Center-back and captain Giorgio Chiellini, 36, has signed a two-year contract extension with Juventus Turin where he has played since 2005, the Piedmont club announced on Monday. Chiellini's previous contract, also captain of Italy's crowned European champion at Wembley in June, expired at the end of June. "
Giorgio Chiellini embodies everything Juventus stands for, and it is his dedication and excellent performances over the past 16 years that have earned him a contract renewal
," said the Turin club. “
There is a match between the DNA of Giorgio and that of Juve. He is an integral part of the history of Juve, but also of the present and the future.
», Added the Turin club about a pillar of his team. Chiellini won nine consecutive Italian league titles in the Bianconeri jersey before Juve were dethroned this year by Inter Milan, and played two Champions League finals in 2015 and 2017. He trains in Turin, with Leonardo Bonucci, one of the most famous central hinges in current football.