Career
He last managed Lega Pro Prima Divisione club in 2014. Club A central defender, Cuccureddu spent his club playing career with Brescia (1968-1969), (1969-1981, winning six Serie A titles), and Fiorentina (1981-1983). Rather prolific for being a defender (he had a very strong long distance shot), in one League season he managed to score 12 goals (Italian Serie A 1973-1974), although in that season he played as a midfielder.
International Cuccureddu was a hard-working and tactically versatile football player, who was capable of aiding his team both offensively and defensively, and of playing anywhere in defence or midfield.
Throughout his career, he was primarily deployed as a defender, and was capable of playing as offensive wing-back, a full-back, or as a centre-back, which was his usual position. He also played in midfield on occasion, which was his initial position at the beginning of his career, and was deployed as a central, box-to-box, defensive midfielder, or attacking midfielder on occasion.
As a football player, he was known in particular for his dynamism, stamina, his ability to read the game, vision, and tactical intelligence. Although he was primarily a defensive-minded player, he was quite prolific in front of goal throughout his career, as he possessed an accurate and powerful shot with his right foot from outside the area, which also made him a dangerous goal threat.
Due to his striking ability, he was an accurate set-piece and penalty-kick taker.
During the 1999–2000 Serie C1 season, he led to the Girone B title, helping the club to Serie B promotion. In 2006-2007 he led to become Serie C1/A winners and gain a historical first-ever promotion to Serie B. Cuccureddu left soon after the end of the season to join Serie C1 club Perugia, where he did not manage to repeat his successes at. From March 2009 he was the new head coach of Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Pescara.
This adventure ended in January 2010, when he was replaced by Eusebio Di Francesco, former coach of Lanciano.
In 2013 he returned to in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, where he remained until January 2014, after being sacked, due to the club"s negative results. As a coach, Cuccureddu built his teams on tactically traditional formations, based on difensive stability, favouring a four-man defensive line in either a 4-4-2, or a 4-3-1-2 formation.
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