Ernesto Cucchiaroni

Ernesto Bernardo "control " Cucchiaroni (16 November 1927 – 4 July 1971) was an Argentine footballer who played as a left winger in Argentina for Rivadavia de Lincoln, Tigre and Boca Juniors and in Italy for Sampdoria and A.C. Milan. With Milan, he won the 1956–57 Serie A. At international level, he won the 1955 South American Championship with the Argentina national team.

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.

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.

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.

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. All up, Cucchiaroni made 11 appearances for the Argentina without scoring.

Honours A.C. Milan Serie A: 1956–57

Argentina Copa América: 1955