| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernesto Bernardo Tito 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) | ||
| Playing position | Left Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| ???? - 1949 | Rivadavia de Lincoln | ||
| 1949 - 1954 | Tigre | ||
| 1955 - 1956 | Boca Juniors | 44 | (16) |
| 1956 - 1958 | AC Milan | 41 | (7) |
| 1958 - 1959 | Real Jaén | ||
| 1959 - 1963 | Sampdoria | 138 | (40) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1955 - 1956 | Argentina | 11 | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:37, 27 July 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ernesto "Tito" Cucchiaroni (16 November 1927 - 4 July 1971) was an Argentinian Fotball player, born in Posadas Argentina, who last played as a Left Winger for Sampdoria.[1]
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Cucchiaronni was born in the Argentine city of Pasadas. He started his playing career with Rivadavia de Lincoln before leaving at the age of 22 to join Club Atlético Tigre.[2]
After spending 5 years at Tigre, Cucchiaronni moved to Boca Juniors where he spent a further 2 years playing under Jaime Sarlanga and Mario Fortunato in 1955 and 1956 respectively.[3]
It wasn't long before Cucchiaronni caught the eyes of overseas interest and in 1956, he was picked up by Italian giants AC Milan. His first season for Milan was fairly productive, racking up 27 league appearances and 4 goas whilst also playing a further 5 games (scoring once) in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. Cucchiaronni's second season however was not so productive only appearing 13 times and scoring twice.[4]
In June, 1958 Cucchiaronni transferred from AC Milan to Real Jaén. Cucchiaronni remained at Real Jaén from 1958 - 1959 before finally settling down at Sampdoria where he spent the remainder of his career and finally retired in June 1963 after accumulating 138 league appearences and 40 goals.[4]
In 1956, Cucchiaronni was selected to play for the Argentina South American Championship (Copa América) squad. Argentina went on to the final where they beat Chile 1-0.[5]All up, Cucchiaronni made 11 appearences for the Argentina National Squad without scoring.[6]