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Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon (Italian pronunciation: ; 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, he is one of the few players to make over 1,100 professional career appearances and he holds the record for the most appearances in Serie A.
Buffon made his Serie A debut at Parma in 1995 and helped Parma win the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Cup, and the Supercoppa Italiana in 1999. After joining Juventus in 2001 for the world record fee for a goalkeeper of €52.9 million at the time, Buffon won consecutive Serie A titles in his first two seasons at the club. In his first spell at Juventus, which spanned 17 years, he won a record nine Serie A titles, four Coppa Italias, and five Supercoppa Italianas. He was the first goalkeeper to win the Serie A Footballer of the Year award and was named Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year a record twelve times. After reaching the 2015 and 2017 UEFA Champions League finals, Buffon was named in the Champions League Squad of the Season on both occasions and won the inaugural The Best FIFA Goalkeeper award in 2017. Buffon signed with French club Paris Saint-Germain at the age of 40 in 2018, where he and Alphonse Areola were used rotationally; he won the Trophée des Champions and Ligue 1 title in his only season with the team before returning to Juventus the following season. During the 2019–20 season, Buffon served primarily as a substitute to Wojciech Szczęsny, but still managed to break Paolo Maldini's record of 647 appearances in Serie A, as he won a record tenth Serie A title with the club. The following season, he continued to serve as a substitute, but he started in the Coppa Italia, winning his record sixth title. In June 2021, Buffon returned to his boyhood club Parma, who had been relegated to Serie B for that season, before announcing his retirement from football in 2023 at the age of 45. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
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