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Giuseppe Scurto
Personal information
Date of birth	5 January 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth	Alcamo, Italy
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Torino Primavera (youth coach)
Youth career
	Sampdoria
2002–2004	Roma
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2005	Roma
2005–2007	Chievo
2007–2009	Treviso
2009–2011	Triestina
2012–2013	Juve Stabia
International career
2000	Italy U15
2002	Italy U18
2002–2003	Italy U19
2005–2006	Italy U20
2006–2007	Italy U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giuseppe Scurto (born 5 January 1984) is an Italian former football player and current coach who played as a defender. He is in charge of Torino Primavera.

Club career

Scurto made his Serie A debut with A.S. Roma on 7 November 2004, in a 1–1 away draw against A.C. Milan. He joined Chievo in 2005 for €250,000^[1] and Chievo bought the remain 50% rights for €100,000 on 20 June 2007.^[2] However, in July Scurto was sold to Treviso for about €1.7 million.^[3] In 2009, he moved to Triestina. In June 2011 he terminated his contract with Triestina, but under FIGC rule, he would effectively become a free agent in winter window.

He retired in 2012 after a short-lived stint at Juve Stabia due to persistent physical issues.^[4]

International career

Scurto was capped for Italy at every youth level, and was called up to UEFA U-21 Championship 2006.

Coaching career

Following his early retirement, Scurto was offered a coaching role as head of the Berretti Under-19 team at Juve Stabia, which he accepted;^[4] he then left Juve Stabia in July 2013 to accept an offer as head of the Allievi Nazionali Under-17 team at Palermo.^[4]

In July 2017 he was promoted as head of the Primavera Under-19 team,^[5] with whom he won the inaugural season of both the Campionato Primavera 2 and the Supercoppa Primavera 2.^[6] On his first season in charge of the club at the Campionato Primavera 1 level, he managed to keep Palermo in the top flight; he left the club by the end of the season after his contract expired.

On 15 July 2019, he was announced as new Primavera coach of Trapani.^[7] He left Trapani in August 2020 to move to SPAL as their new Primavera coach.^[8] After one season at SPAL, Scurto then agreed to return to Roma as their new Under-18 youth coach.^[9]

In June 2022, Scurto left Roma to sign for Torino as the new coach in charge of the Torino Primavera youth team.^[10]

Honours

Player

Italy U19

2003 UEFA U-19 Championship

Manager

Palermo

Supercoppa Primavera 2: 2018
Campionato Primavera 2: 2018

References

^ "Chiusura della campagna trasferimenti: operazioni di mercato perfezionate in data odierna" (PDF) (in Italian). AS Roma. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
^ "OPERAZIONI RELATIVE AI DIRITTI PLURIENNALI ALLE PRESTAZIONI SPORTIVE DEI CALCIATORI" (PDF) (in Italian). AS Roma. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
^ Treviso FBC 1993 srl Report and Accounts on 30 June 2008 (in Italian)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Palermo, gli Allievi Nazionali saranno guidati da Giuseppe Scurto" (in Italian). Tutto Juve Stabia. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
^ "Ufficiale – Palermo: Scurto nuovo allenatore della Primavera" (in Italian). Stadionews.it. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
^ "Primavera, Scurto: "Stagione formidabile, straordinario aver vinto campionato e Supercoppa"" (in Italian). Mediagol.it. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
^ "TMW - Trapani, panchina Primavera a Scurto. U-17 per Aronica" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
^ "PRESENTATO GIUSEPPE SCURTO NEO ALLENATORE PRIMAVERA SPAL" (in Italian). S.P.A.L. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^ "Giuseppe Scurto torna a Trigoria: allenerà la Roma Under 18" (in Italian). Il Romanista. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^ "Torino, c'è la firma di Giuseppe Scurto: sarà il nuovo allenatore della Primavera granata" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.

External links

http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/2008/calcio/Players/player_p188648.shtml

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