Marc Cucurella

Born in Alella, Barcelona, Catalonia, Cucurella started playing futsal in FS Alella before joining RCD Espanyol's youth teams in 2006; in 2012, he moved to FC Barcelona. 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.

Cucurella made his senior club debut at Barcelona, but spent most of his time there in the reserve team, making a sole substitute appearance in the Copa del Rey for the first team. He went on to play over 100 La Liga games for Eibar and Getafe, before joining Brighton in 2021.

Cucurella earned 49 caps 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.

On 31 August 2018, Cucurella was loaned to fellow La Liga side SD Eibar, for one year with a €2 million buyout clause. He made his top-flight debut on 25 September in a 1–0 loss at Espanyol; appearing as one of eight changes by manager José Luis Mendilibar, he was praised by Marca journalist Ander Barroso despite the result. He scored his first La Liga goal on the final day the following 9 May, opening a 2–2 draw at home to his parent club.

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. On 16 July 2019, after just sixteen days as a permanent Eibar player, this clause was activated, only for him to be loaned to Getafe CF two days later for the upcoming season, with an option to buy for €6 million and 40% of the rights remaining to Barça.

Cucurella made his European debut on 19 September 2019 as a substitute for Kenedy in a 1–0 home win over Trabzonspor in the UEFA Europa League group stage. He played eight games of that campaign, ending 11 months later with a 2–0 loss to Inter Milan in the last 16.

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

On 31 August 2021, Cucurella joined Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion on a five-year contract. He made his debut for The Seagulls on 11 September, starting and playing 82 minutes before being substituted in the 1–0 away win over Brentford. Eight days later, he made his home debut, playing the whole of the 2–1 victory over Leicester City. His chipped cross set up Danny Welbeck's headed equaliser in added time, finishing 1–1 away at Chelsea on 29 December. On 7 May 2022, he scored his first goal for the club and broke down in tears; he netted the second of a 4–0 win over Manchester United by shooting from Leandro Trossard's pull back. Three days later at the club's end of season awards Cucurella won Players' Player of the Season as well as being voted Player of the Season in which he reacted by thanking the fans and admitting his shock of winning the awards. "It is amazing, not possible in my first season here in this league.

On 5 August 2022, Cucurella signed for Chelsea on a six-year contract. The fee was reported to be worth an initial £55 million, plus £7 million in add-ons, which was a record fee received by Brighton. On 6 August, he made his club debut as a substitute, in a 1–0 away win against Everton in the Premier League.