5 Things to Know About Italian Starlet Federico Chiesa
April 25, 2019Federico Chiesa has been in serious form this season for his club. He has attracted many suitors from Europe’s elite teams.
The clubs that have been lining up to sign Federico Chiesa have been increasing with every passing day.
Initially it was only Juventus and Inter Milan who were mainly linked with the Italian winger, but there seems to be more clubs interested in signing the new Fiorentina starlet.
Let’s find out more about Federico Chiesa.
1. Personal Profile
Federico Chiesa is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italy national football team. He plays as a winger but also plays as a forward or attacking midfielder. He was born on 25 October 1997 in Genoa, Italy. He wears the number 25.
2. A good goal scorer
Federico Chiesa is winger with a pack for scoring goals too.
He has scored a hat trick in the 7-1 match against Roma in the Coppa Italia quarterfinals. In total, he has scored seven goals since the turn of the year. The talents possessed by this youngster are outstanding.
3. Already capped by Italy
After making his debut for Italy in March 2017, Chiesa has been capped 11 times for his country as well as on his way to becoming one of the faces of a regenerated national slide. But, they weren’t able to make it to the 2018 world cup.
4. He is valued at about 60 million euros
This talented youngster is quite expensive, and this has been a barrier for interested parties. Fiorentina refused to let him go for any price less than 60 million euros. Price is just a number if the biggest clubs decided to purchase his services; it won’t be much of a problem.
5. Many clubs are interested in him
Apart from Manchester United and Manchester City, there are other elite clubs that are interested in the 21 year old. Clubs like Real Madrid, Juventus and Bayern Munich are also keen about this player.
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