Giorgio Chiellini
Early years
Giorgio's parents are called Fabio and Lucia, he is one of four siblings, his twin brother Claudio and a brother & sister Giulio and Silvia. He started playing at 6 years of age for Livorno and at first was used as a central midfielder. As he grew up, he was switched on the wing and finally he found his position as a lateral defender. These days, thanks to his flexibility, he can be employed as a central defender too. Juventus He was signed by Juventus in summer 2004, for €6.5 million, but immediately sold on co-ownership deal to Fiorentina for €3.5 million, where he played for 2004–05 season. After an excellent first season in Serie A, Chiellini was recalled by Juventus for the 2005–06 season, where Juventus paid €4.3 million for full-ownership. He has been a regular fixture in the Bianconeri backline in their return to Serie A and was named "Man of the Match" in a game against Internazionale when he won a physical and heated duel with ex-Juve teammate Zlatan Ibrahimović, allowing the in-form hitman no goals. Chiellini extended his original contract from until 2009 to 2011 on October 12, 2006.[1] After the Calciopoli scandal, Chiellini was a starter for Juventus in Serie B.After their triumphant return to Serie A, Giorgio Chiellini was converted by coach Claudio Ranieri into a center-back, having played left back in his career until this point. Chiellini had a tremendous season, named by many as the best center-back in all of Serie A. Alongside his reborn center-defense partner Nicola Legrottaglie, the duo led Juventus to the 2nd-least conceded goals for the season, despite many penalties awarded against Juventus controversially. The surprising aspect of this is that neither were considered remotely close to pinning down a center-back position in the summer before the season, with Domenico Criscito and Jorge Andrade preferred as the starting duo. On 27 April 2008, Chiellini scored twice for Juventus in 5-2 win over Lazio that confirms Bianconeri's place in Serie A top four.[2] On 26 June 2008, Chiellini extended his contract with Juventus to the year 2013.
On 13 August 2008, Chiellini scored his first European goal of his career as Juve beat Artmedia Petržalka 4-0 in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie.[4] On 17 August 2008, Giorgio injured his left knee again during the Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi against Milan and missed the start of the Serie A season. The extent of the damage is yet to be determined, but he will be unable to play for at least six weeks, possibly even six months. However, he returned marvelously fast to duty, after only a month out.[5] In September, Chiellini made a quick recovery from his injury to start each of Juve's first three UEFA Champions League group games. Despite this, many Juventus supporters believe he is not fully healed as he has made two uncharacteristic mistakes that led to goals in recent weeks. After a few shaky games, Chiellini has regained the form that has seen him nominated by the Oscar del Calcio as the Best Defender in Serie A. On 14 December 2008, he scored the 2–1 goal against Milan in Serie A with a well placed header from an Alessandro Del Piero corner kick. Juventus went on to win the match 4–2. As of 19 February 2009, Chiellini is currently injured and is set to be back for the crucial UEFA Champions League match with Chelsea on 25 February. On 10 March 2009, Chiellini was controversially sent off against Chelsea in a thrilling game. Despite a 2-2 draw, Juventus were knocked out of the champions league.
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