Gianluigi Buffon
former Italian footballer (born 1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon (born 28 January 1978) is a former Italian professional footballer who plays in the goalkeeper position. He is a Goalkeeper for the Serie B team Parma Calcio. He used to play for the Italy national team from 1996 till he retired in 2018. Buffon is recognized by many peoples as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time,[nb 1] and, by some, as the greatest ever.[nb 2]
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Full name | Gianluigi Buffon[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1978-01-28) 28 January 1978 (age 46)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Carrara, Tuscany, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1995 | Parma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–2001 | Parma | 168 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2018 | Juventus | 509 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Paris Saint-Germain | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Juventus | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Parma | 43 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 754 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Italy U16 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995 | Italy U17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Italy U18 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Italy U21 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997 | Italy U23 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2018 | Italy | 176 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Gianluigi Buffon started his career in Parma and won a UEFA Cup in 1999. In 2001, he transferred to the Italian giant Juventus and won the Serie A on consecutive years.
Buffon joined the Italy national team in 1997. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, he led them to the championship, allowing only two goals in 7 games and keeping 5 clean sheets (no goals allowed), which was a new World Cup record at that time.