The legendary centre-back, who will turn 38 in August, will not be competing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after the Azzurri failed to qualify following a shock 1-0 exit in the playoffs to North Macedonia last month.
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Having joined Juve from Fiorentina in 2005, Chiellini has scored 36 goals in 535 outings for the Bianconeri, and had been expected to leave the club this summer when his original contract expired on June 30.
Italy beat England 3-2 on penalty kicks in Sunday’s final match at Wembley in London after the match had finished 1-1 following extra time.
The Golden Foot is an annual prize introduced in 2003, with the winner chosen by the general public from 10 nominees
The Serie A leaders have awarded the pair deals that will stretch until June 2021, by which time Buffon will be 43 and Chiellini will be close to celebrating his 37th birthday.
Juventus captain, Giorgio Chiellini and midfielder Emre Can, are unavailable for the first leg match of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final fixture at Ajax, the Italian champions said on Tuesday.
Chiellini was forced off late on in Juventus’ Serie A stalemate with SPAL on Saturday after suffering a muscular injury.
The Italian champions have put one foot in the semi-finals ahead of the return match at Camp Nou next week
Juventus takes a slim lead into the second leg next month
Suarez was suspended after sinking his teeth into Chiellini during the second half of Uruguay’s 1-0 win in a World Cup group game on June 24
The 22-year-old Monaco playmaker added a second early in the second half, sending him to the top of the scorers chart with five goals and confirming his emergence as one of the players of the tournament
While the likes of former England captain, Alan Shearer, and ex-US goalkeeper, Brad Friedel, have argued the ban is fair, reaction in Uruguay has largely been of anger
The latest incident happened moments before a teammate scored the winner for Uruguay, who now advance to the next round of the tournament