Fabio Cudicini

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Fabio Cudicini
Full name	Fabio Cudicini
Date of birth	October 20, 1935 (1935-10-20) (age 72)
Place of birth	Trieste, Italy
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper (retired)
Youth clubs
1950-1953	Ponziana
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1953-1955 1955-1958 1958-1966 1966-1967 1967-1972	Ponziana Udinese AS Roma Brescia AC Milan Total	000 (0) 030 (0) 165 (0) 018 (0) 127 (0) 340 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Fabio Cudicini (born October 20, 1935) is an Italian former professional football (soccer) goalkeeper, who played from 1955 to 1973. With his 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) he was one of the tallest goalkeepers of his time.

Born in Trieste, he was nicknamed Ragno Nero ('Black Spider') and was one of the most celebrated goalkeepers for A.C. Milan, helping them win the European Cup in 1969.

Cudicini played for Milan from 1967-73; he also played for Udinese (1955-58), Roma (1958-66) and Brescia (1966-67). Despite his achievements, Cudicini never played for the Italian national team, mainly because of the contemporary presence of several other notable players in his role such as Dino Zoff, Lorenzo Buffon and Enrico Albertosi.

He is the father of Chelsea goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini.

He is the son of ex Ponziana Trieste defender Guglielmo Cudicini (deceased)