Sebastian Giovinco is an attacking midfielder on loan to Parma from Juventus. He made his debut for Juventus’ first-team in May 2007, at the age of 20. He spent the 2007-08 season on loan at Empoli, with several strong performances in both Serie A and in the UEFA Cup. Empoli were still relegated at the end of the season and he returned to Juventus. The next two season Giovinco found himself on the bench much of the time, despite delivering some excellent performances. Giovinco has also played U-21 football and in the 2008 Olympics for Italy.

Alessandro Del Piero is a striker who plays for Italian side Juventus and previously also the Italian national team. Del Piero arrived at Juventus in 1993, aged 18, from Calcio Padova. Since then he has become an icon with Juventus, having both the record of games played and goals scored for the club.
Del Piero has been faithful to the club and stayed on and captained them when Juventus were demoted to Serie B after Italian football’s match-fixing scandal in 2006. Several other high-profiled players chose to leave the club when that happened. On a more positive note that year Del Piero won the 2006 FIFA World Cup with Italy. Del Piero scored in their 2-0 semi-final win against Germany. He has also won seven Serie A titles with Juventus. It has been announced that the 2011-12 season will be his last with the club.

Claudio Marchisio is a midfielder who plays for Italian side Juventus and the Italian national team. Marchisio joined the Juventus youth academy as a seven year old. He made his first team debut in August 2006, at the age of 20. The following season he was sent on loan to Empoli, with fellow Juve team mates Giovinco and Volpato. At Empoli he gained more experience in Serie A and also played in the UEFA Cup. When Empoli at the end of the season were relegated Marchisio returned to Juventus. Soon after his return he managed to secure his place in Juventus’ starting XI. The following season Marchisio also played his way into the Italian national team.

Felipe Melo is a defensive midfielder who plays for Italian side Juventus and Brazil.
Melo started his career at Flamengo and had several successful seasons for various Brazilian club sides. He then moved first to Mallorca then to Racing Santander in Spain, where things were off to a slow start. Eventually he found some form again and stayed two seasons with Racing. This was followed by an impressive season with Almunia before deciding on a move to the Italian Serie A. He played the 2008/09 season for Fiorentina, again impressing with his robust playing style. This resulted in Melo being called up to the Brazilian squad and several clubs being interested in his signature. In July 2009 he signed for Juventus. The 2009/10 season was at times disappointing for Melo but he kept his plaze in the Brazilian team going to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In their quarterfinal loss to Netherlands Melo started with an assist for the goal putting Brazil ahead. He then touched the ball which gave Netherlands the equalizer, initially being accredited as an own goal. Bad went from worse when Melo was sent off from having stamped Arjan Robben. Melo was subsequently blamed by many supporters for Brazil’s World Cup exit.
The new Brazilian head coach has so far preferred Chelsea’s Ramires and Tottenham’s Sandro at the central defensive midfield position.

Giorgio Chiellini is a centre back who plays for Italian side Juventus and Italy.
Chiellini was born in Pisa but came up through the youth squad at AS Livorno (arch-rivals of AC Pisa). He signed for Juventus just days before his 20th birthday in 2004, in a contracted co-ownership with Fiorentina. He played an excellent 2004-05 season for Fiorentina and also made his full debut for the Italian national team. That summer he had been in the Italian bronze medal winning team in the Olympics and the year previously he was in the winning team of the U-19 European Championship. Chiellini has since been a regular in the Italian squad and he enjoyed an excellent Euro 2008 tournament.
Since the 2005-06 season Chiellini has played for Juventus where they in the 2008-09 season were runners-up in Serie A. He was named Serie A Defender of the Year in 2008, 2009 and 2010.