[1] As a youngster, he played local football for Orlandina before joining Messina,[3] where he made his senior debut on the opening day of the 1972–73 Serie C season in the starting eleven for a goalless draw away to Trani.
Head coach Nils Liedholm gave him his debut as a second-half substitute on the opening day of the 1974–75 season in a 1–0 defeat away to Torino; his introduction livened up the attack, but made no difference to the score.
[8] Because of industrial action, the regular football highlights were not broadcast for the weekend of Curcio's goals against Vicenza.
However, film still existed in the archives, and in 2011, Curcio was a guest on Rai 2's Domenica Sportiva [it] when his goals were aired for the first time.
[2][11] Curcio joined Alessandria at the start of the 1975–76 season, but in three months he played twice in the Coppa Italia Semiprofessionisti and not at all in Serie C.[12] Interviewed some 40 years later, he recalled believing he was not good enough, and that Roma's reasoning for moving him on was that with him in the team, they finished third, but with someone better in his place, they could win the title.