Carlo Cudicini is a retired Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
38 Facts About Carlo Cudicini
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Carlo Cudicini is the son of the former Milan goalkeeper Fabio Cudicini, and the grandson of Ponziana defender Guglielmo Cudicini.
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Carlo Cudicini started his professional career at Serie A side 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.
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Carlo Cudicini left Chelsea in January 2009, having made 141 league appearances for the club, and joined local rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
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In 2013, Carlo Cudicini signed for Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer, where he played the final season of his career.
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Carlo 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.
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Carlo Cudicini made only two appearances for Milan in the Champions League, one in the Coppa Italia and none in Serie A during that period in the club's history.
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Carlo Cudicini featured on the bench in the 1993 Champions League final against Marseille.
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Carlo Cudicini then moved to Castel di Sangro in 1997, where his injury problems persisted.
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Carlo Cudicini was however on the bench as Chelsea won the 2000 FA Cup Final.
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Carlo Cudicini saved a penalty from Arsenal's Thierry Henry to help earn his side a replay in the FA Cup.
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Carlo Cudicini further demonstrated his penalty saving prowess with a save from Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy in a crucial Premier League tie.
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Carlo Cudicini did feature in most of Chelsea's FA Cup and League Cup games that season.
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Chelsea reached the 2005 Football League Cup Final, however Carlo Cudicini was suspended as he had been sent off in an FA Cup tie the week before against Newcastle United.
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Carlo Cudicini again was second choice to Cech, and managed only four league appearances as Chelsea won the Premier League for the second year in a row.
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Carlo Cudicini silenced rumours that he was looking for a return to Italy when he signed an extension to his Chelsea contract in February 2006.
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Carlo Cudicini was then contracted to Chelsea until the summer of 2009.
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However, even though he had fully recovered and returned to training, Carlo Cudicini faced a battle to dislodge third-choice goalkeeper Henrique Hilario, who had been playing well in Cech's and Carlo Cudicini's absence.
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Carlo Cudicini was on the bench as Chelsea won the 2007 FA Cup Final, but Hilario was preferred as the substitute goalkeeper as they won the 2007 Football League Cup Final.
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Carlo Cudicini began the new campaign as second-choice to Cech, but a string of injuries to the Czech star saw Carlo Cudicini feature 19 times in all competitions.
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Carlo Cudicini made his 200th appearance for the club against West Ham United on 1 December 2007.
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Carlo Cudicini was an unused substitute as Chelsea lost both the 2008 Football League Cup Final and the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final.
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On 26 January 2009, it was confirmed that Carlo Cudicini signed for Tottenham Hotspur on a free transfer.
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Carlo Cudicini was allowed to move on a free due to his services given to Chelsea.
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Carlo Cudicini was then benched in favour of the returning Gomes for the match against Portsmouth at Fratton Park.
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Carlo Cudicini was taken to an east London hospital then later was transferred to a private hospital.
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On 25 August 2010, Carlo Cudicini saw his first official action for the club in nearly a year as a half-time replacement for the injured Gomes in the second leg of Tottenham's UEFA Champions League play-off round tie against Young Boys of Switzerland.
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On 10 May 2011, Carlo Cudicini gave a very solid performance against Manchester City at Eastlands.
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Carlo Cudicini played in the 2012 FA Cup semi-final against former club Chelsea.
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Carlo Cudicini started the season second choice to Friedel, but after the addition of Hugo Lloris to the squad, Carlo Cudicini was limited to the role as the back-up goalkeeper in Tottenham's Europa League campaign.
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Carlo Cudicini was transferred to the LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer on 31 December 2012 on a free transfer.
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Carlo Cudicini was released by the Galaxy on 26 January 2014.
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Carlo Cudicini was capped at under-18 and under-21 level, but never represented his country of birth at senior level.
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Carlo Cudicini was called into the squad for the 2002 friendly against Turkey, but was not named in the matchday squad by Giovanni Trapattoni, behind Gianluigi Buffon and Francesco Toldo.
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Carlo Cudicini was not eligible for England because FIFA Statutes stipulate that the player needs to have held a British passport at the time when he represented Italy at the U16 European Championship, and would have required five years of education in Britain before turning 18.
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In March 2015, Carlo Cudicini joined the Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team coaching staff as goalkeeping coach.
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In July 2016, Carlo Cudicini returned to Chelsea to become a club ambassador and assistant to the new first-team head coach Antonio Conte.
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In December 2022, Carlo Cudicini received his UEFA Pro License in Dublin after attending the FAI Coach Education Department course.