Giorgio Chiellini becomes latest player to pledge 1% of salary to Juan Mata scheme

By James Kilpatrick
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Chiellini joins Mata, Mats Hummels, Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan in donating 1 per cent of his wages to football charities

The Juventus centre-back emailed StreetFootballWorld, the team behind Common Goal, volunteering his support to the initative out of the blue.

Now, after confirming he wasn't on the wind-up via Skype, he becomes the fifth player – and the first Italian – to get involved in Juan Mata's fast-growing movement. 

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James Kilpatrick