Giorgio Chiellini is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender and captains both Serie A club Juventus and the Italy national team. He is considered to be one of the best defenders in the world.
Giorgio Chiellini is famous for a footballer. He plays as a defender and captains both Serie A club Juventus and the Italy national team.
Giorgio Chiellini was born on August 14, 1984, in Pisa, Italy. He holds Italian nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. His birth sign is Leo. He was born to Fabio Chiellini and Lucia Chiellini. He has three siblings named Giulio Chiellini, Claudio Chiellini, and Silvia Chiellini. He attended Enriques Senior High School. He also played soccer during his high school years. He completed a Laurea in economics and commerce at the University of Turin in July 2010 and earned a Laurea Magistrale in business administration in April 2017 from the same institution, graduating cum laude.
Giorgio Chiellini began his senior career with A.S. Livorno Calcio. Later, he moved to A.S Roma and he did not play any match with Roma and got loaned to A.S Livorno Calcio. He has 4 goals in 47 appearances. From 2004 to 2005, he played for Florentina and managed to score three goals in 37 matches. He made his international debut in for Italy in 2004. He was selected in the nation's squad for 2004 Olympics, winning a bronze medal for his nation as well as three UEFA Championship and two FIFA World Cups. He was recalled for the 2005-06 season and Juventus paid 4.3 million pounds for the rest of his contract. He extended his original contract from until 2009 to 2011 on October 12, 2006. On November 23, 2010, he extended his contract with Juventus again until 30 June 2015 and was given a pay raise. In 2015, he was nominated for the 2015 UEFA Team of the Year. In 2016, it was confirmed that Chiellini would miss the Serie A match on February 13, against Napoli, as well as the first round of 16 leg of the Champions League on 23 February against Bayern Munich due to an injury. On April 28, 2016, he made his 300th appearance in Serie A with Juventus in a 2-2 away against Atalanta. On September 12, 2017, he missed the opening 2017-18 champions league group stage match of the season against Barcelona, due to a calf injury. On January 11, 2018, he was named to the 2017 UEFA Team of the Year. On June 29, 2018, he was given a two-year contract extension until 2020 and also named the club's new captain after the departure of Buffon. On January 16, 2019, he lifted his first title as Juventus's new official captain. On March 12, 2019, he marked his 500th appearance in a Juventus. On August 24, 2019, In Juventus's opening match of the 2019-20 season against Parma, he scored the only goal of the match in a 1-0 away win in Seria A.
He made his debut for the Italian national team on November 17, 2004, at the age of 20. He was called up to Italy's squad for UEFA Euro 2008 under manager Roberto Donadoni, and injured captain Fabio Cannavaro. During 2010 World Cup qualifying, he cemented his place as an undisputed first-choice in Marcello Lippi's squad. He was once again the starting center-back during Italy's UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign. On May 31, 2016, he was named to Conte's 23-man Italy squad for Euro 2016. In Italy's opening 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Israel on September 5, 2016, he earned his 90th international cap. On March 17, 2018, he initial decision to retire, he was called up for the March 2018 friendlies against Argentina and England by interim manager Luigi Di Biagio. After sustaining an injury, however, he was dropped from the squad, and Angelo Ogbonna was called up in his place.
Giorgio Chiellini has a height of 6 feet 2 inches (1.87m) tall and the bodyweight of 78 kg. He has an athletic body build.
Giorgio Chiellini is a married man. He married his long-time girlfriend Carolina Bonistalli at a private Catholic ceremony at the Sanctuary of Montenero in Livorno. The couple has two daughters named Nina and Olivia.
Giorgio Chiellini has an estimated net worth of $23 million and his salary is unknown. He earns a good amount of money from his professional career. He has made a donation of 100,000 pounds to Arista.