{{short description|American professional soccer player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kyle Curinga | image = | image_size = | 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 }}
'''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
===Professional=== Curinga moved to Finland, originally with GBK, and spent the 2016 season with FF Jaro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ffjaro.fi/sv/laget/kyle-curinga |title=FF Jaro bio |publisher=FFJaro.fi |accessdate=January 9, 2018}}</ref> He moved back to the United States in 2017, signing with United Soccer League side Real Monarchs in March.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Curinga was released by the Monarchs at the end of the 2017 season.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
On January 9, 2018, Curinga was signed by his hometown team, the Tampa Bay Rowdies.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
On 30 January 2019, Curinga joined USL Championship expansion club Hartford Athletic.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
Ahead of the 2020 season, Curinga joined Finnish team KPV.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He scored his first goal in a 2020 Finnish Cup group stage match vs. FF Jaro on February 8, 2020.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{USL player|kyle-curinga}}
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