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Claudio Marchisio

Claudio Marchisio
Claudio Marchisio BGR-ITA 2012.jpg
Marchisio with Italy in 2012
Personal information
Full name Claudio Marchisio
Date of birth (1986-01-19) 19 January 1986 (age 31)
Place of birth Turin, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Juventus
Number 8
Youth career
1993–2006 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006– Juventus 272 (33)
2007–2008 Empoli (loan) 26 (0)
National team
2007–2008 Italy U21 14 (1)
2009– Italy 54 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 February 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2015

Claudio Marchisio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈklaudjo marˈkiːzjo]; born 19 January 1986) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Juventus and the Italian national team. A product of the Juventus youth system, he has spent his whole career thus far at his hometown club, with the exception of a season-long loan spell at Empoli, winning five consecutive Serie A titles. He is currently the club's second vice-captain, behind Giorgio Chiellini.

Since making his breakthrough in the 2008–09 season, Marchisio has often been compared to former Juventus and Italian midfielder Marco Tardelli by the Italian press, due to his energy, tenacious style of play, and good reading of the game, as well as his ability to seamlessly switch between offence and defence. A hard-tackling, versatile, and dynamic box-to-box midfielder, with good vision and technique, he is able to play as a defensive midfielder, as a playmaker, or out wide, but his preferred and most effective position is in the centre. Though right-footed, he is also competent with his left, as evidenced by his penchant for attempting a shot or scoring goals from outside the penalty box with both feet, if given the chance.

At international level, Marchisio has represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and at the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups; he also took part at UEFA Euro 2012, winning a runners-up medal, and at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, where he won a third-place medal.


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