Ernesto Cucchiaroni

Ernesto Cucchiaroni
	Ernesto Cuchiaroni (Boca) during a match
Personal information
Full name	Ernesto Bernardo Cucchiaroni
Date of birth	16 November 1927
Place of birth	Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
Date of death	4 July 1971 (aged 43)
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Left winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
????–1949	Rivadavia de Lincoln
1949–1954	Tigre
1955–1956	Boca Juniors
1956–1958	A.C. Milan
1958–1963	Sampdoria
International career‡
1955–1956	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:37, 27 July 2011 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:02, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Ernesto Bernardo "Tito" Cucchiaroni (16 November 1927 – 4 July 1971) was an Argentine football player, born in Posadas, Argentina, who last played as a left winger for Italian club Sampdoria. During his time in Italy, he won the 1956–57 Serie A title with A.C. Milan. At international level, he won the 1955 South American Championship with the Argentina national football team.^[1]

Club career

Cucchiaroni was born in the Argentine city of Posadas. He started his playing career with Rivadavia de Lincoln before leaving at the age of 22 to join Club Atlético Tigre.^[2]

After spending five years at Tigre, Cucchiaroni moved to Boca Juniors where he spent a further two years playing under Jaime Sarlanga, and Mario Fortunato in 1955 and 1956 respectively.^[3]

It wasn't long before Cucchiaroni caught the eyes of overseas interest and in 1956, he was picked up by Italian giants A.C. Milan. His first season for Milan was fairly productive, doing 27 league appearances and 4 goals whilst also playing a further 5 games (scoring once) in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. Cucchiaroni's second season however was not so productive only appearing 13 times and scoring twice.^[4]

In June, 1958 Cucchiaroni transferred from Milan to Sampdoria where he spent the remainder of his career. He retired in June 1963 after accumulating 138 league appearances and 40 goals.^[4]

International career

In 1956, Cucchiaroni was selected for Argentina in the South American Championship. Argentina went on to the final where they beat Chile 1–0.^[5] All up, Cucchiaroni made 11 appearances for the Argentina without scoring.^[6]

Honours

Club

A.C. Milan

Serie A: 1956–57

International

Argentina

South American Championship (Copa América) Winner (1): 1955

References

^ "Ernesto Cucchiaroni". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
^ Gowarzewski, Andrew. FUJI Football Encyclopedia (Volume 13): Copa America, published by GIA, Katowice 1995, ISBN 83-902751-2-0 , p. 105, 108-109
^ "Ernesto Cucchiaroni Profile". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Ernesto Bernardo Tito Cucchiaroni Profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
^ "Argentine Squads in the Copa América". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
^ "Copa America - South American Championship 1955 in Chile". baudofutebolce.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.

[personal-1] "Ernesto Cucchiaroni". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2011.

[2] Gowarzewski, Andrew. FUJI Football Encyclopedia (Volume 13): Copa America, published by GIA, Katowice 1995, ISBN 83-902751-2-0 , p. 105, 108-109

[teams-3] "Ernesto Cucchiaroni Profile". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 27 July 2011.

[profile-4] "Ernesto Bernardo Tito Cucchiaroni Profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 July 2011.

[copaamerica-5] "Argentine Squads in the Copa América". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 July 2011.

[america-6] "Copa America - South American Championship 1955 in Chile". baudofutebolce.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.

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