Giuseppe Scurto

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.

Giuseppe Scurto
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-01-05) 5 January 1984
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 Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Roma 9 (0)
2005–2007 Chievo 24 (1)
2007–2009 Treviso 68 (1)
2009–2011 Triestina 41 (1)
2012–2013 Juve Stabia 0 (0)
International career
2000 Italy U15 9 (0)
2002 Italy U18 2 (0)
2002–2003 Italy U19 4 (0)
2005–2006 Italy U20 4 (0)
2006–2007 Italy U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Manager

Palermo

  • Supercoppa Primavera 2: 2018
  • Campionato Primavera 2: 2018

References
  1. "Chiusura della campagna trasferimenti: operazioni di mercato perfezionate in data odierna" (PDF) (in Italian). AS Roma. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  2. "OPERAZIONI RELATIVE AI DIRITTI PLURIENNALI ALLE PRESTAZIONI SPORTIVE DEI CALCIATORI" (pdf) (in Italian). AS Roma. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  3. Treviso FBC 1993 srl Report and Accounts on 30 June 2008 (in Italian)
  4. "Palermo, gli Allievi Nazionali saranno guidati da Giuseppe Scurto" (in Italian). Tutto Juve Stabia. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. "Ufficiale – Palermo: Scurto nuovo allenatore della Primavera" (in Italian). Stadionews.it. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  6. "Primavera, Scurto: "Stagione formidabile, straordinario aver vinto campionato e Supercoppa"" (in Italian). Mediagol.it. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  7. "TMW - Trapani, panchina Primavera a Scurto. U-17 per Aronica" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  8. "PRESENTATO GIUSEPPE SCURTO NEO ALLENATORE PRIMAVERA SPAL" (in Italian). S.P.A.L. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  9. "Giuseppe Scurto torna a Trigoria: allenerà la Roma Under 18" (in Italian). Il Romanista. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  10. "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.


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