Marco Curto

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Marco Curto
Marco Curto 2023.jpg
Curto in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-05) 5 January 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Sampdoria
(on loan from Como)
Youth career
–2017 AC Milan
2017–2019 Empoli
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Empoli 0 (0)
2018–2019Reggina (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2020Virtus Verona (loan) 18 (0)
2020–2024 Südtirol 101 (3)
2023–2024Como (loan) 25 (0)
2024– Como 0 (0)
2024–2025Cesena (loan) 12 (2)
2025–Sampdoria (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2014 Italy U15 [1] 5 (0)
2014 Italy U16 [2] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 April 2014

Marco Curto (born 5 January 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie B club Sampdoria on loan from Como. [3]

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Club career

Born in Naples, Curto started his career in AC Milan youth sector, before joined to Empoli on 3 July 2017. [4]

On 11 January 2019, he was loaned to Reggina. [5]

On 18 August 2020, he joined Virtus Verona on loan. [6] He made his professional debut on 25 August 2019 against Calcio Padova. [7]

On 18 August 2020, he signed with Südtirol. [8]

On 8 August 2023, Curto joined Como on loan with a conditional obligation to buy. [9]

On 23 July 2024, Curto was loaned by Cesena from Como, with an option to buy. [10]

On 7 October 2024, Curto was given a 10-match ban by FIFA, with five them of them suspended, for racially abusing Wolves forward Hwang Hee-chan in a pre-season friendly. [11]

On 24 January 2025, Curto moved on a new loan to Sampdoria, with an option to buy. He signed a contract with Sampdoria until 2028 that would be in place if the option is exercised. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Empoli 2017–18 Serie B 000000
2018–19 Serie A 000000
Total000000
Reggina (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 000000
Virtus Verona (loan) 2019–20 Serie C19020210
Südtirol 2020–21 Serie C34010350
2021–22 3017 [b] 01 [c] 0380
2022–23 Serie B37210382
Total101390101113
Como (loan) 2023–24 Serie B25000250
Career total145211000101572
  1. Includes Coppa Italia Serie C, Coppa Italia
  2. Six appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C, one appearance in Coppa Italia
  3. Appearance in Supercoppa di Serie C

Honours

Empoli

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References

  1. FIGC. "Convocazioni e presenze in campo". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. FIGC. "Convocazioni e presenze in campo". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. Marco Curto at Soccerway
  4. "UFFICIALE / Marco Curto è un nuovo giocatore dell'Empoli". SpazioMilan (in Italian). 3 July 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  5. "UFFICIALE-Mercato Reggina, prima uscita: Curto torna all'Empoli". ReggioNelPallone (in Italian). 11 January 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  6. "Mercato Südtirol, tutto confermato: arriva l'ex Virtus Verona Marco Curto". Triveneto Goal (in Italian). 18 August 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  7. "Virtus Verona vs. Calcio Padova - 25 August 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  8. "Der FC Südtirol verpflichtet Marco Curto" (Press release) (in German).
  9. "MARCO CURTO AL COMO" (Press release) (in Italian). Como. 8 August 2023.
  10. "MARCO CURTO IS A NEW PLAYER FOR CESENA FC". Cesena. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  11. "Como player banned for racist abuse of Hwang". BBC. 7 October 2024.
  12. "Curto è blucerchiato: arriva dal Como a titolo temporaneo" [Curto is a Blucerchiato: he arrives from Como on a temporary basis] (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.