Giorgio Chiellini's Life and Career Journey in Football

Giorgio Chiellini was born on August 14, 1984 in Pisa, Italy. Chiellini was born to Fabio Chiellini and Lucia Chiellini. Chiellini spent her childhood in a fairly established family. His father was an orthopedist, while his mother worked as Lucia Chiellini.

Although born in Pisa, Chiellini spent a lot of time in Livorno. The place has a distance of about 25 km from Pisa, and presents a beautiful natural scenery.

Born into a wealthy family, Chiellini was given freedom by her parents to do anything. He can wrestle any sport. Initially, Chiellini chose basketball. He chose basketball because he has a high body and is considered a fun sport.

But over time, Chiellini began to switch to soccer.

At the age of ten, Chiellini joined the Livorno academy. He spent about more than 10 years there. Initially, Chiellini played as a central midfielder. Then he switched to the wing position, until finally comfortable playing as a defender.

After studying at Livorno, Chiellini then moved to AS Roma. Only lasted three years there, the defender known for being tough returned to Livorno as a loan to later settle at Fiorentina.

With La Viola, Chiellini played 42 matches and scored 3 goals. Chiellini has a very good playing style. He is flexible and reliable. Moreover, the game is fairly consistent.

When faced with an opponent, Chiellini uncompromisingly will immediately grab the ball and secure his defense. Walter Mazzari even called him the world's best defender.

In 2005, Chiellini officially uniformed in Juventus. He was having a hard time there, because he became part of the players who took part in the caste in Serie B.

Despite joining Juventus, actually Chiellini is a big fan of AC Milan. Chiellini really admires the figure of Paolo Maldini. It's just that, Chiellini's love of AC Milan began to fade after growing up. He has found greater love since wearing Juventus.

While playing in Serie B for Juventus, he began playing at center back, a duet with Nicola Legrottaglie, Jean-Alain Boumsong and Robert Kovac. After just one season, Chiellini successfully led Juventus to win Serie B and return promotion to Serie A.

The 2007/08 season when Juventus returned to Serie A, Chiellini started. Because judged to play nicely, Chiellini then received a contract extension from Juventus management. Chiellini has great stature and is very difficult to penetrate. Therefore, fans called him "king kong".

In the following season, despite not being able to give the Serie A title to Juventus, Chiellini remained an option. The fans and management really believe it. Arguably, in the period after promotion until 2011, Juventus experienced periods of ups and downs. The Turin club has made several changes, including a change of coaches.

Only in the 2011/12 season, Juventus again managed to rule Italy. Since then, under Antonio Conte, Chiellini has increasingly been a fan of praise. He became a symbol of the revival of Juventus and dominated for several years.

Being in the Old Lady's defense, Chiellini played with Leonardo Bonucci and Andrea Barzagli. He then formed a historic trio with the two players.

Chiellini made his 250th appearance with Juventus on 22 September 2012, in his first appearance in the 2012/13 season after returning from injury. In the 2012/13 season, Juventus retained the Serie A and Supercoppa Italia titles. Chiellini was also the only Italian player to be nominated for the 2013 UEFA Team of the Year.

Chiellini then made his 300th appearance with Juventus in a 3-0 Serie A win against Roma on 5 January 2014. Because he continued to play consistently and was considered a senior at the club, Chiellini, on 29 June 2018, was given a contract extension for two years until 2020, and was also appointed as the club's new captain after Buffon's departure.

Keep in mind in 2017, Chiellini received a master's degree (S2) after majoring in Business Administration at the University of Turin. The player also received the title Summa Cum Laude because its value is near perfect.

This positive achievement also received attention from Juventus management. Through her official website, The Great Lady gave an appreciation to Giorgio Chiellini. Giorgio Chiellini obtained his Bachelor's degree in Business and Economics at the University of Turin in July 2010. After that, the player continued his master's education at the same institution.

With this degree, Chiellini added to the list of figures of football players who were able to excel in academics. Argentine legend, Pablo Aimar, previously successfully completed his medical education with a major in cardiology.

On 12 March 2019, Chiellini marked his 500th appearance in a Juventus shirt. At that time, Juve underwent a match against Atletico Madrid in the Round of 16 of the Champions League. Juventus ended the season as league champions, with Chiellini winning the eighth Serie A record with the club.

At the international level itself, Chiellini made his debut for the Italian national team on November 17, 2004 against Finland under the direction of Marcello Lippi. Chiellini was called up to Italy's squad for UEFA Euro 2008 under manager Roberto Donadoni. At that time, he was plotted as a substitute for Cannavaro who suffered an injury.

Then in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, Chiellini solidified his place as the first choice. He also became the central defender of Italy, along with Cannavaro, at the 2010 World Cup, although at that time Italy had to go home early.

In the next tournament, Euro 2012, Chiellini along with two of his compatriots at Juventus became the first choice in the back line. Although classified as playing very well, Chiellini had tears in his eyes after Italy were beaten 4-0 in the final against Spain.

Because of continuing to show consistent performance, Chiellini became a subscriber in the Italian national team for major tournaments.