number 12
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 Florida Atlantic Owls 8 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 GBK 50 (4)
2016 FF Jaro 21 (1)
2017 Real Monarchs 26 (2)
2018 Tampa Bay Rowdies 4 (0)
2019 Hartford Athletic 22 (0)
2020– KPV 82 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2023

Kyle Curinga (born December 30, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for KPV.

Contents

Career

College

Curinga played college soccer as a midfielder at Florida Atlantic University for a single season in 2012. [1]

Professional

Curinga moved to Finland, originally with GBK, and spent the 2016 season with FF Jaro. [2] He moved back to the United States in 2017, signing with United Soccer League side Real Monarchs in March. [3] Curinga was released by the Monarchs at the end of the 2017 season. [4]

On January 9, 2018, Curinga was signed by his hometown team, the Tampa Bay Rowdies. [5] Curinga had trialed with the Rowdies in early 2017, starting in the team's first preseason match of the year against VfL Wolfsburg as part of the 2017 Florida Cup. [6]

On 30 January 2019, Curinga joined USL Championship expansion club Hartford Athletic. [7]

Ahead of the 2020 season, Curinga joined Finnish team KPV. [8] He scored his first goal in a 2020 Finnish Cup group stage match vs. FF Jaro on February 8, 2020. [9]

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References

  1. "Florida Atlantic bio". FAUSports.com. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  2. "FF Jaro bio". FFJaro.fi. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  3. "2017 Monarchs Dossier: Kyle Curinga". RSLSoapbox.com. March 18, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  4. "Hoffman, Velasquez Lead Monarchs Returnees". USLSoccer.com. November 28, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  5. "Tampa Bay Rowdies Sign Tampa Bay Native Kyle Curinga". RowdiesSoccer.com. January 9, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  6. "Rowdies Beaten 2-0 By VfL Wolfsburg In Florida Cup Opener". RowdiesSoccer.com. January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  7. "Hartford Athletic Adds Five Players". HartfordAthletic.com. 30 January 2019.
  8. "KPV vahvisti puolustustaan kahdella pelaajalla". www.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  9. "Jaro vs. KPV - 8 February 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.