Kyle Curinga (born December 30, 1993) is an American professional

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player who plays as a defender for

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Career

College

Curinga played

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as a midfielder at

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for a single season in 2012.

Professional

Curinga moved to Finland, originally with GBK, and spent the 2016 season with

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. He moved back to the United States in 2017, signing with

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side Real Monarchs in March. Curinga was released by the Monarchs at the end of the 2017 season. On January 9, 2018, Curinga was signed by his hometown team, the Tampa Bay Rowdies. 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

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. On 30 January 2019, Curinga joined USL Championship expansion club Hartford Athletic. Ahead of the 2020 season, Curinga joined Finnish team

. He scored his first goal in a

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group stage match vs.

on February 8, 2020.

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* 1993 births Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football defenders Florida Atlantic Owls men's soccer players FF Jaro players Real Monarchs players Soccer players from Florida Sportspeople from Clearwater, Florida Ykkönen players American expatriate men's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Tampa Bay Rowdies players Hartford Athletic players USL Championship players Kokkolan Palloveikot players {{US-footy-defender-stub