| Chiellini in 2021 | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Giorgio Chiellini |
| Birth date | 14 August 1984 (age 37) |
| The place of birth | Pisa, Italy |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 feet 2 inches) |
| Position(s) | Defender |
| Club information | |
| Current team | Juventus |
| Number | 3 |
| Careers for youth | |
| 1990-2000 | Livorno |
Giorgio Chiellini , Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: born on 14 August 1984) is an Italian professional footballer who is captain and defender for as captain of both Serie A club Juventus and the Italy national team. Chiellini is a physically powerful and a ferocious defender. He can also be found as a left-back in a four or three-man defense.
At the club levels, Chiellini began his career at Livorno in 2000. He was then playing with Fiorentina and then joined Juventus at the end of 2005. As a player at Juventus Chiellini, he has won record-breaking nine consecutive Serie A titles from 2012 to 2020, aswell with five Coppa Italia titles as well as five Supercoppa Italiana titles, having also been involved in the two UEFA Champions League finals in 2015 and 2017. Chiellini was named to the Serie A Team of the Year five times, between 2012-13 and 2014-15 2015-16, 2017-18, and 2018-19 and was awarded three times the Serie A Defender of the Year three times, in 2009, 2008 and in 2010.
Chiellini made his debut international in the national team of Italy in 2004 and is currently sporting a number of 116 cap making him the fifth-highest number of appearances. Chiellini was part of Italy’s teams during at the 2004 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal and also for the next four UEFA European Championships, two FIFA World Cups and two FIFA Confederations Cups, helping the Azzurri to be victorious at UEFA Euro 2020, reach the final of UEFA Euro 2012, and get third place during the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Personal life
Chiellini was born and raised within Livorno in Livorno and is one of twins. He graduated with his laurea (bachelor’s degree) in commerce and economics from the University of Turin in July 2010. He also received the laurea magistrale (master’s degree) in business administration in April of this year from the same university with a cum laude degree. (with distinction). Chiellini is fluent in English.
On July 14, 2014, the actor got married to his long-time partner Carolina Bonistalli at a private Catholic ceremony in the Sanctuary of Montenero in Livorno. They have two children: Nina birthed in the month of July and Olivia born in June 2019. The was the same year that he also published the book C’e un an angelic bianconero. Il mio maestro si chiama Scirea.
Chiellini is featured on the cover of EA Sports’ FIFA video game series. He appeared featured on the cover of Italian versions of FIFA 10 along with world-renowned cover superstar Ronaldinho and FIFA 11 with international cover superstar Kaka.
In the 2017-18 season, Chiellini starred in the Netflix docu-series known as First Team: Juventus.
In the year 2020, Chiellini released his autobiography Io, Giorgio, with all the profits going to the charity insuperabili during the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy. However, Chiellini was the subject of controversy for his vehement critique about his previous club as well as his international teammates Felipe Melo and Mario Balotelli in his autobiography. On January 1, 2022, Chiellini confirmed his COVID-19 diagnosis as part of the pandemic that was sweeping Italy and recovered within 7 January.
Chiellini defending Didier Drogba in 2013
Chiellini started his career as a defensively-minded left-back but he was later hailed as an aggressive, brave physically, hard-hitting centre-back with a flair for scoring headers off set-pieces due to the size of his body, his aerial power as well as his athleticism and strength. A flexible, consistent confident, dependable, and commanding left-footed defenderwith excellent awareness of position and the ability to understand the game, he’s competent to play in a three – or four-man defense. A tireless player, he’s well-known for his ability take on ground and exert pressure on opponents or anticipate their movements who are in higher positions on the field.
Considered a promising defender during his youth, he went on to be thought of as to be one of the top defenders in football world-wide and one of the best defenders of his time and also one of Juventus’s best players ever. In the year 2018 the year of his death, the Juventus coach at that time was Massimiliano Allegri – referred to Chiellini as “the best defender in the world.” In regards to Chiellini’s strength and man-marking capability the previous Livorno coach Walter Mazzarri once labeled him as “a force of nature” as well as adding “he’s an all-purpose player that coaches would like to have on their team. Chiellini is from another world He can mark three players at a time.”
Because of his determined and uncompromising style of play, Chiellini has been described as an “old-fashioned” centre-back, who is primarily a ball-winner and his physicality and vigor as a defensive player, as being known for his signature goal celebration, which includes the chest being swung, has earned him the name “King Kong”. Although he’s not very skilled or graceful technically however, he has an excellent eye and has a solid distribution that allows him to strike the ball around or unleash attacks from behind after winning back possession.
Popular with supporters, he is well-known for his dedication and leadership skills on the pitch. He was Juventus’s vice captain for a long time and was a close second to Gianluigi Buffon after Buffon’s departure from the team in 2018, Chiellini was appointed the team’s captain. With Andrea Barzagli’s retirement, the subsequent Bonucci-Chiellini axis was considered, in terms of longevity and performance at high levels, one of the most solid and complementary in international football, as well as being compared to duets from the past such as Beckenbauer-Schwarzenbeck, Scirea-Gentile or Baresi-Costacurta. Bonucci has also proven to be a popular captain of Italy’s national team. Italian nation’s national squad, and has stated the role of a captain was to reduce tension of the rest of the team in crucial moments. While he’s not known for his speed over shorter distances, he’s also an agile defensive player. In addition, he has an impressive mentality, a good attitude under pressure determination, determination and concentration, and the ability to manage his backline. Despite his skills to defend however, he’s often had to contend with injuries during the recent seasons.
Giorgio Chiellini Net Worth
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| Net Worth in 2021 | $1 Million – $5 Million |
| Salary in 2020 | Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2019 | Pending |
| Salary in 2019 | Under Review |
| House | Not Available |
| Cars | Not Available |
| Source of Income | Player |
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Timeline
On the 24th of August, during the opening game of Juventus’s 2018-19 season against Parma Chiellini scored only one goal of the game in a 1-0 victory away of Serie A. The 30th of August, Chiellini suffered a tear to the anterior cruciate ligament while training. He was back on the 16th of February 2020 in a game against Brescia and was substituted by Leonardo Bonucci in the 78th minute.
In the year 2020, Chiellini released his autobiography Io, Giorgio, with the proceeds going to the superabili charity during the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. However, Chiellini was the subject of controversy for his vehement critique regarding his old club as well as International teammates Felipe Melo and Mario Balotelli in his autobiography.
On the 16th of January, 2019 Chiellini took home his first award as the new official captain of Juventus and was awarded the Supercoppa Italiana – following a win by 1-0 against Milan. On March 12, Chiellini marked his 500th appearance in the Juventus jersey by scoring the 3-0 victory in home games against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League round of 16 second leg . He was able to beat a deficit of 2-0 to get to the quarter-finals. Juventus finished their season with the title of league champions with Chiellini winning his record-breaking eight Serie A title with the club.
On January 11, 2018 Chiellini was selected to the 2017 UEFA Team of the Year. Chiellini made his 350th appearance during Serie A in a 0-0 away draw against S.P.A.L., on 17 March.
On June 29, the 29th of June, Chiellini received a 2-year extension to his contract that runs to 2020. He was also appointed the new captain of the club following Buffon’s departure. Buffon.
On the 17th of March, 2018, despite his initial decision to quit the team, he was selected for the March 2018 friendly matches with Argentina in addition to England by the interim coach Luigi Di Biagio. Following an injury, Chiellini was removed from the team, as well Angelo Ogbonna was called up to replace him.
Chiellini was again invited to the Italian national squad in the month of September of 2018 from the manager Roberto Mancini, for Italy’s first UEFA Nations League matches against Poland and Portugal in the following month. Chiellini was also appointed to be the next captain of Italy’s Italian national team in the wake of Gianluigi Buffon’s retirement from international football. Chiellini was later spotted wearing the captain’s armband for Italy’s home draw 1-1 against Poland on September 7, as part of the UEFA Nations League opener. On October 11 the 98th match for Italy in the 1-1 friendly draw with Ukraine in Genoa and was able to match Gianluca Zambrotta’s seventh-highest appearances holder in all in history. On the 17th of November on the 17th of November, he played the 100th time he played for Italy in an 0-0 draw against Portugal in the San Siro stadium in Milan as part of his team’s last UEFA Nations League match.
Chiellini started his career as a defensive-minded left-back but he was later hailed for being a spirited, courageous physically, hard-tackling centre-back who has a knack for scoring headers off set-pieces due to his size, height, aerial skill as well as his athleticism and strength. A flexible, consistent confident, dependable, and commanding left-footed defenderwith excellent awareness, positional awareness and the ability to comprehend the game, he’s competent to play in a three – or four-man defense. A tireless player, he’s also well-known for his ability cover ground and exert pressure on opponents or anticipate their movements who are in higher positions in the field. As a promising defender when he was a kid He was considered to be one of the top defensive players in the world of football and one of the best defensive players of his time and one of the best Juventus defenses of all time. In the year 2018 the Juventus coach at that time was Massimiliano Allegri – referred to Chiellini as “the best defender in the world.” Concerning Chiellini’s strength, man-marking skills the former Livorno boss Walter Mazzarri once labeled him as “a force of nature” and added that “he’s an all-purpose player that every coach would want to have on their team. Chiellini is from another world and he is able to mark three players on his own.” Because of his determined, unassuming manner of play, Chiellini’s been labeled as an “old-fashioned” centre-back who is primarily the ball-winner. His physicality and aggressiveness as a defender as well as his signature goal-making routine, that involves pushing his chest to celebrate his goal, have earned him the title “King Kong”. Although he’s not proficient or stylish in terms of technical ability but he is a good scout and a solid distribution that allows him to strike the ball around or unleash attacks from behind after winning back possession. An extremely popular figure among the fans, he’s recognized for his commitment and leadership qualities on the field. He was Juventus’s vice captain for a long time and second in command behind Gianluigi Buffon after Buffon’s departure in the year 2018, Chiellini was appointed the captain of the team. While he’s not well-known for his speed over shorter distances, he’s also a defender who is mobile. Additionally, he has the ability to think clearly, has a great attitude under pressure determination, determination, and concentration as well as the ability to manage his backline. Despite his skill to defend however, he’s often had to contend with injuries over the last few seasons.
On the 12th of September Chiellini was unable to play in the first season’s 2017-18 Champions League group stage match of the season against Barcelona due to an injury to his calf.
Chiellini was absent from the game’s return against Spain on September 2nd, 2017, a final defeat of 3-0 and the return marches against Israel on September 5 with a one-sided victory at home due to an injury to his calf. On the 9th of October, Chiellini made his 94th appearance for Italy in an away win of 1-0 against Albania in the World Cup qualifier, equalling Giacinto Facchetti as Italy’s joint eighth-highest appearance-per-game holder ever. Italy was a part of Group G second, just behind Spain and then advanced to the playoff against Sweden. Italy did not qualify for this year’s FIFA World Cup after a 1-1 aggregate defeat to Sweden. Following the second leg, an 0-0 draw at home on the 13th of November was initially believed to be his last international game after Chiellini announced his resignation of the team.
Throughout the 2017-18 football season Chiellini was featured in the Netflix docu-series named First Team: Juventus.
On the 9th of February, 2016 it was announced that Chiellini was unable to play in his Serie A match on 13 February against Napoli as well as the first round of the 16 stage of the Champions League on 23 February against Bayern Munich due to an injury. Chiellini came back to the action the 28th of February to take on the rivals Internazionale and, despite this, sustained injuries to the thigh that caused him to fall off the pitch , and then be removed at the end of 35 minutes. After having already missed the first leg of the 16th round against Bayern and Bayern Munich, there was a further uncertainty about whether Chiellini would miss the next game on March 16. But, following a medical test, it was concluded that he’d be out only for 10 days. It was initially believed to be only missing the second stage of the Coppa Italia semi-finals against Internazionale on March 2 and an Serie A match against Atalanta on March 6; however, he would not be able to play in next week’s second in the Champions League, and missed the game. He was back from injury on April 2, and played in a 1-0 victory at home against Empoli and then sustained another injury to the adductor longus muscles in the right side of his thigh prior to being substituted during the 54th minutes in that game and further tests during the next days revealed the player would be absent for 20 days. He returned for a second time in a 2-1 away defeat against Verona on May 8. After a string of injuries throughout the season Chiellini made his mark in the final game in the league on May 14 during the 77th minutes of a five-goal win at home against Sampdoria in which Juventus were celebrating having won the league title for the fifth time in a row from the time of 2011-12. It was the 400th time Chiellini played for Juventus. The 21st of May, Chiellini captained Juventus in the 2016 Coppa Italia Final in Rome and played a crucial role in the 1-1 extra-time win over Milan (the team’s 11th Coppa Italia title in total) and helped his team to defend their title and also keep the score clean. Chiellini later took home the trophy in the same manner as Juventus were the very first Italian club to ever achieve successive domestic doubles.
On the 26th of October, 2016 Chiellini netted two goals during an away win of 4-1 against Sampdoria after a three-week absence because of injury. On the 23rd of December Chiellini scored the first strike during the Supercoppa Italiana against Milan, but the game ended in defeat when Milan took a 4-3 lead in the penalty shoot-outs following an 1-1 draw in extra time.
In Italy’s first match of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Israel on the 5th of September in 2016, Chiellini was awarded his 90th cap for international duty, however, he was later handed his first National team yellow card for another bookable incident during the 55th minutes of a 3-1 victory away, which caused Chiellini to be disqualified from the following group game against Spain on October 6 and a draw that ended up being 1-1.
On June 4, the 4th of June, 2015 it was revealed that Chiellini will not be participating during the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final against Barcelona after a scan of his left leg showed the first degree tear in the calf muscle. Without Chiellini Juventus suffered a 3-1 defeat by Barcelona in Berlin’s Olympiastadion.
Chiellini was excluded from this year’s Supercoppa Italiana after sustaining an injury during a 2-1 away friendly win over Lechia Gdansk on 29 July that kept him out for three months. On November 24, Chiellini was nominated for the 2015 UEFA Team of the Year.
The 2014. Supercoppa Italiana on 22 December 2014, Juventus were defeated by Napoli in penalties following an extra-time 2-2 draw Chiellini failed to take one of Juventus’s spot-kicks during the shoot-out that followed. In May of this year Chiellini was the captain of Juventus in their victory by 2-1 against Lazio at the 2014 Coppa Italia Final. He was also responsible for scoring the first goal of Juventus’s game in the match.
In an interview on Tuttosport, Federico Bernardeschi underlined that, despite the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo in the team, everybody was keen to have Chiellini to be part of their team for training games.
In the 2014 World Cup, in Italy’s final game in the group stage against Uruguay replays captured Luis Suarez biting Chiellini on the shoulder, before Suarez was thrown down and grabbed his face in Suarez’s 3rd bite of his career. When Italy’s Italian players protested at the Mexican Referee Marco Antonio Rodriguez for not punishing Suarez, Uruguay won a corner and scored, taking 1-1 to make it into the last 16 and knocking out Italy. In the aftermath, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee launched an investigation into the incident. On June 26, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee announced that Suarez was suspended for nine games and prohibited from participating in any sports activities (including playing in every stadium) for a period of four months. Suarez was also fined CHF100,000. (approx. PS65,700/EUR82,000/US$119,000). However, Chiellini expressed his view that the ban of four months for Suarez’s contract was “excessive”.
On October 10, 2014, in an UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Azerbaijan in Palermo Chiellini scored to made it 2-0 to put Italy ahead with a goal in the first half. Chiellini then scored an final own-goal, and scored to a winner just three minutes before the end of the game to give Italy the win 2-1. Italy was able to qualify to participate in Euro 2016 on 10 October of the year that followed, following the 3-1 victory over Azerbaijan. On the 17th of November, 2015 Chiellini played his 82nd game for Italy in the 2-2 draw at home against Romania surpassing Franco Baresi, Giuseppe Bergomi as well as Marco Tardelli as Italy’s tenth most captained player ever. The 31st of May, 2016 Chiellini got a place in the Conte’s 23-man Italy squad for Euro 2016. With Bonucci as well as Barzagli, Chiellini drew praise for his defensive efforts in helping Italy maintain clean sheets during their first two wins against Belgium and Sweden and allowed Italy to lead their group and make it into the second round. After being penalized for a foul on the field during Italy’s opening game on June 13, Chiellini was rested for Italy’s final match in the group against Ireland on 22 June which ended with an 1-0 loss. At the end of round 16 match at Stade de France in Paris on the 27th of June He scored the opener in a 2-0 victory over the reigning European champions Spain and was able to help Italy achieve their third clean sheet during the tournament. Italy was eliminated tournament after the penalty shoot-out, which ended 6-5 to the reigning World Cup champions Germany in the quarter-finals on July 2.
On July 14, 2014, the actor was married to his long-time love Carolina Bonistalli at a private Catholic ceremony held at the Sanctuary of Montenero in Livorno. The couple has two children: Nina birthed in the month of July and Olivia born in June 2019. In the is the year he also published his book “C’e un beautiful bianconero. Il mio maestro si chiama Scirea.
On October 6, 2013 Chiellini scored in Juventus’s 3-2 victory against Milan and scored the match winning goal. The next day, he announced the renewal agreement with Juventus that will keep him at the club until the year 2017. He played his 300th game in Juventus in the 3-1 Serie A victory against Roma on the 5th of January in 2014 in which he was able to claim his third consecutive title in the league with Juventus in the same season.
On April 28 Chiellini played his 300th game on Serie A with Juventus in an away draw of 2-2 against Atalanta. Three days later, on June 3, after Chiellini was not able to make it to his chance to play in the final of the 2015 Champions League Final, he took part in the 2017 final, Juventus’ second final appearance in three years however, they were defeated 4-1 by champions and defending Champions Real Madrid.
On June 22, 2013 Chiellini got his third strike for Italy against Brazil during 2013’s Confederations Cup in a 2-4 loss, scoring a low strike towards the goal post after referee Ravshan Irmatov initially had requested an extra penalty to Italy. Italy finished the tournament in third position after an 3-2 penalty shootout win against Uruguay at the Bronze Medal match.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying match with the Czech Republic, at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, on September 10, 2013 Chiellini was the first player to score Italy’s goal during a 1-1 victory at home that enabled the nation to claim the top place in their group, and also qualify to play in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil with just two games in their disposal. This was only the second time the Italian team had qualified for the World Cup.
Chiellini had his 250th appearance in the club of Juventus on the 22nd of September, 2012, in his debut in the 2012-13 season following his return back from injury, during an 2-0 victory at home over Chievo. 1 March 2013 after he returned from another injury that he sustained in mid-December Chiellini scored a header in a draw of 1-1 against Napoli in the San Paolo stadium, which allowed Juventus to maintain their six-point advantage over Napoli and remain in second position. Juventus maintained their Serie A title and the Supercoppa Italiana that season, yet again, finishing the season with the top defense record in Italy. Chiellini wasn’t the only Italian player nominated to The 2013 UEFA Team of the Year.
Under Cesare Prandelli’s leadership, Chiellini was once again the first centre back to start during the Italy’s UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign. Alongside Juventus teammates Andrea Barzagli and Leonardo Bonucci as well as Daniele De Rossi he played as a defensive player for Italy during the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament, after he recovered from an injury that he suffered in his final Serie A game of the season. He was injured again during Italy’s final group game against Ireland that ended with a 2-0 win exclusion from the quarter-final game against England and he was able to return to the starting line-up in Italy’s semi-final win 2-1 over Germany. Italy reached the final however, they were again defeated by Spain with an 4-0 loss. Despite suffering from a small injury during the semi-finals, Chiellini started as left back in the final however, he was substituted following another injury. The first goal scored by Spain during the game resulted from his mistake because of his fragile physical state.
On the 14th of November, 2012 in a 2-1 loss against France, Chiellini wore the captain’s armband of Italy in the very first game in his professional career.
Under the direction of manager Antonio Conte, Chiellini returned to his former position of left back, due to Barzagli and Bonucci’s impressive performance. After struggling to adjust to his old post, he gradually adapted to his role and was able to maintain Paolo De Ceglie, the only natural left-back in the team in the squad, in the bench for the majority of the beginning in the season 2011-12. In the second portion of the 2011-12 campaign, Conte switched to a three-man defence. Chiellini joined Bonucci and Barzagli to form a highly successful defense system for Juve which finished the season with the title of Serie A champions, with the most impressive defensive record as well as having never lost at all in league. Based on their performances the three-man defense was given the name BBC which refers to the initials of the players The trio quickly were regarded as one of the most effective defenses in football throughout the next season. Juventus fell in at the time of 2012’s Coppa Italia Final to Napoli However, they would beat Napoli in 2012’s Supercoppa Italiana, although Chiellini was unable to play in the game.
A sprain sustained during the victory over Fiorentina on the 6th of March, 2010 forced him to miss several crucial games. During His absence Juventus began a poor streak of form, conceding nine goals over the four games he was out of. Chiellini returned to the club with a goal in the first game in the away game against Napoli and was then unable keep Juventus from falling to an 0-3 loss. On the 23rd of November, 2010 Chiellini signed a new contract with Juventus to the end of June 2015. He was also given an increase in his salary.
In the early part of the 2010-11 season Chiellini was most often paired with the newly signing newcomer Leonardo Bonucci. When the fellow Italy national Andrea Barzagli in the winter transfer window, Chiellini often played as a left back to take advantage of the Bonucci-Barzagli partnership and occasionally teamed with Barzagli.
In the 2010 World Cup qualifying, Chiellini confirmed his status as the undisputed top choice in the Marcello Lippi’s squad. Chiellini played all 90 minutes of the three group games at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup but Italy lost out in the stage of group play due to goal differences. He also played as the first Italy central defender, alongside Cannavaro at the 2010 World Cup, although Italy were disappointed and left in the first round being last in their group with only two points. The team failed to win a game and keep a clean score.
Chiellini was born within Livorno and is the twin brother of twins. He earned his laurea (bachelor’s degree) in commerce and economics in the University of Turin in July 2010, and was awarded an laurea magistrale (master’s degree) in business administration in April of 2017 from the same university with a cum laude degree. (with honors). Chiellini can speak English.
In the 2008-09 campaign, Chiellini remained as first option in the central defense along with Legrottaglie and Nicola. Chiellini made his debut goal for Europe on the 13th of August, 2008 when Juve defeated Artmedia Petrzalka 4-0 in the first game in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie. A few days later Chiellini injured his left knee once more during playing in Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi match against Milan and was out for the beginning of Serie A season, returning to action in September, playing at each of Juve’s three Champions League group games. Then, at the end of 2008 Chiellini was awarded Serie A Defender of the year for 2008 during the annual Oscar del Calcio awards ceremony. On March 10, 2009 Chiellini got sent to the stands for another offense that could be booked in his Champions League first knockout round second leg game at home, in a closely contest against Chelsea however, Juventus were defeated by a score of 3-2 after having held their former English winners to draw of 2-2.
Chiellini was named in Italy’s team for UEFA Euro 2008 under manager Roberto Donadoni, and injured captain Fabio Cannavaro after an incident during a training session which led to Cannavaro being unable to participate in the event. Chiellini was ruled out of the first game against the Netherlands in which Italy lost 3-1. He was then given the green light to play alongside Christian Panucci at centre-back from the second match onwards which secured his place in the Azzurri defense. In the second game during the championship, he was instrumental in Panucci’s goal in a draw of 1-1 against Romania. He also played in the final game of the group and kept a clean sheet in a 2-0 win over France the most impressive performance was with Spain at the last quarterfinals where he famously thwarted the threat from the Spanish attack duo David Villa and Fernando Torres. The match ended in a draw the result was Italy losing 4-2 to Spain on penalties.
In Serie B, he started playing as a centre back alongside Nicola Legrottaglie, Jean-Alain Boumsong and Robert Kovac at various stages of the season. Juventus were the winners of their 2006-07 Serie B title, gaining Serie A promotion with the most impressive goal differential, conceding only 30 goals while scoring more than 80 goals in 42 games. The striker scored two goals during an eviction of 5-1 of Arezzo during May. a performance that was mathematically the final nail in the coffin for promotion to Juventus.
With Juventus returning to Serie A for the 2007-08 season, Chiellini again was a player for the club as a left back. However, due to the injuries sustained by Jorge Andrade and Domenico Criscito and Domenico Criscito, he was moved to centre back once more. Chiellini enjoyed a fantastic season and later made his position his own. Alongside the center-back Nicola Legrottaglie, the duo proved crucial as Juventus ended this season with the second-highest defense record. The most interesting aspect is that neither of them was as close to being able to secure the role of centre back during the summer prior to the seasonbegan, having Domenico Criscito and Jorge Andrade being the preferred duo to start. It has also been a frequent part of the Juventus backline since they returned back to Serie A and was notably awarded Man of the Match during the game against Juventus opponents, Internazionale when he won a heated and physical battle with ex-teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was able to keep the Swedish striker in check. Chiellini renewed his contract until 2009, and then the end of 2011 on October 12, 2006. On April 27, 2008., Chiellini netted two goals for Juventus in the 5-2 win against Lazio that established Juventus’s status at the top of the Serie A top four. On June 26, 2008, Chiellini renewed his contract with Juventus until 2013.
After a successful debut year with the club in Serie A, Chiellini was recall for the 2005-06 campaign and Juventus agreed to pay EUR4.3 million to cover the remainder term of his deal. Chiellini was a regular player under Fabio Capello and played 23 appearances in his debut season with the club. He was aiding to lead the Old Lady to their 29th scudetto (which was later transferred to Inter after an incident in the year 2006 called “Calciopoli” scandal).
