Juventus confirm Marchisio departure
The midfielder ends his 25-year era with the Italian club after he agreed to terminate contract, leaving with seven Serie A winners' medalsClaudio Marchisio has left Serie A champions Juventus after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.
The 32-year-old midfielder, capped 55 times by Italy, made his first-team breakthrough in 2006-07 as Juve tackled Serie B in the wake of the Calciopoli scandal.
He spent the following season on loan at Empoli and returned to become a first-team fixture in Turin, making a total of 389 appearances, scoring 37 goals.
Marchisio won the first of seven consecutive Scudetti in 2011-12 and also has four winners' medals from the Coppa Italia.
Injury problems have blighted him, however, particularly in the aftermath of a ruptured cruciate ligament suffered in April 2016.
"Today marks the end of Claudio Marchisio's Juventus career following the agreed termination of his contract," read a statement on Juve's official website, in which the club paid a glowing tribute to their long-serving player.
"With every battle competed, every ripple of the net and every trophy raised, his childhood dreams kept coming true. In truth, we all lived our dreams side by side with Claudio. Watching him grow and become, year after year, a man, husband and father filled all of us Bianconeri with a unique sense of gratification.
"Having had the opportunity to accompany him on this path, to discover a homegrown champion, day by day, was quite simply a privilege and an honour.
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