Giuseppe Scurto (born 5 January 1984) is an Italian former football player and current

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who played as a defender. He is in charge of Torino Primavera.

Club career

Scurto made his

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debut with

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on 7 November 2004, in a 1–1 away draw against

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. He joined

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in 2005 for €250,000 and Chievo bought the remain 50% rights for €100,000 on 20 June 2007. However, in July Scurto was sold to Treviso for about €1.7 million. 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

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due to persistent physical issues.

International career

Scurto was capped for Italy at every youth level, and was called up to

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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; he then left Juve Stabia in July 2013 to accept an offer as head of the ''Allievi Nazionali'' Under-17 team at

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. In July 2017 he was promoted as head of the ''Primavera'' Under-19 team, with whom he won the inaugural season of both the

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and the Supercoppa Primavera 2. On his first season in charge of the club at the

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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

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. He left Trapani in August 2020 to move to

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as their new Primavera coach. After one season at SPAL, Scurto then agreed to return to Roma as their new Under-18 youth coach. In June 2022, Scurto left Roma to sign for

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as the new coach in charge of the Torino Primavera youth team.

Honours

Player

Italy U19 * 2003 UEFA U-19 Championship

Manager

Palermo * Supercoppa Primavera 2: 2018 * Campionato Primavera 2: 2018

References

External links

*http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/2008/calcio/Players/player_p188648.shtml 1984 births Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Serie A players Serie B players AC ChievoVerona players AS Roma players Treviso FBC 1993 players US Triestina Calcio 1918 players SS Juve Stabia players Men's association football central defenders People from Alcamo Footballers from Sicily Sportspeople from the Province of Trapani {{Italy-footy-defender-1980s-stub