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.