Carlo Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini 2008

Carlo Cudicini ( born September 6, 1973 in Milan ) is an Italian football player at the position of the goalkeeper.

Career

Cudicini started his career in the youth of AC Milan, then moved to AC Prato. From there he came across the stations Lazio and ASD Castel di Sangro for the season 1999/2000 for a transfer fee of around 240,000 euros for English club Chelsea FC, which was then coached by Gianluca Vialli Cudicinis compatriot. After one season, he became the first-choice goalkeeper. Since the transfer of Petr Čech to Chelsea in 2004, Cudicini was only goalkeeper of the London clubs.

In November 2002, Carlo Cudicini was part of the Italian national squad for the friendly against Turkey, but did not play.

On October 14, 2006 Cudicini came off the bench in the game against FC Reading for Petr Čech, as this with an opponent drew upon a fractured skull in a collision and was carried off unconscious. Cudicini been taken into account in stoppage time also after a collision with Ibrahima Sonko unconscious from the square. For him, John Terry jumped (actually center-back ) as a goalkeeper.

In January 2009, Carlo Cudicini joined Tottenham Hotspur, for whom he made ​​his league debut in a 3-1 win against Stoke City on January 27, 2009. On 12 November 2009 he suffered multiple fractures when his motorcycle was hit by a car.

1 January 2013 Cudicini moved to Los Angeles Galaxy.

His father Fabio Cudicini was also football goalkeeper.