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The 41-year-old made 142 Premier League appearances for the Blues, winning two FA Cups, two League Cups and two Community shields in the process.
Cudicini, who was also named as Chelsea's Player of the Year in 2002, recently earned his UEFA B Coaching Licence under the FAI, and replaces the retiring Alan O'Neill ahead of the U21's Championship qualifier against Andorra on Thursday.
Speaking to the FAI's official website, boss Noel King revealed that he was delighted to have Cudicini working alongside him, adding that the Italian's Stamford Bridge experience will be great for the Irish youngsters to draw upon.
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Former Chelsea star Carlo Cudicini is now a coach with the Republic of Ireland's U21 side
His experience will be a great help to us. It won't be just goalkeeping - we'll include him as we do with all our staff in the preparation
Noel King
King explained: "Carlo Cudicini is coming in to do the goalkeepers initially. We'll see how it goes and work together to try and win the game obviously.
"His experience will be a great help to us. It won't be just goalkeeping - we'll include him as we do with all our staff in the preparation. We'll value his views and hopefully that'll add strength to us.
"We're thankful to Alan O'Neill who has been with us and the association for a great number of years and has been a great servant.
"He has to move on due to work commitments and we'll look forward to a successful time with Carlo."
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