Two uniforms, one black-and-white heart
Andrea Rampone is 31 years old and wears two uniforms that, in different ways, tell the same story: a sense of duty, belonging, and team spirit.
One is the black-and-white jersey of Juventus One. The other is the uniform of the Croce Verde ambulance service.
Two roles, two worlds, one single common thread: the desire to show up.
Andrea is one of the historic players of the project. He has been part of the team since it was still called Pinerolo FD, before it became Juventus One. And it couldn’t have been any other way: he has lived and breathed Juve all his life, and he would have done anything just to wear that logo on his chest.
“When they told us that we might become a different team, I couldn’t believe it. We were in Turin, and I kept telling myself: they can’t not give us Juve. When it finally happened, it was a dream come true.”
That dream had been a fixed point for Andrea since he was a child.
“I knew I would never make it to the top level, to the first team — only a few manage that, 24 out of a thousand. But for me, the important thing was to be part of Juve in any way. In the end, I made it.”
Seeing him today — smiling, precise in everything he does — you wouldn’t imagine how determined he has been in building his path.
Andrea and his twin brother grew up in a very loving and present family, and a protective one.
Football was what opened the road to a new independence.
Playing, joining a team, sharing rules and responsibilities — everything started from there.
Andrea is a true fan, the kind for whom the result affects the mood of the entire day.
For years, he wouldn’t go to training if Juve had lost.
Now, instead, he never misses one.
He has learned that consistency is stronger than results, and that being part of a team also means this: showing up, no matter what.
Off the pitch, Andrea has built a full and grounded life.
He works as a driver in a day center, where he accompanies young people with disabilities: he picks them up from home in the morning and brings them back in the evening. A role of responsibility, which he performs with absolute precision.
“I like knowing that I can be useful, that something important for others depends on me.”
For seven years he’s also been a volunteer with the Croce Verde. He started with civil service and never stopped.
First transporting dialysis patients, then joining the emergency team: more rhythm, more unpredictability, more life.
“Every shift is different, and I like that. It keeps you awake, alert. You never know what’s going to happen.”
For the past three years, he has also served at the Allianz Stadium: during Juve matches, he monitors the corridors, ready to intervene if needed.
A silent but essential presence.
“When I’m there, it’s as if I were part of the stadium. I feel like I’m part of Juve in another way, and that too is a great satisfaction.”
Along his journey, Juve has become much more than a team: it’s a point of balance.
The place where the impulsiveness of his younger years found discipline, and where passion turned into something concrete.
On the pitch or in the ambulance, Andrea knows that the difference is made by the group.
“Anything you do as a team, if you do it well, always brings something good. The group is fundamental: if it works, you can achieve anything.”
And today, when he puts on the black-and-white jersey, he does it with the same sense of responsibility with which he wears the Croce Verde uniform.
Because in the end, whether he’s on the pitch or on duty, Andrea remains the same person:
someone who never backs down, someone who is always there.
