Giorgio Chiellini is an Italian professional footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team. He began his career as a left-back, but made his name as an aggressive, physical, hard-tackling centre back in a 3 or 4 man defence, with a penchant for scoring headers from set-pieces, due to his aerial prowess and strength. Walter Mazzarri once labeled him as "a force of nature, he's a universal player that any coach would love to have on his team. He is from another planet; he can mark three players by himself." A popular figure with fans, he is also known for his leadership, and is the club's vice-captain, behind Gianluigi Buffon.

Chiellini made his international debut for Italy in 2004, and has since earned over 80 caps. He was selected in the nation's squads for the 2004 Olympics, winning a bronze medal, as well as for two UEFA European Championships, two FIFA World Cups and two FIFA Confederations Cups, helping the Azzurri to reach the final of UEFA Euro 2012 and a third-place finish at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. At club level, Chiellini began his career with Livorno in 2000, also later playing for Roma and Fiorentina, before moving to Juventus in 2005. With Juventus, he has won five consecutive Serie A titles from 2012 to 2016, as well as two consecutive Coppa Italia titles, and three Supercoppa Italiana titles.

Chiellini is considered to be one of the footballing world's top defenders: in 2012, The Guardian named him the 50th Best Player in the World, and in 2013 he was ranked as the seventh-best footballer playing in Europe by Bloomberg.

CLUB

Livorno
Serie C1: 2001–02

Juventus
Serie A: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Serie B: 2006–07
Coppa Italia: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2020–21
Supercoppa Italiana: 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020

INTERNATIONAL

Italy
UEFA European Football Championship: Runner-up: 2012
FIFA Confederations Cup: Bronze 2013
Olympic Games: Bronze 2004

Italy U-19
UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2003

INDIVIDUAL

2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament

Juventus Player of the Year:
2008–09

ESM Team of the Year:
2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18

Serie A Defender of the Year:
2008, 2009, 2010

Serie A Team of the Year:
2012–13, 2014–15, 2015-16

UEFA Champions League Team of the Season:
2014–15, 2017-18

All-time UEFA European Under-21 Championship dream team:
2015

France Football World XI:
2015

UEFA Team of the Year:
2017

Juventus Greatest XI of All Time:
2017

Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare "Gaetano Scirea":
2019