Lorenzo Buffon
Italian former football goalkeeper / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lorenzo Buffon (Italian pronunciation: [loˈrɛntso bufˈfɔn, -ˈfon],[3][4] Friulian: [buˈfoŋ]; born 19 December 1929) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Throughout his career, he played 277 times for Italian club AC Milan, and also later played for their city rivals Inter Milan, as well as other Italian clubs, winning five Serie A titles. At the international level, he was capped for the Italian international side on 15 occasions, representing his country at the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1929-12-19) 19 December 1929 (age 94) | ||
Place of birth | Majano, Italy [1] | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1948–1949 | Portogruaro | 34 | (0) |
1949–1959 | AC Milan | 277 | (0) |
1959–1960 | Genoa | 20 | (0) |
1960–1963 | Inter Milan | 79 | (0) |
1963–1964 | Fiorentina | 1 | (0) |
1964–1965 | Ivrea | 11 | (0) |
Total | 422 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1958–1962 | Italy | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Buffon is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of his generation, and as one of Italy's greatest ever goalkeepers.[1][5] Alongside goalkeeper Lev Yashin, he was chosen to represent the FIFA All-Star squad during the 1960s.[6]