Gianluigi Buffon was born on January 28, 1978 in Carrara. He is a FIFA World Cup-winning Italian goalkeeper who participates for Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team. He is widely considered by fans and pundits as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time.

In 1995 he began his career at Parma. In 2003, Bufon won the Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper awards at the UEFA European Football Awards. In March 2004 he was named by Pelé as one of the 125 greatest living soccer players.

When Juventus paid Parma more than £30m for his signature in the summer of 2001, Gianluigi Buffon became the most expensive goalkeeper in the world. It is generally said that a taller goalkeeper will have softer reflexes, although he will make up for this with his size, while a shorter goalkeeper will be more agile. If ever there was an exception to reinforce the rule, Gianluigi Buffon holds the copyright.

Juventus is more than a football club, it is a guarantee of excellence for the players’ employees. It was the case of Buffon, who continued to have outstanding feats for the new club but suddenly won the fight against Toldo for the position also in the Italian goal. In view of the fact that he has been a constant alternative for his team and his club and showed what the Juventina fans received as honor and loyalty when he did not leave the club after the Calciopoli scandal in 2006, when his squad He was demoted to the second division.

When he was just 19 years old, Buffon was honored with his first cap for Italy, as an injury replacement for Gianluca Pagliuca during a 1998 FIFA World Cup playoff against Russia. He was called up for the 1998 World Cup final, but did not play a single game as Pagliuca remained first choice. He was a member of the Italy team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2002 World Cup, and the 2004 Euro Cup.