.jpg) Cucurella playing for Getafe in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Marc Cucurella Saseta[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 July 1998[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Alella, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back, left wing-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2012 | Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Barcelona B | 48 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Barcelona | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Eibar (loan) | 31 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Getafe (loan) | 37 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Getafe | 38 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 35 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Chelsea | 55 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Spain U16 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Spain U17 | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Spain U19 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Spain U21 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Spain U23 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Spain | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 10 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 15 October 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Marc Cucurella Saseta (born 22 July 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for Premier League club Chelsea and the Spain national team.
Cucurella made his senior club debut at Barcelona, but spent most of his time there in the reserve team. He went on to play over 100 La Liga games for Eibar and Getafe, before joining Brighton & Hove Albion in 2021. He spent a season with Brighton before joining Chelsea in 2022.
Cucurella was capped for Spain over every youth level from under-16 to under-23, winning the silver medal with the latter at the 2020 Olympic tournament. He made his debut for the senior team in 2021, representing the side at UEFA Euro 2024, where the team won the tournament.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Spain (ESP)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 16. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Marc Cucurella". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 24 December 2022.