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A product of the Juventus youth system , he spent a large portion of his career at his hometown club, with the exception of a season-long loan spell at Empoli , winning seven consecutive Serie A titles between and , and four consecutive Coppa Italia titles between and He was the club's second vice-captain, behind Giorgio Chiellini , before his contract was terminated in and then signed with Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg , where he stayed for one season, before retiring from professional football in In total, he made 55 appearances for Italy at senior level between and , scoring five goals.

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After making his breakthrough in the —09 season, Marchisio was often compared to former Juventus and Italian midfielder Marco Tardelli by the Italian press, due to his energy, tenacious style of play, and good reading of the game, as well as his ability to seamlessly switch between offence and defence. Born in Turin , to a father from Piedmont and a mother from Sicily , Marchisio is the youngest of three children and was raised in the comuni of Chieri and Andezeno , where his parents run a family business and continue to reside.

As a child, he was interested in various sports and joined the youth football team at Fiat 's satellite sports club Sisport , where he was later scouted by Juventus youth coaches at the age of seven. While in the youth system , Marchisio played as a forward and as a trequartista offensive midfielder , modeling himself after his childhood hero Alessandro Del Piero , [ 17 ] until he was switched to a deeper midfield role at the age of 16, due to his slender physique.

He made the bench for the game away at Cagliari but remained an unused substitute. After being included in the preseason friendlies, Marchisio was promoted to the first team permanently following Juventus' relegation to Serie B due to the Calciopoli scandal and given the number 15 shirt. On 19 August , he made his first team debut in the Coppa Italia third round, coming on as a late substitute for Matteo Paro in a 3—0 win over Martina.

In September, he captained the Primavera team for the last time in the Supercoppa Primavera , thrashing old rivals Internazionale 5—1.