Carmine Cucciniello (born 27 December 1988 in

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) is an Italian

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player. He currently plays for

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Club career

Early career

Cucciniello was born in

on 27 December 1988 and started playing football in the youth team of

, the club of his hometown. He went on to make his professional debut, aged 17, as a starter in a

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game against Albinoleffe, on 19 August 2006.

Sampdoria

During the January 2007

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club

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signed Cucciniello in a temporary deal, with option to buy at the end of the season. At the beginning of the 2007–08 campaign, Cucciniello was bought by

and during that season he won, with the Primavera team, which is now an under-19 team, a Scudetto Primavera. He never made his first team and Serie A debut with

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, but he was sent on loan in lower Italian division teams to improve, such as Perugia.

Loans

Cucciniello was sent for the 2008/09 season on a temporary deal to

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, but he didn't have a lot of luck, because of his young age. For this reason, during the January 2009

he was sent on another loan to Paganese, closer to his hometown. He stayed to Paganese for the season 2009/10, too.

Fondi

At the beginning of 2010/2011 season Cucciniello signed a 3-year contract with

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, after his contract with

had expired.

Casertana

For the season 2013/14 Carmine Cucciniello played for Casertana. At the end of the season his team was admitted in

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after a second place in

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Arezzo

For the season 2014/15 Cucciniello signed for

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cucciniello, Carmine 1988 births Living people Italian men's footballers US Avellino 1912 players UC Sampdoria players AC Perugia Calcio players SS Arezzo players Footballers from the Province of Avellino Men's association football midfielders