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The goalkeeper joined us from Sunderland at the age of 20 in January, 2007.

Ben finally made his Spurs first team debut in our Carling Cup semi-final second leg with Burnley at Turf Moor on January 21, 2009, as we booked our place at Wembley for the second season in a row.

During the 2009/10 season, Ben was a valuable understudy to regular number one Heurelho Gomes for the majority of the campaign, before making his first Premier League appearance for the Club on the final day, once again at Burnley.

This followed an early season loan spell at League One Norwich City, where he made six appearances.

He came through the ranks at Sunderland, making his debut in the Championship against Leicester City aged just 18 in April, 2005, going on to make 22 appearances for the Black Cats.

An England youth regular, Ben had been part of the Under-21 squad for the best part of two years and made his debut as a substitute against Romania in August, 2007

Ben has also enjoyed spells with Luton Town, Leicester City and Carlisle United during his time with us.

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Biography

Italian goalkeeper with a decade of Premier League experience joined us from Chelsea in January, 2009.

In November, 2009, Carlo sustained injuries to his wrists and pelvis in a road accident, cutting his season short.

But by the end of the 2009-10 campaign, he had returned to training and was awarded a new one-year contract at the Club.

Carlo then made his return to match action in a pre-season friendly at Bournemouth in July, 2010.

The former AC Milan stopper had previously made eight first team appearances in the early part of the 2009-10 season, deputising for injured regular number one Heurelho Gomes.

Having arrived at the Lane during the previous January transfer window, Carlo went straight into Harry Redknapp’s starting lineup for our 3-1 Premier League victory at home to Stoke City the day after he joined.

He then retained his place between the sticks for our following three Premier League games before Gomes reclaimed the No.1 jersey for the remainder of the 2008-09 season.

CARLO CUDICINI INFO
Name Carlo Cudicini
Born September 6, 1973
Position Goalkeeper
Squad No. 23
Joined Spurs January 2009
Previous Club(s) AC Milan, Como, Prato, Lazio, Castel di Sangro, Chelsea

Carlo previously served at Stamford Bridge for almost ten years, making 210 appearances and is second behind Peter Bonetti in Chelsea’s all-time list of clean sheets.

He was number one between 2002-04 before playing understudy to Petr Cech, widely regarded as the world’s best goalkeeper.

Earlier in his career, Carlo had spells at Italian giants AC Milan, where his father Fabio played, and Lazio.
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Biography

Goalkeeper joined us from Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven in July 2008 and has since become a massive fans’ favourite at the Lane.

Despite a difficult start to his career in English football, the goalkeeper missed just six games of the 2008-09 campaign, playing a key role in us conceding just 10 goals at home in the league all season.

HEURELHO GOMES INFO
Name Heurelho Gomes
Born February 15, 1981
Position Goalkeeper
Squad No. 1
Joined Spurs July 2008
Previous Club(s) Cruzeiro, PSV

As a result of his fine form, Gomes earned his first call-up to the Brazilian national squad for the first time in nearly three years in May 2009.

He carried this form into his second season at the Lane, despite suffering an early season groin injury.

After regaining the number one jersey once fit again, Gomes continued to dismay opponents and fans alike with seemingly impossible saves, making him a cult hero among Spurs supporters.

He made 42 appearances in total during his second season, and by the end of it was widely regargded as one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League.

In May, 2010, Gomes was called up to the Brazil squad for the summer’s World Cup Finals in South Africa.

Gomes has a routine before kick-off in each half where he leaps above the crossbar on each side of the goal repeatedly, while fans behind the goal cheer him on.

Born in Minas Gerais, he arrived at White Hart Lane having won four Dutch titles in succession with PSV, reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2004-05.

Gomes made his name at Cruzeiro in Brazil, debuting in 2002 before securing his move to Holland in 2004.

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