Carolina Bonistalli: Giorgio Chiellini's Wife and Family

Carolina Bonistalli is the wife of Giorgio Chiellini, the former Juventus and Italy captain. They married in July 2014 in a private Catholic ceremony at the Sanctuary of Montenero in Livorno, and they have two daughters. Chiellini retired as a player in December 2023 and, as of November 2026, works at Juventus as Chief Club Affairs Officer.

Carolina keeps a very low profile. We could not find an interview she has given, and her age, birthplace and job are not published by any reliable outlet. This article sorts what is documented from the guesses that copy-paste biographies repeat, with everything checked for November 2026.

Who is Giorgio Chiellini's wife?

Giorgio Chiellini is married to Carolina Bonistalli. English Wikipedia states that they married in July 2014 in a private Catholic ceremony at the Sanctuary of Montenero in Livorno, the city where Chiellini grew up. A post on Carolina's own Instagram account, captioned "19 luglio 2014", fits that date.

We could not find a reliable source for when or where they met, or for how long they were together before the wedding, so we will not guess. As far as is publicly known, there has been no report of a separation, and in December 2023 LAFC's club statement on Chiellini's retirement thanked Carolina and the couple's daughters by name for choosing to spend his last 18 months as a player in Los Angeles.

Who is Carolina Bonistalli?

Carolina Bonistalli is best known as Giorgio Chiellini's wife and the mother of his daughters. She is not a public figure in her own right, and the Italian profiles of her, such as the one OA Sport published in April 2020, say little beyond the wedding and the daughters. Most of what is visible about her comes from her Instagram account.

Age and birthday: not published by a reliable outlet. Websites that give an exact date for her do not source it, so we leave it out rather than repeat it.
Birthplace and origin: not published by a reliable outlet.
Job: not known. We could not find any credible source naming her profession.
Interviews: we searched in English and Italian and found none given by Carolina herself. The interviews that exist are with her husband.
Instagram: her public account is @carolinabonistalli. It had about 49,000 followers when we checked the embed in November 2026.

Giorgio Chiellini and Carolina Bonistalli: the family

The couple have two daughters. Carolina and Giorgio have chosen to keep the girls out of the spotlight, so OhMyFootball does not publish their birth dates or photos. What is public is that the family moved together to the United States when Chiellini joined LAFC in 2022, and that LAFC thanked all of them when he retired.

Who is Giorgio Chiellini?

Giorgio Chiellini was born on 14 August 1984 in Pisa and grew up in Livorno. He has a twin brother, and in November 2026 he is 42 years old. LAFC co-president John Thorrington called him "the best defender of his generation" when he retired, and few Italian defenders have won as much.

Chiellini's career timeline

1990 to 2000: youth academy at Livorno, his hometown club.
2000 to 2004: first team at Livorno. From June 2002 Roma co-owned him and he stayed at Livorno on loan.
2004 to 2005: loan at Fiorentina, owned by Juventus. He made his Italy debut on 17 November 2004.
2005 to 2022: Juventus. He won Serie B in 2006/07, then nine Serie A titles in a row from 2011/12 to 2019/20, and became captain in 2018.
2017: started the Champions League final, a 4-1 defeat to Real Madrid.
2021: captained Italy to the European Championship, beating England on penalties at Wembley after a 1-1 draw in the final of Euro 2020.
May 2022: left Juventus after 17 seasons, with a send-off after a 2-2 draw with Lazio at the Allianz Stadium.
2022 to 2023: Los Angeles FC. LAFC won the 2022 Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup, then lost the 2023 MLS Cup final.
12 December 2023: announced his retirement at 39, three days after that final.

Juventus's own channel posted the video above, which shows the send-off Chiellini received at the Allianz Stadium after his last match for the club.

Honours and numbers

With Juventus: nine Serie A titles in a row (2011/12 to 2019/20), five Coppa Italia, five Supercoppa Italiana and the 2006/07 Serie B.
With Italy: 117 caps and 8 goals, the Euro 2020 title as captain, silver at Euro 2012 and bronze at the 2013 Confederations Cup.
LAFC's retirement announcement counted 27 titles over a 22-year career.

What does Giorgio Chiellini do now?

After he retired, Chiellini stayed close to football and did not disappear from it. According to Wikipedia and Juventus's own leadership page, the timeline since then is:

January 2024: development coach at Los Angeles FC. He left that job in July 2024.
2024: television analyst for Fox Sports at Euro 2024, and a return to Juventus as Head of Football Institutional Relations.
From 2025 to July 2026: Director of Football Strategy at Juventus, reporting to Damien Comolli, per the club's announcement.
November 2025: elected a federal councillor of Lega Serie A.
Since July 2026: Chief Club Affairs Officer at Juventus, according to the club's official page.

He also holds a degree in economics and commerce (2010) and a master's in business administration (2017, with honours), both from the University of Turin, which helps explain why he moved into the boardroom rather than the dugout. His autobiography, Io, Giorgio, came out in 2020.

Chiellini with Italy and at LAFC

Chiellini made his Italy debut on 17 November 2004 and finished with 117 caps and 8 goals. He played at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, was part of the squad that reached the final of Euro 2012 and took bronze at the 2013 Confederations Cup. His biggest night was Euro 2020, played in 2021, where he captained the Azzurri to the title at Wembley. Juventus's profile of him lists his Italy career as running from 2004 to 2022.

In the United States he joined LAFC in 2022 and made 45 appearances across all competitions (38 starts) before retiring, according to the club. Two titles came in his first season, the Supporters' Shield and the MLS Cup. After his playing days he also invested in Mercury/13, the group that owns FC Como Women, according to Wikipedia (September 2024), and he wrote a book in 2014 about his mentor Gaetano Scirea.