MADRID, 16 May. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Juventus center-back Giorgio Chiellini said goodbye this Monday with "joy" and "gratitude" from the 'Vecchia Signora', a club that has been "everything" for the Italian and that has "given meaning" to his "dream" as footballer, according to a message published on his social networks.

"Thank you. Thank you all, the fans and the rivals. Thank you for welcoming me and supporting me. Thank you for giving meaning to the meaning of the word dream. Thank you, until the end, thank you," said the 37-year-old footballer. , after 17 years at Juventus.

The veteran defender, who joined Juventus in 2005 from Fiorentina, has lifted 19 titles with the Turin outfit. "Juve has been everything to me. My youth, experience, maturity. The will to win, the joy of victory, the acceptance of defeat. The emotion of the challenge," he said on Monday after already announcing that he would not continue in Juventus after losing the Coppa final to Inter Milan last Wednesday.

"Joy, for an adventure that ends like this, for having realized every dream, imaginable and not, and staying forever in the history of this great club. We share so many values ​​and emotions that I will never erase. Gratitude to everyone, to the family Agnelli who has welcomed me all these years, for my loved ones without whom I would not be the person I am today. They have been an inexhaustible source of support and energy, "he acknowledged.