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What are Buffon's most interesting records?

2023-08-02 22:53:43Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
What are Buffon's most interesting records?
Gianluigi Buffon

Gianluigi Buffon announced his retirement from football this Wednesday. At the age of 45 and after a career that spanned 28 seasons, the Italian and Juventus goalkeeping legend felt the time had come to retire.

But what are some of the most interesting records in Buffon's long career?

Buffon is one of the few players on record to have made over 1,100 professional appearances.

His transfer from Parma to Juventus in 2001 broke the all-time record for a goalkeeper as the Whites paid $52 million to bring him to Turin.

With 176 international caps, Buffon is the most capped goalkeeper of all time, the most capped player in the history of the Italian national team and the third most capped European international player ever.

Buffon also holds the record for most appearances for Italy as captain after inheriting the armband in 2010. Buffon was called up for a record five FIFA World Cup tournaments (in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014) after making his debut in 1997.

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.

During the 2019–20 season, Buffon served mainly as a substitute for Wojciech Szczesny, but still managed to break Paolo Maldini's record of 647 Serie A appearances as he won a record tenth league title with the club.

Buffon retired from international football in 2017 after Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. However, he reversed this decision to play in the team's friendlies the following year and officially confirmed his international retirement in May 2018 .

Buffon was named by Pele in the "FIFA 100" list of the world's greatest living players in 2004.

He is the only goalkeeper to win the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award after reaching the Champions League final in 2003. He also won the UEFA Best Goalkeeper Award that year and was voted for the UEFA Team of the Year in five cases.

Buffon finished second in the 2006 Ballon d'Or race and was selected three times as part of the FIFPro World 11.

The 45-year-old was the first ever goalkeeper to win the Golden Foot award and was also named the IFFHS' best goalkeeper in the world five times (alongside Iker Casillas and Manuel Neuer). And, another honor for him was the announcement as the best goalkeeper of the 21st century.


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