Gianluigi Buffon Football player

Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon,, is a FIFA World Cup-winning Italian goalkeeper who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. He is widely considered by experts to be one of the most dominant and successful goalkeepers in history. Buffon was declared by Pelé to be one of the 125 greatest living footballers in the world. He has been named the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year a record eight times. Also, he has been named the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History & Statistics) goalkeeper of the year four times and was named goalkeeper of the 21st Century by the same organisation.

Personal facts

Gianluigi Buffon
Birth dateJanuary 28, 1978
Birth place
Carrara , Italy national football team
Height (meters)1.91

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Football player

position
Goalkeeper (association football)
teams
Juventus F.C.
Italy national under-16 football team
Parma F.C.
Italy national under-17 football team
Italy national under-18 football team

Gianluigi Buffon on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.juventus.com/juve/en/campo/giocatori-e-staff/prima/giocatori/portieri/001buffon