.jpg) Cudicini in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlo Cudicini[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 September 1973[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chelsea (loan player technical coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | AC Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | → Como (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Prato | 30 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Lazio | 1 | (0) |
| 1997–2000 | Castel di Sangro | 46 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → Chelsea (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2000–2009 | Chelsea | 141 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | (0) |
| 2013 | LA Galaxy | 21 | (0) |
| Total | 265 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990–1992 | Italy U18 | 20 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Italy U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Carlo Cudicini (born 6 September 1973) is a retired Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most prominently for Chelsea. He is the son of the former AC Milan goalkeeper Fabio Cudicini, and the grandson of Ponziana defender Guglielmo Cudicini. Cudicini is currently a club ambassador and loan player technical coach at Chelsea.
Cudicini started his professional career at Serie A side AC Milan in 1992, but struggled to break into the first team and was loaned to Como before moving to Prato and then Lazio in 1996. Having only made a single league appearance for Lazio, he moved a year later to Castel di Sangro and then to Premier League side Chelsea in 1999, initially on loan.
At Chelsea, he dislodged Ed de Goey from the number one spot and was voted Chelsea's Player of the Year for the 2001–02 season. He remained first choice under Claudio Ranieri, but lost his starting spot to new signing Petr Čech in 2004 under new manager Jose Mourinho. Cudicini left Chelsea in January 2009, having made 141 league appearances for the club, and joined local rivals Tottenham Hotspur. At Tottenham, he remained second-or-third-choice throughout his spell, and only made 19 league appearances for the club. In 2013, Cudicini signed for Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer, where he played the final season of his career.
Cudicini played 20 times for the Italy under-18 team between 1990 and 1992, and made a single appearance for the under-21 team, but never played for the senior team. In 2003, during his successful period at Chelsea, The Football Association attempted to select him for the England national team, but he was ineligible.
- ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.