Marc Cucurella

Marc Cucurella Saseta (born 22 July 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Getafe CF. Mainly a wide midfielder, he can also play as a left-back.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cucurella and the second or maternal family name is Saseta.
Marc Cucurella
Cucurella with Getafe in 2019
Personal information
Full name Marc Cucurella Saseta[1]
Date of birth (1998-07-22) 22 July 1998
Place of birth Alella, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Wide midfielder / Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Getafe
Number 15
Youth career
2006–2012 Espanyol
2012–2017 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Barcelona B 48 (1)
2017–2019 Barcelona 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Eibar (loan) 31 (1)
2019 Eibar 0 (0)
2019–2020 Barcelona 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Getafe (loan) 37 (1)
2020– Getafe 21 (3)
National team‡
2014 Spain U16 3 (0)
2014–2015 Spain U17 16 (2)
2016 Spain U18 2 (0)
2016–2017 Spain U19 6 (0)
2016 Spain U20 6 (0)
2019– Spain U21 7 (1)
2020– Spain 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2020

Club career

Born in Alella, Barcelona, Catalonia, Cucurella started playing futsal in FS Alella before joining RCD Espanyol's youth teams in 2006;[2] in 2012, he moved to FC Barcelona.[3] On 26 November 2016, while still a junior, he made his senior debut with the reserves by starting in a 4–0 Segunda División B home routing of CE L'Hospitalet.[4]

Cucurella contributed with 17 appearances for the side, achieving promotion to Segunda División in the play-offs. On 7 July 2017, he renewed his contract until 2021, with a € 12 million clause.[5] He made his professional debut on 1 September, starting in a 2–2 away draw against Granada CF.

Cucurella made his first team debut on 24 October 2017, coming on as a late substitute for Lucas Digne in a 3–0 Copa del Rey away win against Real Murcia.[6] He scored his first senior goal the following 17 March, netting the game's only in a home defeat of Lorca FC.

On 31 August 2018, Cucurella was loaned to fellow La Liga side SD Eibar, for one year with a €2 million buyout clause.[7] At the end of his loan, Eibar exercised Cucurella's clause, making him a permanent player for the Basque team; along with the transfer, Barcelona added a €4 million buyback option.[8]

On 16 July 2019, after just sixteen days as a permanent Eibar player, Barcelona triggered Cucurella's €4 million buyback clause,[9] only to loan him out to Getafe CF two days later for the incoming season, with an option to buy for €6 million and 40% of the rights remaining to Barça.[10]

On 3 March 2020, Getafe triggered his option to buy for €6 million, no longer connecting him to Barcelona.[11] The club fully exercised his option to buy on 30 June.[12]

International career

He was called up to the senior Spain squad in November 2020.[13]

Career statistics
As of 11 January 2021[14]
Club Season League Copa del Rey Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B 2016–17 Segunda División B 110—6[lower-alpha 1]0170
2017–18 Segunda División 371—371
Total 481—60541
Barcelona 2017–18 La Liga 001000—10
Eibar (loan) 2018–19 3112100—332
Getafe (loan) 2019–20 371107[lower-alpha 2]0—451
Getafe 2020–21 17220——192
Career total 543307000643
Career total 13156170601526
  1. Appearance(s) in Segunda División B play-offs
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Club

Barcelona

References
  1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 12 de mayo de 2018, en Gijón" [Minutes of the Match held on 12 May 2018, in Gijón] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. "Marc Cucurella Saseta" (in Catalan). Futbol Base Català. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  3. "Marc Cucurella, el Puyol de la cantera" [Marc Cucurella, the Puyol from the youth setup] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  4. "4–0: el Barça B golea al Hospitalet y sigue líder" [4–0: Barça B thrash Hospitalet and remain leader] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  5. "Marc Cucurella signs new Barcelona deal with €12 million clause". ESPN FC. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  6. "Barcelona B teamer Jose Arnaiz thrilled with goal in 'dream' first-team debut". ESPN FC. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  7. "Acord amb la SD Eibar per a la cessió de Cucurella" [Agrement with SD Eibar for the loan of Cucurella] (in Catalan). FC Barcelona. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  8. "El Eibar ejerce la claúsula de compra de Marc Cucurella" [Eibar triggers Marc Cucurella's buyout clause] (in Spanish). AS. 27 May 2019.
  9. "Barcelona Buy Back Cucurella From Eibar". beIN Sports. 16 July 2019.
  10. "Agreement with Getafe for the loan of Marc Cucurella". FC Barcelona. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  11. Getafe exercise option to purchase Cucurella for six million euros MARCA. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020
  12. "Getafe exercise option to purchase Marc Cucurella". FC Barcelona. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  13. "Switzerland 1-1 Spain". BBC. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  14. Marc Cucurella at Soccerway
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