| Full name | Federico Chiesa | ||
| Birth date | 25 October 1997 (age 24) | ||
| Birthplace of the child | Genoa, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 9 inches)) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current team | Juventus (on loans from Fiorentina) | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Careers for youth | |||
| 2002-2007 | Settignanese | ||
| 2007-2016 | Fiorentina | ||
| Career advancement | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016- | Fiorentina | 137 | (26) |
| 2020- | – Juventus (loan) | 44 | (10) |
| National team+ | |||
| 2015-2016 | Italy U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | Italy U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2017-2019 | Italy U21 | 13 | (6) |
| 2018- | Italy | 37 | (4) |
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| * Goals and senior club appearances were deemed to be domestic league only . The data is up to date as of 14:52, Jan 2022 (UTC) * National team caps and goals are correct at the time of writing on 10 January 2022. |
Federico Chiesa-Cavalier OMRI (Italian pronunciation: born on 25 October , 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who is an winger with Serie A side Juventus in loan with Fiorentina as well as in the Italy the national side. The son is a former soccer player Enrico Chiesa.
As a player in Fiorentina’s youth academy, Chiesa made his first-team debut in the year 2016. The club remained with him for four yearsand scored 35 goals across 153 matches across all competitions. Chiesa made the move to Juventus during the 2020-21 season, and won the Coppa Italia as well as the Supercoppa Italiana in his first season.
Chiesa is an ex- Italy youth international who played for Italy at the younger, under-19 and even under-21 levels. Chiesa made his international debut for the senior team in March of 2018 and also represented Italy during UEFA Euro 2020; Chiesa was instrumental in helping his country take the title, as well as being selected in the Top Team of the Tournament.
Club life
Youth careers
Chiesa started his career as a youngster playing with Settignanese from Settignano an area of the northeast of Florence in which Chiesa was coached by Fiorentina legendary Kurt Hamrin.
Fiorentina
2007-2016 The beginning of my career
He was signed by Fiorentina at the end of 2007. At first, he was a part of their Giovanili team, Chiesa was assigned to the under-19 squad during the 2014-15 season. He scored one goal in seven games with their Primavera team. In the following season, he had an appearance in the 23rd game and netted seven goals. Chiesa made his debut official contract for Fiorentina in February of 2016.
2016-17 A breakthrough and established as a starter
He made his debut for Fiorentina in the 2-1 defeat away to Juventus in the opening game in the 2016-17 Serie A season. Fiorentina director Paulo Sousa opted to replace his player at half-time, with loan-signing Cristian Tello. On 29 September, Chiesa made his Europa League debut in Fiorentina’s 5-1 home win over Qarabag. On December 8 Chiesa made his 4th Europa League appearance by scoring the first time he scored a goal for a senior team in a 1-2 win away against Qarabag and was dismissed from the game for an unintentional double booking.
On the 15th of January, 2017 Chiesa was believed to have scored the goal that won the match in a 2-1 win at home against opponents Juventus with the Milan Badelj pass, however the goal was awarded to Badelj in the event that, upon review, replays did not prove that Chiesa had redirected the ball. In the following time, Chiesa signed a contract extension with Fiorentina to 30 June 2021. On the 21st of January Chiesa scored his first score during Serie A in a 3-0 away win over Chievo. Within eight days, Chiesa scored his second league goal in a home 3-3 draw with Genoa. On the 7th of May Chiesa scored his first score for Fiorentina in a 2-3 draw with Sassuolo and this was only his third strike for Fiorentina and the first time he scored in Serie A in nearly four months. The goal was scored just four minutes after Nikola Kalinic’s penalty was missed shortly after half-hour.
2017-2019: The final seasons of Florence
On the 16th of September, in the 2017-18 campaign, Chiesa marked his 30th league appearance for Fiorentina by scoring at the Derby dell’Appennino against Bologna; scoring the opening goal in the 51st second of the match, leading to the end, a 2-1 victory at home. On the 30th of January in the 2018-19 season Chiesa got a three-goal hat-trick during the 7-1 win at home against Roma in the quarterfinal match at the Coppa Italia.
Juventus
2020-21 The season that will be the debut
5 October, 2020 Chiesa signed a 2-year loan agreement with Juventus and Juventus. The deal includes it was a EUR3 million credit for the season that he started and an EUR7 million credit for the next season, which comes with the obligation to purchase the club for EUR40 million, plus EUR10 million in variable. On October 17, Chiesa made his debut in the first team of Juventus with an assist to Alvaro Morata and getting a straight red card in a 1-1 home draw against Crotone. Chiesa also made the UEFA Champions League debut three days later in the 2-0 win away against Dynamo Kyiv. The goal was his debut in the tournament, as well as for Juventus on the 2nd of December at home, in a 3-0 victory over the same team.
Chiesa’s first goal in the league for Juventus took place on 16 December when he scored a long-distance goal in a 1-1 draw at home against Atalanta. In the 6th January of 2021 Chiesa scored two goals against league leaders Milan to aid in helping Juventus beat them three-one away. It was Milan’s first league loss in 27 matches. Chiesa had three goals in the match against Porto during the 2021-21 UEFA Champions League round of 16 one in the first leg and two in second game. The result was that Juventus had to be eliminated due to the the rule of away goals. On the 19th of May the following day, he scored the game-winning strike in the 2-1 win against Atalanta at the 2021 Coppa Italia Final.
2021-22: Season-ending injury
In the beginning of the season on September 29, 2021, during the 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Chiesa scored the winning goal in a victory at home 1-0 over title-holders Chelsea in the group stage of the match, surpassing the Alessandro Del Piero record of four consecutive goals in the tournament. In the 9th January of 2022 in a match in the UEFA Champions League against Roma, Chiesa suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury which meant he was out for the rest of the season.
International career
Youth
Chiesa was the first player to be called up for the Italy U19 squad in the year 2015. Chiesa was chosen as a member of Paolo vanoli’s preliminary 27-man team to the 2016 UEFA Euro Under-19 Championship in Germany. Chiesa was a player with Italy U19 in friendly matches in France, the Czech Republic, Spain and France. In 2016, he was summoned by Alberigo Evans to the U20s in order to represent Italy in the 2015-16 Under-20 Four Nations Tournament.
In March of 2017, Chiesa was called up by Luigi Di Biagio to the U21s for friendly matches in the upcoming matches against Poland as well as Spain. Chiesa made his debut for the U21s on the 23rd of March, 2017 with a 2-1 victory over Poland; Chiesa provided the support for Lorenzo Pellegrini’s goal. Chiesa was able to keep his spot in the starting lineup against Spain in a 2-1 loss on the Stadio Olimpico.
In June 2017 he was selected in the U21 team for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship by manager Di Biagio. In Italy’s first match at the event on the 19th of June the striker set up Andrea Petagna’s goal by delivering the ball after the corner of a goal during a 2-0 victory over Denmark. Italy were knocked out by Spain at the quarterfinals stage on the 27th of June after a 3-1 loss.
He played for the U21 team at the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship held in Italy He scored three goals during the group stage.
Senior
Even though he was only selected to the under-21 squad in March of 2017, Chiesa was selected by Italy’s director of football Gian Piero Ventura to play in Italy’s official friendly match against San Marino in Empoli on the 31st of May. Chiesa made his official senior international debut during the game, playing in Italy’s eventual win of 8-0.
In March of 2018 He was granted his first official call-up to Italy national team as interim manager Di Biagio, for Italy’s friendly matches in the upcoming friendly matches against Argentina and England in the following month. On March 23 the following day, he made his first international appearance as a senior in the friendly game against Argentina; Italy were defeated by 2-0.
His first international goal of senior status was scored on the 18th of November in a 9-1 win at home against Armenia during the final Euro 2020 qualifier, under manager Roberto Mancini; he also helped two goals in the game: Ciro Immobile’s first goal as well as Riccardo Orsolini’s goals.
On June 20, 2021 Chiesa has been included as a player in the Italy team to play in UEFA Euro 2020. Chiesa was named Man of the Game by UEFA during Italy’s final group game which was a 1-0 win over Wales on the 20th of June in Rome on the 20th of June that saw them win their group. On June 26 He scored the opening score in an 2-1 overtime win against Austria in the 16th round of the tournament played at Wembley Stadium. His father Enrico scored the goal twenty-five years and twelve hours earlier during Italy’s first group game in UEFA Euro 1996 in England losing 2-1 to the eventual winners Czech Republic; as such they became the first father-son pair to score goals at the Euros. In the semi-final game against Spain on July 6 Chiesa scored the opening goal in a draw of 1-1 that saw Italy made it into the semi-finals of the competition in extra time, following an 4-2 penalty shootout win. The result was that Chiesa was awarded Man of Match for the second time by UEFA again for the 2nd time. On July 11, Chiesa suffered an injury during the second period of regulation time during the UEFA Euro 2020 Final against England at Wembley Stadium, and was later substituted with Federico Bernardeschi in the 86th minute. Italy was able to win in the European Championship following a 3-2 victory in a penalty shoot-out following an extra-time draw of 1-1. In recognition of his performance throughout the tournament Chiesa was included in the “Team of the Tournament”.
On the 6th of October, Chiesa was a part of the goal scored by Lorenzo Pellicerno in a 2-1 loss at home against Spain in the semi-finals of 2020-21 UEFA Nations League. On October 10 Chiesa won an award of a penalty, and Domenico Berardi scored the match-winning goal that gave Italy the win of 2-1 at home against Belgium during the Bronze Medal match at the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals.
The style of the game
Considered a promising young prospect Chiesa is a gifted quick, skilled, and hard-working player with an excellent technique, small size, and a slim build. With good stamina, speed and dribbling ability He is usually an oblique right winger, the position that allows him to create scoring chances for his teammates specifically when he crosses his ball over the penalty area with his more powerful right foot. Additionally, he is capable of scoring goals for himself and is able to play on the left side of the wing, a job that lets him defeat opponents using the ball in one-on-one situations and cut into the center of the field to score in the goal using his bigger foot, especially in the outside of the penalty zone, despite being a skilled striker with the left side of his foot.
In addition to his preferred roles on either flanks He has also been employed in various other positions of attack, due to his ability to play anyplace in the front line. He has typically been employed in a central position in the form of an attacking midfielder, or as a second striker, but has been employed as a main striker at times. There have been occasions when he was utilized in deeper midfield roles such as central midfielder. His speed and agility off the ball allows him to take advantage of spaces and create attacking runs to go past defensive lines and give the team with depth.
Apart from his primary tasks in attacking and defense, he is also well-known for his work-rate and energy and frequently contributes to the defensive part in the match by pressuring players and chasing opponents’ wingers on the flanks in order to gain possession and even employed as a right-sided wing back as part of a formation with a 3 5. In addition, he’s highly appreciated by press for his calmness because of his propensity for scoring goals that are decisive during crucial matches.
Personal life
Chiesa’s dad, Enrico, was also a professional player; he played for a variety of Serie A clubs, most particularly Parma, Fiorentina and Siena and also played for in the Italy the national side. Chiesa attended the International School of Florence, which was where he would often take English classes. He also attended two years of university, where he was studying Sports Science.
