Esteban Cambiasso

Cambiasso is the kind of player who never made the highlight reel but absolutely made the team — and I mean that as the highest compliment. The nickname "Cuchu" sounds almost cute, but this guy was a destroyer in the best possible sense: calm, positionally brilliant, and seemingly everywhere at once in Inter Milan's midfield. Those ten years at Inter weren't just decoration — he helped stack five Serie A titles and was a core piece of the 2009-10 treble-winning side under Jose Mourinho, one of the greatest club seasons in the sport's history. He never got the superstar billing that Ibrahimovic or Eto'o did, but real football people always knew: take Cambiasso out of that team and it falls apart. A quiet Argentine genius, and I'd watch him break up play all day.

Name (English)

Esteban Cambiasso

Name (Japanese)

エステバン・カンビアッソ

Reading

えすてばん・かんびあっそ

Born

August 18, 1980 (age 45)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Monkey

Origin

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Height

177 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.cuchu.com
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%93%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%82%BD

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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