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Gianluigi Buffon (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanluˈiːdʒi bufˈfɔːn]; born 28 January 1978) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, and by some the greatest ever, he is one of the few recorded players to have made over 1,100 professional career ...
Gianluigi Buffon wore the captain band the most times: 80. [2] Gianluigi Buffon is also the goalkeeper who has worn the captain band the most times: 80. Valentino Mazzola and Sandro Mazzola as well as Cesare Maldini and Paolo Maldini are the only cases of father and son who have worn the captain band during their respective times on the ...
Alessandro Del Piero has made 705 appearances for Juventus and he is the all-time top scorer of the club, with 290 goals Gianluigi Buffon, second most appearances for Juventus Raimundo Orsi — five-time champion with Juventus Sívori, Charles and Boniperti, the Magical Trio of the Juventus squad during the ending of 1950s and beginning of 1960s Antonello Cuccureddu — played 433 matches and ...
Italy's Gianluigi Buffon, Spain's Iker Casillas and Germany's Manuel Neuer have each won the award a record five times; Casillas won the award for five consecutive years between 2008 and 2012. Below is a list of the previous winners since the first award in 1987, which was won by Belgium's Jean-Marie Pfaff . [ 1 ]
Four Italy international footballers: Gianluigi Buffon is the most capped player in the history of Italy with 176 caps; [1] Luigi Riva is the top scorer in the history of Italy with 35 goals; [2] Together with Christian Vieri and Paolo Rossi, Roberto Baggio has scored the most goals at the FIFA World Cup (9); [3] Together with Giovanni Ferrari ...
At age 45 and after a career that included a World Cup title with Italy, a long list of trophies with Juventus and many years when he was considered among the best goalkeepers in soccer, Gianluigi ...
[9] [10] [51] In total, Cannavaro made 136 appearances for Italy between 1997 and 2010, scoring 2 goals, making him the second-most capped Italian player of all time, behind only Gianluigi Buffon. [13] [29] Cannavaro has also made the second-most appearances for Italy as captain, behind only Buffon, wearing the armband on 79 occasions. [9] [52 ...
Gianluigi Buffon, 38 years and 156 days, 2 July 2016, 1–1 (6–5) vs. Germany [34] [35] Oldest outfield player to feature at the UEFA European Championship Giorgio Chiellini , 36 years and 331 days, 11 July 2021, 1–1 (3–2) vs. England [ 36 ]