Jorginho is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the Italy national team.

In Italian football, he is known as a regista and plays as a defensive midfielder or a deep-lying playmaker.

What ethnicity is Jorginho?

He is white.

Jorginho went to Italy when he was 15 years old and started his professional career with the Verona junior club before getting promoted to the senior team.

He was loaned out to Sambonifacese during the 2010-11 season.

He went to Napoli in January 2014, where he quickly won the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana.

He appeared in 160 games for the club before joining Chelsea for £50 million in 2018, where he won the UEFA Europa League in his first season, followed by the UEFA Champions League in 2020-21.

Where is Jorginho from?

Jorginho was born in Imbituba, Santa Catarina, Brazil, but went to Italy when he was 15 years old.

He is of Italian origin through his paternal great-grandfather Giacomo Frello, who was born in Lusiana, Veneto, and hence has Italian citizenship.