Federico Chiesa Biography
An Italian professional footballer, Federico Chiesa plays for Serie A club Juventus, on loan from Fiorentina, and the Italy national team. He primarily plays as a winger, but can also be deployed as a forward. He was brought up in the U.S. Settignanese youth system from 2002 to 2007. He then played for Fiorentina's youth cub from 2007 to 2016. He made three appearances with Italy's U19 squad, five appearances with their U20 team, and ten appearances with the U21 team. He also studied sports science at university for two years. As recent news, Juventus forward Federico Chiesa was so close to opening the scoring against AC Milan in this evening's big game. Scroll down to know more about his Full Biography, Personal Life & Affairs, Interesting Facts, Present Age, and more.
Famous For
- Being an Italian professional footballer.
- For playing for Serie A club Juventus.
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Early Life of Federico Chiesa
On 25th October 1997, Federico Chiesa took birth in Genoa, Italy (birth nation/hometown). He holds an Italian nationality and Italian-white ethnicity. Similarly, he is from a Christianity religion and his race is white. He happily celebrates his birthday on 25th October of every year and he has celebrated his 23rd birthday as of 2020 though as his birthdate, his star sign is Scorpio. He is the son of Enrico Chiesa (father) and Francesca Chiesa (mother). His father was also a professional footballer; he played for clubs such as Cremonese, Sampdoria, Parma, Fiorentina, Lazio, and Siena, and represented the Italian national team. Chiesa's siblings are Adriana (Younger sister) and Lorenzo (younger brother). He enrolled at the International School of Florence, where he frequently took lessons in learning English. He also spent two years at university, studying Sports Science.
Federico Chiesa Career
- Federico Chiesa commenced his football career with Settignanese from Settignano, where he was coached by Fiorentina legend Kurt Hamrin.
Fiorentina
- Federico became a member of Fiorentina in 2007 as he was assigned to the under-19 squad for the 2014-2015 season, and scored a single goal in seven appearances for their "Primavera" side whereas he made 23 appearances and scored seven goals and signed his first professional contract with Fiorentina in February 2016.
- He then made his competitive debut for Fiorentina in a 2-1 away defeat against Juventus, during the opening fixture of the 2016-2017 Serie A season though he made his Europa League debut in Fiorentina's 5-1 home win over Qarabag on 29th September.
- After that, he marked his fourth Europa League appearance by scoring his first-ever senior goal in a 1-2 away victory over Qarabab on 8th December although he was later sent off during the same match for a double booking Chiesa appeared to score the match-winner in a 2-1 home win over rivals Juventus on 15th January 2017.
- He extended his contract with Fiorentina until 30th June 2021 however, he scored his first goal in Serie A in a 3-0 away victory over Chievo on 21st January and scored his second league goal in a 3-3 home draw against Genoa just eight days later.
- As well, he netted the opening goal for Fiorentina in an eventual 2-2 draw against Sassuolo on 7th May as well as he marked his 30th league appearance for Fiorentina with a goal in the Derby dell'Appennino against Bologna; scoring the opener in the 51st minute of the game, in an eventual 2-1 home win on 6 September 2017, in the 2017-2018 season.
Juventus
- Federico signed a two-year loan deal with Juventus; a 3 million Euro loan for the first season and a 7 million Euro loan for the second season on 5th October 2020 as he made his debut for Juventus, providing an assist for Alvaro Morata and getting a straight red card in a 1-1 away draw to Crotone on 17th October.
- Also, he made his UEFA Champions League debut three days later, in a 2-0 away win over Dynamo Kyiv though he scored his first goal in the competition, and for Juventus, on 2nd December, in a 3-0 home win against the same opponent.
- On 16th December, his first league goal for Juventus came on scoring a long-distance goal in a 1-1 home draw against Atalanta as he scored a brace against league-leaders Milan to help Juventus win 3-1 away from home on 6th January 2021.
- As a piece of fresh news, Juventus forward Federico Chiesa was so close to opening the scoring against AC Milan in this evening's big game. The Italian international has been in fine form of today, getting himself into dangerous positions, and it was inevitable that he would score the opening goal. Moments before he broke the deadlock, however, he was so close to scoring also.
Federico Chiesa International Career
- Federico Chiesa was first called-up to the Italy U19 squad back in 2015 and was selected as part of Paolo Vanoli's preliminary 27-man squad for the 2016 UEFA Euro Under-19 Championship in Germany though he played for Italy U19s in friendlies against the Czech Republic, Spain, and France.
- He made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 23rd March 2017, in a 1-2 victory against Poland, and retained his place in the starting line-up against Spain in a 1-2 defeat at the Stadio Olimpico.
- As well, he was selected by Italy's senior head coach Gian Piero Ventura for the team's unofficial friendly against San Marino in Empoli on 31st May and made his unofficial senior international debut in the match, starting in Italy's eventual 8-0 win.
- He was included in the Italy under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship by manager Di Biagio in June 2017 as he set-up Andrea Petagna's goal with a cross following a corner in a 2-0 win over Denmark in Italy's opening match of the tournament on 19th June.
- He was also awarded his first official senior call-up to the Italian national team in march 2018 and he made his official senior international debut in the friendly against Argentina; Italy was defeated 2-0 on 23rd March.
- He took part with the U21 team in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship held in Italy, where he scored three goals in the group stage phase.
- His first senior international goal came on 18th November, in a 9-1 home win over Armenia, in Italy's final Euro 2020 qualifier.
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Federico Chiesa Personal Life
Reflecting on Federico Chiesa's personal life, he is an unmarried guy. Whereas regarding his relationship status, he is in a romantic relationship with Florence, born Benedetta Quagli currently. Federico appeared on 21-year-old Benedetta's Instagram post on 13th June 2019. Since then, they seem to appear in each other posts quite frequently, exchanging lovely messages for each other as their relationship is outstanding till now. Furthermore, talking about his sexual orientation, he is straight.
Source: @thesun.co.uk
Federico Chiesa Net Worth & Salary
Moving towards Federico Chiesa's net worth, he has a worth of around 2 million euros (1.6 million Pound) as of 2020. The price speculated was around $72.7 million (65 million Euro) to get the Italian forwards signature, and clubs interested were trying to bid the amount. His statement on 18th July 2019, saying, "I wouldn't even sell Federico Chiesa for $111 million (100 million euros)," stopped every hope of the clubs hunting the Italian ace's signature. Chiesa's salary got doubled to $3.8 million (3.4 million Euro) from the previous $1.9 million(1.7 million Euro)to play until 2022 for La Viola, as reported in Football Italia. In addition, his major source of income is from his football career.
Federico Chiesa Body Measurement
The handsome footballer, Federico Chiesa stands at a perfect height of 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) with a balanced body weight of 70 kg. Blessed with great height and physique, he still carries the aura to rock the shirtless avatar. He has made some loyal fans and admirers over the years. Federico has dark brown eyes and hair color as his body build type is athletic. His physique combined with his perfect height and masculine look takes him to the top of the desired list in the young gen women.
