Marco Curto

Marco Curto
Curto in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-05) 5 January 1999 (age 27)
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 5 (0)
2014 Italy U16 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.

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.

On 11 January 2019, he was loaned to Reggina.

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

On 18 August 2020, he signed with Südtirol.

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

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

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.

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. It was not.

On 25 July 2025, Curto signed with Empoli in Serie B.

Career statistics

As of match played 6 April 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Empoli 2017–18 Serie B 00———00
2018–19 Serie A 00———00
Total 00———00
Reggina (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 0000——00
Virtus Verona (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 19020——210
Südtirol 2020–21 Serie C 31010—30350
2021–22 30170—10381
2022–23 Serie B 34210—30382
Total 95390—701113
Como (loan) 2023–24 Serie B 25000——250
Cesena (loan) 2024–25 Serie B 12230——150
Sampdoria (loan) 2024–25 Serie B 90———90
Career total 160512000701795
  1. ↑ Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C
  2. ↑ Appearances in Serie C – Promotion play-offs
  3. ↑ Six appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C, one appearance in Coppa Italia
  4. ↑ Appearance in Supercoppa di Serie C
  5. ↑ Appearances in Serie B – Promotion play-offs

Honours

Südtirol

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. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 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.
  13. ↑ "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.