Kyle Curinga

{{short description|American professional soccer player|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kyle Curinga

| image =

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|12|30}}

| birth_place = Clearwater, Florida, United States

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub = KPV

| clubnumber = 12

| collegeyears1 = 2012

| college1 = Florida Atlantic Owls

| collegecaps1 = 8

| collegegoals1 = 0

| years1 = 2014–2015 | clubs1 = GBK | caps1 = 50 | goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2016 | clubs2 = FF Jaro | caps2 = 21 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2017 | clubs3 = Real Monarchs | caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2018 | clubs4 = Tampa Bay Rowdies | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2019 | clubs5 = Hartford Athletic | caps5 = 22 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2020– | clubs6 = KPV | caps6 = 82 | goals6 = 6

| club-update = 27 November 2023

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

Career

=College=

Curinga played college soccer as a midfielder at Florida Atlantic University for a single season in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/kyle_curinga_814279.html |title=Florida Atlantic bio |publisher=FAUSports.com |accessdate=January 9, 2018}}

=Professional=

Curinga moved to Finland, originally with GBK, and spent the 2016 season with FF Jaro.{{cite web|url=http://www.ffjaro.fi/sv/laget/kyle-curinga |title=FF Jaro bio |publisher=FFJaro.fi |accessdate=January 9, 2018}} He moved back to the United States in 2017, signing with United Soccer League side Real Monarchs in March.{{cite web|url=http://www.rslsoapbox.com/real-monarchs/2017/3/18/14963962/2017-monarchs-dossier-kyle-curinga |title=2017 Monarchs Dossier: Kyle Curinga |publisher=RSLSoapbox.com |date=March 18, 2017 |accessdate=January 9, 2018}} Curinga was released by the Monarchs at the end of the 2017 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/861260 |title=Hoffman, Velasquez Lead Monarchs Returnees |publisher=USLSoccer.com |date=November 28, 2017 |accessdate=January 9, 2018}}

On January 9, 2018, Curinga was signed by his hometown team, the Tampa Bay Rowdies.{{cite news|url=http://www.rowdiessoccer.com/news_article/show/873675 |title=Tampa Bay Rowdies Sign Tampa Bay Native Kyle Curinga |newspaper=Tampa Bay Rowdies |publisher=RowdiesSoccer.com |date=January 9, 2018 |accessdate=January 9, 2018}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.rowdiessoccer.com/news_article/show/742409 |title=Rowdies Beaten 2-0 By VfL Wolfsburg In Florida Cup Opener |newspaper=Tampa Bay Rowdies |publisher=RowdiesSoccer.com |date=January 8, 2017 |accessdate=January 9, 2018}}

On 30 January 2019, Curinga joined USL Championship expansion club Hartford Athletic.{{cite web |title=Hartford Athletic Adds Five Players |url=https://www.hartfordathletic.com/news_article/show/990149 |website=HartfordAthletic.com |language=en-us |date=30 January 2019}}

Ahead of the 2020 season, Curinga joined Finnish team KPV.{{Cite web|title=KPV vahvisti puolustustaan kahdella pelaajalla|url=https://www.palloliitto.fi/jalkapallouutiset/kpv-vahvisti-puolustustaan-kahdella-pelaajalla|access-date=2021-07-08|website=www.palloliitto.fi|language=fi}} He scored his first goal in a 2020 Finnish Cup group stage match vs. FF Jaro on February 8, 2020.{{Cite web|title=Jaro vs. KPV - 8 February 2020 - Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/02/08/finland/suomen-cup/ff-jaro-js-pietarsaari--jakobstad/kpvn-juniorit/3185691/|access-date=2021-07-08|website=int.soccerway.com}}