Marco Curto
 Curto in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Naples, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Empoli | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2013 | Benevento | ||
| 2013–2017 | AC Milan | ||
| 2017–2018 | Empoli | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Empoli | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Reggina (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Virtus Verona (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2020–2024 | Südtirol | 95 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | → Como (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Como | 0 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Cesena (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2025 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2025– | Empoli | 15 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2014 | Italy U15[1] | 5 | (0) |
| 2014 | Italy U16[2] | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 May 2026 | |||
Marco Curto (born 5 January 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie B club Empoli.[3]
Club career
Born in Naples, Curto started his career in Benevento youth sector, after he joined AC Milan youth sector in 2013, and later 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 Wolverhampton Wanderers 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 have been in place if the option was exercised.[12] It was not.
Career statistics
- As of match played 6 April 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Empoli | 2017–18 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Reggina (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virtus Verona (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 19 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| Südtirol | 2020–21 | Serie C | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 30 | 1 | 7[c] | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 38 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Serie B | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[e] | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
| Total | 95 | 3 | 9 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 111 | 3 | |||
| Como (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie B | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| Cesena (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie B | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Sampdoria (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie B | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 160 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 179 | 5 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C
- ↑ Appearances in Serie C – Promotion play-offs
- ↑ Six appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C, one appearance in Coppa Italia
- ↑ Appearance in Supercoppa di Serie C
- ↑ Appearances in Serie B – Promotion play-offs
Honours
Südtirol
References
- ↑ FIGC. "Convocazioni e presenze in campo". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ↑ FIGC. "Convocazioni e presenze in campo". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ↑ Marco Curto at Soccerway
- ↑ "UFFICIALE / Marco Curto è un nuovo giocatore dell'Empoli". SpazioMilan (in Italian). 3 July 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ↑ "UFFICIALE-Mercato Reggina, prima uscita: Curto torna all'Empoli". ReggioNelPallone (in Italian). 11 January 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ↑ "Mercato Südtirol, tutto confermato: arriva l'ex Virtus Verona Marco Curto". Triveneto Goal (in Italian). 18 August 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ↑ "Virtus Verona vs. Calcio Padova - 25 August 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ↑ "Der FC Südtirol verpflichtet Marco Curto" (Press release) (in German).
- ↑ "MARCO CURTO AL COMO" (Press release) (in Italian). Como. 8 August 2023. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ↑ "MARCO CURTO IS A NEW PLAYER FOR CESENA FC". Cesena. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ↑ "Como player banned for racist abuse of Hwang". BBC. 7 October 2024.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Marco Curto è un nuovo calciatore azzurro" [Marco Curto is a new Empoli footballer] (in Italian). Empoli FC. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
External links
- Marco Curto at WorldFootball.net
- Marco Curto at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Naples
- Italian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- AS Reggina 1914 players
- Virtus Verona players
- FC Südtirol players
- Como 1907 players
- Cesena FC players
- UC Sampdoria players
- Empoli FC players
- Italy men's youth international footballers
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
- Italian football defender stubs