Juventus and Argentina forward Paulo Dybala and former Italy captain Paolo Maldini have tested positive for coronavirus.
And former Manchester United player, Marouane Fellaini has also been confirmed to become the first Chinese Super League (CSL) player to test positive to the disease.
In an instagram message, Dybala said he and his girlfriend both have the virus but were in good health.
“Both Oriana and I have tested positive,” Dybala, 26, said. “Luckily we are in perfect conditions.”
AC Milan technical director Maldini and his son Daniel both tested positive and a club statement said they “are well”.
The club added that Daniel Maldini, 18, had been training with the AC Milan first team and that he and his father, 51, had spent two weeks in self-isolation at home and would remain in quarantine “until clinically recovered”.
Dybala is the third Juve player to be confirmed to have the virus, following centre-back Daniele Rugani and France World Cup winner Blaise Matuidi.
Dybala’s girlfriend Oriana Sabatini – an Argentine singer, actress and model – is the niece of former tennis player Gabriela Sabatini, the 1990 US Open champion.
Former Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini is the latest footballer to have contracted the virus.
The 32-year-old currently plays in the Chinese Super League (CSL) for Shandong Luneng and he tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday.
Fellaini undertook a routine screening on arrival at the city of Jinan. He is now in isolation at Jinan hospital, which specialises in infectious diseases.
According to Shandong Luneng’s website, the Belgium midfielder is showing no symptoms of the coronavirus, such as a fever or cough.
Having spent several weeks in Dubai, where his team had been training, he was allowed to leave on February 20. He then travelled to Belgium, Morocco and the Maldives.
This week he travelled from Singapore to Shanghai Pudong International Airport before taking a taxi to the city’s Hongqiao Railway Station, from where he took a high-speed train to Jinan, according to local health authorities.
Fellaini, who spent 11 years playing in England, representing both Everton and United, is reportedly the only Chinese Super League player to have contracted the illness.-Mailonline
