# Patrick Cutrone
**Patrick Cutrone** (born 1998 in Como, Italy) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a center-forward for Parma in [Serie A](https://www.edgepedia.org/serie-a), on loan from [Como 1907](https://www.edgepedia.org/como-1907).[1](https://wolvescompletehistory.co.uk/cutrone-patrick/) • [2](https://www.parmacalcio1913.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PARMA-CALCIO-1913-Fascicolo-di-Bilancio-31.12.25_2026-03-31_INTERNET_2026-04-20.pdf) A product of the [AC Milan](https://www.edgepedia.org/ac-milan) academy, he broke through as a teenager at San Siro, moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2019, and returned to his hometown club Como in 2022.[3](https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/30/soccer-wolves-sign-italian-forward-cutrone-from-ac-milan) • [4](https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/mens-first-team/20220829-cutrone-makes-final-wolves-departure/?isnative=true)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | Como, Italy, 1998[1](https://wolvescompletehistory.co.uk/cutrone-patrick/) |
| Youth career | Parediense from 2003, AC Milan youth from 2006, professional in January 2017[1](https://wolvescompletehistory.co.uk/cutrone-patrick/) |
| Milan record | 27 goals in 90 appearances in all competitions between his May 2017 debut and July 2019[3](https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/30/soccer-wolves-sign-italian-forward-cutrone-from-ac-milan) |
| Wolves transfer | Four-year deal, July 2019, reported at around £16 million ($19.46 million)[3](https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/30/soccer-wolves-sign-italian-forward-cutrone-from-ac-milan) |
| Loans | Fiorentina (January 2020), Valencia (February 2021), Empoli (August 2021); eight goals in 72 appearances across those spells[4](https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/mens-first-team/20220829-cutrone-makes-final-wolves-departure/?isnative=true) |
| Como 1907 | Permanent signing, August 2022, three-year contract, his hometown club[4](https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/mens-first-team/20220829-cutrone-makes-final-wolves-departure/?isnative=true) |
| Current club | Parma, on loan from Como since August 2025 with an option to buy[2](https://www.parmacalcio1913.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PARMA-CALCIO-1913-Fascicolo-di-Bilancio-31.12.25_2026-03-31_INTERNET_2026-04-20.pdf) |
| Italy | Senior international debut in a friendly in 2018[3](https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/30/soccer-wolves-sign-italian-forward-cutrone-from-ac-milan) |
## Youth career and Milan debut
Cutrone began in youth football at Parediense in 2003 before joining the AC Milan youth system in 2006, and turned professional in January 2017.[1](https://wolvescompletehistory.co.uk/cutrone-patrick/) His Serie A debut came on May 21, 2017, playing five minutes as a substitute against Bologna at the age of 19 years and 138 days.[5](https://theanalyst.com/players/4590/patrick-cutrone) That summer he scored Milan's second goal in a Europa League tie against [CS Universitatea Craiova](https://www.edgepedia.org/cs-universitatea-craiova) at [San Siro](https://www.edgepedia.org/san-siro), aged 19 years and seven months.[6](https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/extra/2020-09-26/from-patrick-cutrone-to-lollo)
## AC Milan, 2017 to 2019
**Breakthrough season.** The 2017/18 campaign made Cutrone's reputation. In February 2018, Spanish daily AS described the academy graduate, who had cost nothing, as the best signing of a window in which Milan spent more than 200 million euros, noting that he was the team's leading scorer with 13 goals before adding his 14th in a 2-0 win at Roma, finishing past Alisson first time in a manner the paper compared to [Filippo Inzaghi](https://www.edgepedia.org/filippo-inzaghi).[7](https://as.com/futbol/2018/02/25/internacional/1519549786_717368.html) The Guardian credited his goal with keeping Milan's revival under [Gennaro Gattuso](https://www.edgepedia.org/gennaro-gattuso) going, in a run of seven wins and two draws in nine games that lifted a side which had begun 2018 in the bottom half of the table.[8](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/26/patrick-cutrone-milan-roma-gattuso-serie-a) In December 2018 he scored the equalizer in a 2-1 comeback win over Parma at San Siro, his third goal of that season.[9](https://as.com/futbol/2018/12/02/internacional/1543743255_704134.html)
By Opta's career table, Cutrone's Milan league record from 2015 to 2018/19 stood at 63 appearances, 2,952 minutes, 13 goals and 4 assists, and he added 6 goals in 13 Europa League appearances in 2017/18 and 4 goals in 5 appearances in the 2018/19 Europa League.[10](https://theanalyst.com/players/4590/patrick-cutrone/career) Across all competitions he finished with 27 goals in 90 games for the club.[3](https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/30/soccer-wolves-sign-italian-forward-cutrone-from-ac-milan)
## Wolverhampton Wanderers and the loan years
Wolves signed Cutrone on a four-year deal in July 2019, with British media reporting a fee of around £16 million ($19.46 million).[3](https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/30/soccer-wolves-sign-italian-forward-cutrone-from-ac-milan) He scored his first Premier League goal in his second month at the club, but could not secure a regular starting place; his first season in England produced three goals from 24 appearances in all competitions, including 10 outings in the 2019/20 Europa League in which Opta recorded no goals.[4](https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/mens-first-team/20220829-cutrone-makes-final-wolves-departure/?isnative=true) • [10](https://theanalyst.com/players/4590/patrick-cutrone/career)
In January 2020 he joined Fiorentina on an 18-month loan with an option to make the move permanent, having started just nine games for Wolves that season.[11](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51071539) He returned to Molineux a year later to reinforce the attack after Raul Jimenez's injury, but within three weeks moved on a six-month loan to Valencia, followed by a season-long loan at Serie A club Empoli in August 2021.[4](https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/mens-first-team/20220829-cutrone-makes-final-wolves-departure/?isnative=true) Wolves reported that his time away from the club yielded eight goals from 72 appearances.[4](https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/mens-first-team/20220829-cutrone-makes-final-wolves-departure/?isnative=true)
## Como and Parma
In August 2022 Cutrone left Wolves permanently, joining [Serie B](https://www.edgepedia.org/serie-b) side Como 1907 on a three-year contract and returning to his hometown club.[4](https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/mens-first-team/20220829-cutrone-makes-final-wolves-departure/?isnative=true) He was part of the Como side that returned to Serie A, making 26 league appearances for the club in the 2024/25 season.[12](https://fbref.com/en/players/a4fe8cda/Patrick-Cutrone) In August 2025 he moved on loan to Parma, with the transfer recorded in Parma's accounts as a temporary acquisition with an option for a definitive purchase.[2](https://www.parmacalcio1913.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PARMA-CALCIO-1913-Fascicolo-di-Bilancio-31.12.25_2026-03-31_INTERNET_2026-04-20.pdf) A scouting database logged 15 appearances and 1 goal for him in the 2025/26 Serie A season with Parma.[13](https://fieldinsider.com/scout-report/patrick-cutrone-1649)
## International career
Cutrone represented Italy at youth levels, including the Under-19 side, and made his senior international debut in a friendly in 2018, the year before his move to England.[3](https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/30/soccer-wolves-sign-italian-forward-cutrone-from-ac-milan)
## Playing style
Scouting profiles describe Cutrone as a compact penalty-box poacher who relies on movement and instinctive finishing rather than dribbling or creation, using a stocky frame to hold up play against Serie A center-backs, with minimal crossing output for a central striker.[14](https://scoutprofiles.org/p/patrick_cutrone) His Milan career followed that pattern: commentators in 2018 compared him to a finisher in the mold of [Atlético Madrid](https://www.edgepedia.org/atletico-madrid)'s Gameiro and to Filippo Inzaghi, attacking the goal directly.[7](https://as.com/futbol/2018/02/25/internacional/1519549786_717368.html) The same profiles note that he is known in Italy for his precocious Milan debut but has since become a mid-table Serie A name.[14](https://scoutprofiles.org/p/patrick_cutrone)
## References
1. [Cutrone, Patrick, Wolves Complete History](https://wolvescompletehistory.co.uk/cutrone-patrick/)
2. [Parma Calcio 1913, Fascicolo di Bilancio 31.12.25](https://www.parmacalcio1913.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PARMA-CALCIO-1913-Fascicolo-di-Bilancio-31.12.25_2026-03-31_INTERNET_2026-04-20.pdf)
3. [Soccer: Wolves sign Italian forward Cutrone from AC Milan, Euronews/Reuters (30 July 2019)](https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/30/soccer-wolves-sign-italian-forward-cutrone-from-ac-milan)
4. [Cutrone makes final Wolves departure, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (29 August 2022)](https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/mens-first-team/20220829-cutrone-makes-final-wolves-departure/?isnative=true)
5. [Patrick Cutrone, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/players/4590/patrick-cutrone)
6. [From Patrick Cutrone to Lollo, AC Milan (26 September 2020)](https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/extra/2020-09-26/from-patrick-cutrone-to-lollo)
7. [Gattuso es imparable: el Milán tumba al Roma en el Olímpico, AS.com (25 February 2018)](https://as.com/futbol/2018/02/25/internacional/1519549786_717368.html)
8. [Patrick Cutrone keeps Milan on the move as Gattuso conquers Rome, The Guardian (26 February 2018)](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/26/patrick-cutrone-milan-roma-gattuso-serie-a)
9. [Cutrone y Kessié impulsan a zona europea al Milan, AS.com (2 December 2018)](https://as.com/futbol/2018/12/02/internacional/1543743255_704134.html)
10. [Patrick Cutrone Career History, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/players/4590/patrick-cutrone/career)
11. [Patrick Cutrone: Fiorentina sign Wolves striker on 18-month loan deal, BBC Sport (10 January 2020)](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51071539)
12. [Patrick Cutrone Stats, FBref](https://fbref.com/en/players/a4fe8cda/Patrick-Cutrone)
13. [Patrick Cutrone, Stats, Rating & Scouting Report, Field Insider](https://fieldinsider.com/scout-report/patrick-cutrone-1649)
14. [Patrick Cutrone, ST / CF, ScoutProfiles](https://scoutprofiles.org/p/patrick_cutrone)
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