Juraj Kucka (Slovak pronunciation: ; born 26 February 1987) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian top division club Parma and Slovakia.
Kucka made his Slovak Super Liga debut for MFK Ružomberok on 11 March 2007. He played six games in his first season. Overall, Kucka played 49 games and scored eight goals for Ružomberok. Czech manager Michal Bílek, coaching Ružomberok in 2008, recommended Kucka for Sparta Praha. In January 2009, he has signed a three-year contract for Sparta. In 2009–10 Czech First League season he won the champions.
On 6 January 2011, he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract for €3.55 million transfer fee with Genoa C.F.C. (later extended one more year to 30 June 2016). He made his debut in the Coppa Italia match against Inter on 12 January 2011. He was voted man of the match by Genoa fans after 1–1 draw against Milan on 6 February 2011. Kucka proved immediately to fit fine in the squad, showing a remarkable physical strength and good technical skills, resulting the second best player of Genoa. He scored his first goal for Genoa in a 2–1 away win against Lazio on 18 September 2011.