Jorge Luiz Frello Filho Cavaliere OMRI, also known as Jorginho (born 20 Dec 1991), is an Italian professional footballer. He plays as a Middlefield for Premier League team Chelsea and the Italy national soccer team. He is also known as a regista, an Italian football term for a deep-lying playmaker or defensive midfielder.
Born in Brazil, Jorginho immigrated to Italy when he was 15. He began his professional career at Verona’s youth team before moving to the senior team. He was loaned to Sambonifacese during the 2010-11 season. He moved to Napoli in January 2014 and won the Coppa Italiana and the Supercoppa Italiana. Before moving to Chelsea for PS50 million in 2018, he played 160 games. He won the UEFA Europa League his first season and then the UEFA Champions League in the 2020-21 season.
He has represented Italy at international level. His senior debut was in 2016 and his competitive debut the year after that. He was part of the Italy team that won UEFA Euro 2020 and was awarded the Team of the Tournament. He was the UEFA Men’s Player Of The Year in 2021 and he placed third in the Ballon d’Or.
| Your birthdate | December 20, 1991 |
| Birthplace | Imbituba, Brazil |
| Length | 1.81m (5 ft 11in) |
| Team | Chelsea Club Overview |
| Position | midfielder |
| Number | 5 |
| Nickname | Brazilian Kante |
Early life
Jorginho was born at Imbituba, Brazil’s state of Santa Catarina. He moved to Italy when he was 15. Through his paternal great grandfather Giacomo Frello, who is from Lusiana (Veneto), he is Italian and has thus been granted Italian citizenship.
His mother has been credited with his passion for football. Jorginho nearly quit football after learning that his agent was financially exploiting him while playing for Verona’s youth team. But a phone conversation with his mother helped him persevere and keep playing.
Gheorghe Hagi was his childhood idol. His friends nicknamed him Haginho.
Style of play
Jorginho’s composure as a footballer is well-known. He can be used in any position in the midfield. He is often deployed in the middle of a 3-man midfield with a 4-3-2-3 formation because of his football intelligence, work rate, technique, football vision, passing accuracy and ability to break down possession. He is not very tall and imposing due to his average height and slender build. However, his ability to play both box-to-box and defensive midfield roles as a ball winner, thanks to his tactical intelligence, positional awareness, awareness and ability to read the game allows him to cover ground and press opponents further up to retrieve the ball. He is more comfortable in a creative, more reserved role as a deep-lying, playmaker in the back-line. This position, known in Italian football jargon as the regista, allows him to spend more time on the ball and control the pace of his team’s play through his precise, horizontal passing game. He is not fast and lacks speed, but he is known for his ability to move off the ball and to misplace his markers. This allows him to locate gaps where his teammates can pass to him and allow him to link up with them in tight spaces.
Because of his ability to direct play in the midfield and assist his team defensively, his role has been compared to that a metodista (“centre half”) in Italian football jargon. He is also a skilled penalty taker and often does trademark hops when taking spot kicks.
Jorginho cites Andrea Pirlo and Xavi as his inspirations in footballing. [
Market Value & Net Worth
| Net worth: | 19 Million Euro (16,000,000 Pounds) |
| Market Value | 40 Million Euro (35 million Pounds) |
This youngster is among the most highly paid in Chelsea’s squad. He has made quite a lot of money playing football. His net worth at the moment is approximately 19 million Euro (16 million Pounds). Because he is still not proven his worth at Chelsea, his market value may be slightly decreasing. He will get there. His market value at the moment is approximately 40 Million Euro (35 million Pound).
