Giorgio Chiellini

Giorgio Chiellini
	Giorgio Chiellini
Personal information
Full name:	Giorgio Chiellini
Date of birth:	14 August 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth:	Pisa, Italy
Height:	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position:	Defender
Youth clubs
1990–2000	Livorno
Senior clubs
National team

General

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Giorgio Chiellini (born 14 August 1984) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Considered one of the best defenders of his generation, Chiellini was known for his strength, aggressiveness and man-marking, as well as his ability to play in either a three or four-man defense. He also played as a left-back earlier in his career.

At club level, Chiellini began his career with Livorno in 2000, also later playing for Fiorentina, before moving to Juventus in 2005. With Juventus, he has won a record-nine consecutive Serie A titles from 2012 to 2020, as well as five Coppa Italia titles and five Supercoppa Italiana titles, having also played two UEFA Champions League finals in 2015 and 2017. Chiellini has been named in the Serie A Team of the Year five times: in 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16 and 2017–18 and has been awarded the Serie A Defender of the Year also three times: in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Having made his international debut for Italy in 2004, Chiellini was selected in the nation's squads for the 2004 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal, as well as for four UEFA European Championships, two FIFA World Cups and two FIFA Confederations Cups, helping the Azzurri to win UEFA Euro 2020, reach the final of UEFA Euro 2012, and achieve a third-place finish at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. He retired from international football in 2022 with 117 caps, making him Italy's joint fourth-highest appearance holder.

Honours[]

Club[]

Livorno

Serie C1: 2001–02

Juventus

Serie A: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Serie B: 2006–07
Coppa Italia: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21
Supercoppa Italiana: 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020
UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2014–15, 2016–17

International[]

Italy U19

UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2003

Italy Olympic

Summer Olympics third place: 2004

Italy

UEFA European Championship: 2020; runner-up: 2012
FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2013
UEFA Nations League third place: 2020–21

Individual

Serie A Team of the Year: 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
Serie A Defender of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2010
UEFA Team of the Year: 2017
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2014–15, 2017–18
ESM Team of the Year: 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18
France Football World XI: 2015
Juventus Player of the Year: 2008–09
Juventus Greatest XI of All Time: 2017
UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2007
All-time UEFA European Under-21 Championship Dream Team: 2015
Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare "Gaetano Scirea": 2019
IFFHS Men's UEFA Team of the Year: 2021

External links[]

Giorgio Chiellini profile at Soccerbase

Italy
Italian competitions Italian Coaches Italian players Italian stadiums

Italy – UEFA Euro 2008
1. Buffon 2. Panucci 3. Grosso 4. Chiellini 5. Gamberini 6. Barzagli 7. Del Piero 8. Gattuso 9. Toni 10. De Rossi 11. Di Natale 12. Borriello 13. Ambrosini 14. Amelia 15. Quagliarella 16. Camoranesi 17. De Sanctis 18. Cassano 19. Zambrotta 20. Perrotta 21. Pirlo 22. Aquilani 23. Materazzi Manager: Roberto Donadoni

Italy – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
1. Buffon 2. Santon 3. Grosso 4. Chiellini 5. Cannavaro 6. Legrottaglie 7. Pepe 8. Gattuso 9. Toni 10. De Rossi 11. Gilardino 12. De Sanctis 13. Gamberini 14. Amelia 15. Iaquinta 16. Camoranesi 17. Rossi 18. Palombo 19. Zambrotta 20. Montolivo 21. Pirlo 22. Dossena 23. Quagliarella Manager: Marcello Lippi

Italy – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Group stage (F)
1. Buffon 2. Maggio 3. Criscito 4. Chiellini 5. Cannavaro 6. De Rossi 7. Pepe 8. Gattuso 9. Iaquinta 10. Di Natale 11. Gilardino 12. Marchetti 13. Bocchetti 14. De Sanctis 15. Marchisio 16. Camoranesi 17. Palombo 18. Quagliarella 19. Zambrotta 20. Pazzini 21. Pirlo 22. Montolivo 23. Bonucci Manager: Marcello Lippi

Italy – UEFA Euro 2012 – Runners-up
1. Buffon (c) 2. Maggio 3. Chiellini 4. Ogbonna 5. Motta 6. Balzaretti 7. Abate 8. Marchisio 9. Balotelli 10. Cassano 11. Di Natale 12. Sirigu 13. Giaccherini 14. De Sanctis 15. Barzagli 16. De Rossi 17. Borini 18. Montolivo 19. Bonucci 20. Giovinco 21. Pirlo 22. Diamanti 23. Nocerino Manager: Cesare Prandelli

Italy – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
1. Buffon (c) 2. Maggio 3. Chiellini 4. Astori 5. De Sciglio 6. Candreva 7. Aquilani 8. Marchisio 9. Balotelli 10. Giovinco 11. Gilardino 12. Sirigu 13. Marchetti 14. El Shaarawy 15. Barzagli 16. De Rossi 17. Cerci 18. Montolivo 19. Bonucci 20. Abate 21. Pirlo 22. Giaccherini 23. Diamanti Manager: Cesare Prandelli

Italy – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
1. Buffon (c) 2. De Sciglio 3. Chiellini 4. Darmian 5. Motta 6. Candreva 7. Abate 8. Marchisio 9. Balotelli 10. Cassano 11. Cerci 12. Sirigu 13. Perin 14. Aquilani 15. Barzagli 16. De Rossi 17. Immobile 18. Parolo 19. Bonucci 20. Paletta 21. Pirlo 22. Insigne 23. Verratti Manager: Cesare Prandelli

Italy – UEFA Euro 2016 – Semi-finals
1. Buffon 2. De Sciglio 3. Chiellini 4. Darmian 5. Ogbonna 6. Candreva 7. Zaza 8. Florenzi 9. Pellè 10. Motta 11. Immobile 12. Sirigu 13. Marchetti 14. Sturaro 15. Barzagli 16. De Rossi 17. Éder 18. Parolo 19. Bonucci 20. Insigne 21. Bernardeschi 22. El Shaarawy 23. Giaccherini Manager: Antonio Conte

Italy – UEFA Euro 2020 – Winners
1. Sirigu 2. Di Lorenzo 3. Chiellini 4. Spinazzola 5. Locatelli 6. Verratti 7. Castrovilli 8. Jorginho 9. Belotti 10. Insigne 11. Berardi 12. Pessina 13. Emerson 14. Chiesa 15. Acerbi 16. Cristante 17. Immobile 18. Barella 19. Bonucci 20. Bernardeschi 21. Donnarumma 22. Raspadori 23. Bastoni 24. Florenzi 25. Tolói 26. Meret Manager: Roberto Mancini

Personal information
Giorgio Chiellini

Full name:	Giorgio Chiellini
Date of birth:	14 August 1984 (1984-08-14) (age 41)
Place of birth:	Pisa, Italy
Height:	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position:	Defender
Youth clubs
1990–2000	Livorno
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2000–2002 2002–2004 2002–2004 2004–2022 2004–2005 2022–2023 Total	Livorno Roma → Livorno (loan) Juventus → Fiorentina (loan) Los Angeles FC	008 00(0) 000 00(0) 047 00(4) 425 0(27) 037 00(3) 031 00(1) 548 0(35)
National team
2000 2000–2001 2001 2002 2001–2003 2004–2007 2004 2004–2022	Italy U15 Italy U16 Italy U17 Italy U18 Italy U19 Italy U21 Italy Olympic Italy	008 00(0) 012 00(2) 001 00(0) 006 00(1) 018 00(1) 026 00(6) 002 00(0) 117 00(8)