Carlo Cudicini
Cudicini warming up with Chelsea in 2008.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlo Cudicini | ||
| Date of birth | 6 September 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | → Como (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Prato | 30 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Lazio | 1 | (0) |
| 1997–2000 | Castel di Sangro | 14 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → Chelsea (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2000–2009 | Chelsea | 141 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | (0) |
| 2013 | LA Galaxy | 21 | (0) |
| Total | 233 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990–1992 | Italy U18 | 20 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Italy U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2014. |
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Carlo Cudicini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkarlo kudiˈtʃini]; born 6 September 1973) is a retired Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the son of the former Milan goalkeeper Fabio Cudicini, and the grandson of Ponziana defender Guglielmo Cudicini. Cudicini is currently a club ambassador and assistant to the first team head coach at Chelsea F.C.
Cudicini started his professional career at Serie A side Milan in 1992, but struggled to break into the first team and spent the 1993–94 season on loan to Como, making six league appearances for the club. He switched permanently to Prato in 1995 and made 30 league appearances for the club before moving again to Lazio in 1996. Having only made a single league appearance for Lazio, he moved again in 1997, this time to Castel di Sangro. He made 14 league appearances in a three-year spell at the club before being loaned to Premier League side Chelsea for the 1999–2000 season.
He signed permanently for the English club in 2000, and quickly dislodged Ed de Goey from the number one spot, being voted Chelsea's Player of the Year for the 2001–02 season and the ITV Premiership Goalkeeper of the Season for the 2002–03 season. However, he struggled with injury for the following season, and Petr Čech was signed in 2004; Cech would displace Cudicini as the number one goalkeeper, with Cudicini only appearing sporadically afterwards. In 2006, both Čech and Cudicini suffered head injuries in a game against Reading; as Cudicini recovered sooner, and third-choice goalkeeper Henrique Hilário's form dipped, he briefly took over the starting role, until Cech returned towards the end of January 2007. Cudicini left Chelsea in 2009, having made 141 league appearances for the club, and joined local rivals Tottenham Hotspur. At Tottenham, he remained second-choice or third-choice throughout his spell, and only made 19 league appearances for the club; first Heurelho Gomes, then Brad Friedel and Hugo Lloris kept him out of the team. He left the club in 2012, having made 19 league appearances. In 2013, Cudicini signed for Los Angeles Galaxy.
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