Juventus' Giorgio Chiellini - life lessons in sports and business from a world-class performer on and off the field

About this episode

Giorgio Chiellini shares life lessons from his sports career and transition to business.

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. We went to a mecca of football to film the latest episode. This conversation takes us to Turin, Italy, where we were in the Juventus Creator Lab with Italian football (I mean soccer for the Americans) legend and one of the best defenders of all time Giorgio Chiellini . Giorgio’s career and playing style were defined by Juventus’ very motto, fino alla fine (“until the end”). It’s also a mentality that he brings to every aspect of life on and off the pitch. After an illustrious playing career at one of the world’s biggest clubs, Juventus, and a career that also included two World Cup appearances for Italy and winning the Euro 2020 as the Captain of Italy, Giorgio came back home to Turin rejoin the club where he starred for 17 years: Juventus. Giorgio has gone from the pitch to the boardroom, helping to lead Juventus as the Director of Football Strategy. He has brought the player’s perspective to the business side of football, balancing the nuances of sports and business. Despite the demands that Giorgio faced on the field as a player to maintain a standard of play at the highest levels of the game, he found time during his career to…

People in this episode

Host: Michael Sidgmore

Guest: Giorgio Chiellini

Topics covered

• sports
• business
• football
• investing
• leadership

Keywords

• Giorgio Chiellini
• Juventus
• football strategy
• business
• investing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Juventus, LAFC, Mercury13

Places: Turin, Italy

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