Gianluigi Buffon

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Gianluigi Buffon
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Gianluigi Buffon (2016)
Personnel
birthday January 28, 1978
place of birth Carrara ,  Italy
size 191 cm
position goalkeeper
Juniors
Years station
1984-1986 Canaletto
1986-1990 Perticata
1990-1991 Bonascola
1991-1995 AC Parma
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1995-2001 AC Parma 168 (0)
2001-2018 Juventus Turin 509 (0)
2018-2019 Paris Saint-Germain 17 (0)
2019– Juventus Turin 9 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
1993-1994 Italy U16 3 (0)
1995 Italy U17 3 (0)
1994-1995 Italy U18 3 (0)
1995-1997 Italy U21 11 (0)
1997 Italy U23 4 (0)
1997-2018 Italy 176 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2019/20

2 Status: end of career

Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon [ ˈdʒidʒi bufˈfon ] (born January 28, 1978 in Carrara ) is an Italian football goalkeeper . He spent a large part of his professional career at Juventus Turin , where he has been under contract again since July 2019. He is also a Serie A record player .

He played for Juventus Turin from 2001 to 2018 and won ten Italian championships, making him the most successful player in Serie A history. He was named World Goalkeeper of the Year five times by IFFHS and was named FIFA World Goalkeeper of the Year in 2017 and is considered one of the best goalkeepers in football history. He has been the record player for the Italian national team since October 11, 2013 , with which he became world champion in Germany in 2006 .

Career

societies

Gianluigi Buffon in the jersey of Juventus Turin (2014)

AC Parma

Buffon made his Serie A debut in November 1995 at the age of 17 for AC Parma against AC Milan under Nevio Scala , where he drew 0-0 with his team. In the following period he ousted Luca Bucci, who had been playing in goal up until then, and became a regular goalkeeper. In the 1998/99 season Buffon won the UEFA Cup and the Coppa Italia with Parma under Alberto Malesani .

Juventus Turin

The 2000/01 season spent Buffon still European in Parma and beat offers from big clubs. It was not until the summer of 2001 that he moved to Juventus Turin for 54.1 million euros . At the time, this represented a record amount for a goalkeeper transfer, which was only outbid in 2018. At Juventus Buffon should succeed the unconvincing Edwin van der Sar . With him, Lilian Thuram moved to Turin , who until then, together with Fabio Cannavaro, was the heart of the stable defense against Buffon.

With Juventus, the goalkeeper under Marcello Lippi immediately won the championship and was even able to defend this title in the following 2002/03 season . He also reached the Champions League final with Juventus Turin in 2003 , which they lost 3-2 on penalties against AC Milan. Buffon was able to celebrate the Scudetto with Juventus again in the 2004/05 season , but this was later revoked due to the manipulation scandal.

Buffon (right) as team captain in the Juventus Turin team photo ahead of a 2012 UEFA Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk

On August 14, 2005 Buffon suffered a serious shoulder injury in a clash with Kaká in the preparatory game for the Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi at AC Milan and was out for several months. During this time he was replaced by Christian Abbiati, who came on loan from AC Milan, in the goal of Juventus. At the end of November he was able to report healthy again. In the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Arsenal , Buffon played his 50th European game for Juventus. In May 2006, he was suspected of illegally betting on Serie A games. However, Buffon was later found innocent by prosecutors and rehabilitated.

Buffon during a Juventus game (2016)

Despite the forced relegation of Juventus Turin for the 2006/07 season to Serie B because of the involvement in the manipulation scandal, Buffon, unlike many other players, did not leave Juventus Turin. With the team trained by Didier Deschamps , he managed to get promoted again immediately. On June 7, 2007, he extended his contract with Juventus until 2012, ending all rumors of change about himself. Less than a year later, his contract was renewed for another year. 2007/08 and 2008/09 Buffon reached with Juventus under Claudio Ranieri in Serie A the ranks three and two respectively. This was followed by two less successful seasons, each of which ended in seventh place.

In the summer of 2011, ex-Juventus captain Antonio Conte , who had played with Buffon until 2004, became the Turin coach. Under Conte Buffon won three Italian championships in a row and conceded the fewest goals of all Serie A clubs as a regular goalkeeper. In September 2012, his contract was extended to the end of 2016.

After three championship titles in three years, but several less successful appearances at European level, Conte resigned from his position as coach at Juventus Turin at the end of the 2013/14 season. His successor was Massimiliano Allegri , who immediately led the club to a double from the championship and Coppa Italia and to the final of the Champions League . On June 6, 2015 , the now 37-year-old Buffon played his second Champions League final against FC Barcelona in Berlin's Olympic Stadium . Juventus lost 3-1.

In May 2016, Buffon extended his contract term with Juventus Turin until June 2018. On November 6, 2016, with the game against Chievo Verona, he became the fourth player to reach 600 Serie A games. In the 2016/2017 Serie A season Juventus Turin became champions, while the Italians lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League final .

On May 17, 2018, Buffon announced that he would be leaving Juventus at the end of the 2017/18 season after 17 years. For Juventus he came to a total of 509 league appearances.

Paris Saint-Germain

For the 2018/19 season Buffon moved to the French Ligue 1 to Paris Saint-Germain . He signed a one-year contract with the reigning champions, cup and league cup winners with an option for another season. Under Thomas Tuchel Buffon alternated with Alphonse Aréola in goal. In addition to 17 league games, Buffon played five times in the Champions League , including in two round of 16 games in which PSG were eliminated by Manchester United . With PSG he won the Supercup and the championship.

Return to Juventus

For the season 2019/20 returned back to Buffon Juventus. He signed a contract running until the end of the season and is scheduled as a substitute goalkeeper behind Wojciech Szczęsny . Then he should take on another task in the club. At the end of September, Buffon overtook Paolo Maldini, the Italian player with the most professional appearances at club level, when he made his second appearance for Juventus after his return in defeating SPAL Ferrara . On December 15, 2019, Buffon played in his 700th league game across clubs when he stood between the posts in the 3-1 win against Udinese Calcio . On June 29, 2020, he extended his contract for another year until the end of June 2021. On July 4, 2020, Buffon replaced Paolo Maldini as the record player in Serie A in a 4-1 home win against Turin with his 648th appearance .

National team

Buffon with Simone Perrotta (left) and Marco Materazzi (right) during the 2006 World Cup
Buffon at the 2012 European Football Championship

Buffon quickly became the support of the U-21 national football team and took part in the U-21 European Championship in Spain in 1996 . At the age of 19 he made his debut on October 29, 1997 in the play-off game for qualification for the 1998 World Cup against Russia under Cesare Maldini in the senior team when he jumped in for the injured Gianluca Pagliuca . At the 1998 World Cup in France , he was part of the Italian squad , but was not used.

At the EM 2000 Buffon rose to the goalkeeper of the national team, but could not take part in the finals due to a broken thumb. His substitute Francesco Toldo showed good performance there and challenged him for the position in goal. Buffon was subsequently able to prevail and was number one in the Italian goal until 2018.

The 2006 World Cup in Germany denied Buffon as the goalkeeper of Marcello Lippi assisted Squadra Azzurra . He showed impeccable performance and could not be defeated by any opposing player from the game during the entire tournament. The only goals he conceded in seven games were an own goal by Cristian Zaccardo and a penalty by France's Zinédine Zidane in the World Cup final on July 9, 2006. That final he won against France on penalties and became world champion. He also received the Lev Yashin Trophy as an award for the tournament's best goalkeeper.

Also at the European Championship 2008 Buffon was in all games in the Italian goal. In the preliminary round match against Romania , he saved a penalty and prevented his team from being prematurely eliminated. Buffon also saved a penalty in the penalty shoot-out in the quarter-finals against Spain . However, Italy lost the game and were eliminated.

On November 14, 2009, Gianluigi Buffon completed his 100th international match for Italy in a 0-0 friendly against the Netherlands at the Stadio Adriatico in Pescara . He was also named to the Italian squad for the 2010 World Cup . In the first round game against Paraguay on June 14th, however, he suffered a herniated disc , had to be replaced early and was represented in the second half by Federico Marchetti . He could not be used in the next games either. Italy eliminated in the preliminary round.

On November 15, 2011 Buffon set Dino Zoff's record of 112 international matches as a goalkeeper in a 1-0 draw against Uruguay . Buffon was also in the squad for the 2012 European Championship in Poland and the Ukraine . There the Italian team under Cesare Prandelli was able to qualify after victories against England , when he was able to parry a shot on penalties, and Germany qualified for the final against Spain , which was lost 4-0.

At the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup , Buffon and Italy reached the game for third place against Uruguay , which ended 2-2 after extra time and had to be decided on penalties. There he was able to save three penalties, making Italy third. On September 10, 2013 Buffon put the 2: 1 win over the Czech Republic with his 136th international match the record of Fabio Cannavaro and qualified the same time as his team ahead for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil . With another use in the international match against Denmark on October 11, 2013, he became the sole Italian national record player.

Buffon was Italy's number one at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. In the first group game against England he was represented by Salvatore Sirigu due to an injury , in the other two group games he was captain in goal. After the game against Uruguay (0-1), he was elected Man of the Match , although the Italian national team was eliminated in the preliminary round due to this defeat.

At the 2016 European Championships in France, he was once again included as a regular goalkeeper in the Italian squad and was in goal in four of the five tournament games. Only in the meaningless third group game against Ireland Sirigu was used. Italy lost the quarter-finals against Germany on penalties, in which Buffon was able to parry Thomas Müller's penalty .

On March 24, 2017 Buffon played his 168th international match against Albania in the World Cup qualification , setting the record for the most international matches played by a European. In addition, this was the 1000th game in his professional football career. After Italy missed qualifying for the 2018 World Cup against Sweden on November 13, 2017, Buffon announced his resignation from the Italian national team on the same evening. However, in early March 2018 he agreed to play more games for the national team. For his 176th and last international match, Buffon came on March 23, 2018 in a 2-0 defeat in a friendly against Argentina . In May 2018 he announced his final resignation.

successes

National team

AC Parma

Juventus Turin

* revoked in the context of the Italian soccer scandal 2005/06

Paris St. Germain

Personal awards

Records

  • Record winner of the Italian Football Championship (9 wins)
  • Longest run without conceding a goal in Serie A history (974 minutes or 10 games)
  • Record winner of the Italian Supercup (6 wins, together with Dejan Stanković )
  • Record player of the Italian Supercup (9 games, together with Dejan Stanković)
  • Italian player with the most professional appearances for club-level teams (903 games)
  • Record players from Juventus Turin in Serie A and in all competitions summarized (by minutes)
  • Serie A record players (649 appearances)
  • Record international players in the Italian national team and in Europe (176 games)
  • Record captain of the Italian national team (80 games)
  • Most World Cup participations (5 participations, together with Antonio Carbajal , Rafael Márquez , Lothar Matthäus )
  • From 2001 to 2018 Buffon was the most expensive goalkeeper in the world with a transfer fee of over 50 million euros.

Trivia

Buffon has come under fire in the past for his use of right-wing extremist symbolism. During his time at AC Parma, he showed a T-shirt with the fascist slogan “Boia chi molla” (“Whoever gives up be hanged”), for which he ended up in front of the sports association's disciplinary committee. He caused a lot of excitement again when he wanted to play with the number 88 shirt. The number 88 is considered a key right-wing extremist symbol . Buffon, however, was ignorant: “I took the 88 because it has four eggs. And you need eggs in football, ”was his explanation. “Who suspects that behind this number is the Hitler salute ?! Surely only Nazis know that! ”Buffon said, surprised.

Buffon took over the largest football club in his hometown, Carrarese Calcio , in 2010 together with Cristiano Lucarelli and other owners . Since July 7th, 2012 he is the sole owner of the club.

In 2018, the goalkeeper became a tank commander as part of the World of Tanks partnership program. He made his picture and voice available to Wargaming.net for the Italian occupation. During the event, 58,806 players had completed the task and then Buffon was available as a crew member for one of their tanks.

family

Buffon comes from a family of athletes. His mother Maria Stella Masocco was an Italian champion in discus and shot put , his father Adriano weightlifter , his two sisters Guendalina and Veronica are volleyball players , and his uncle Dante was a national basketball player . He is related to former goalkeeper Lorenzo Buffon , who is a cousin of his grandfather.

Buffon was married to the Czech model Alena Šeredová from 2011 to 2014 . The relationship has two sons (* 2007) and (* 2009). His third son was born on January 6, 2016. The mother is Buffon's friend Ilaria D'Amico , who works as a presenter for Sky Sport .

See also

Web links

Commons : Gianluigi Buffon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Florian Haupt: Iker Casillas & Gianluigi Buffons: Great friendship of the goalkeeper legends . In: THE WORLD . February 22, 2017 ( welt.de [accessed November 18, 2018]).
  2. ^ Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon: Arrivederci after 17 years with the old lady . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed November 18, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Oliver Kahn: Oliver Kahn on Juve goalkeeper Buffon: Numero Uno . In: Spiegel Online . June 3, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed November 18, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Goalkeeper legend: Gianluigi Buffon announces farewell to Juventus . In: Spiegel Online . May 17, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed November 18, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Buffon is suspected of illegal gambling  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.4-4-2.com  
  6. ↑ Buffon says  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.4-4-2.com  
  7. ↑ Buffon: Proceedings due to illegal betting discontinued  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.4-4-2.com  
  8. ↑ Juve binds Buffon until 2016
  9. ↑ Italian champions: Juventus continues to rely on veteran Buffon
  10. ↑ Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon reached 600 games in Serie A.
  11. ↑ A legend goes out: Buffon says Juve Ciao , kicker.de, May 17, 2018, accessed on May 17, 2018.
  12. ↑ See his profile on the Juventus Turin website, accessed on May 31, 2018.
  13. ↑ Gianluigi Buffon signs with Paris Saint-Germain ( Memento of July 6, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), psg.fr, July 6, 2018, accessed on July 6, 2018. (English)
  14. ↑ "My adventure outside Italy ends": Buffon leaves PSG , kicker.de, June 5, 2019, accessed on June 9, 2019.
  15. ↑ Welcome home, Gigi! on the Juventus website, accessed July 4, 2019
  16. ↑ Buffon returns to Juventus - in a new role , kicker.de, July 4, 2019, accessed on July 4, 2019.
  17. ^ Buffon becomes the Italian player with the most club appearances. In: figc.it. FIGC , September 30, 2019, accessed September 30, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Gigi and Chiello, 2021! Juventus Turin June 29th 2020.
  19. ↑ Maldini overtaken: Buffon is now the record player in the Serie A kicker, July 4, 2020.
  20. ↑ FIFA.com: Buffon's record game lost
  21. ↑ "Vampire", "Cannibals" and "Tooth of God" - The next world champion can go home , sportschau.de, accessed on June 30, 2014
  22. ↑ International games: Buffon takes over European record. In: transfermarkt.de . Transfermarkt GmbH und Co. KG, March 24, 2017, accessed on March 25, 2017 .
  23. ↑ World Cup qualification: Gianluigi Buffon resigns from Italy on sport1.de
  24. ↑ The Eternal Gigi: Buffon returns to the national team
  25. ↑ Confirmed: Gianluigi Buffon plays again for Italy's national team
  26. ↑ Buffon ends Italy career , football-italia.net, May 17, 2018, accessed on July 6, 2018.
  27. ↑ Derby victory and record for Gianluigi Buffon
  28. ^ Wiener Zeitung: When footballers are extremists . In: Wiener Zeitung . Status: September 28, 2008 online , accessed on: October 7, 2008
  29. ↑ Birgit Schönau: Gigantisch Gigi, in: DIE ZEIT No. 23 of June 3, 2015, p. 22
  30. ↑ Buffon takes over fourth division team completely , July 7, 2012
  31. ↑ Buffon takes over Carrarese completely , July 7, 2012
  32. ↑ WoT order to win "Buffon" , May 11, 2018
  33. ↑ Evaluation of the football event , July 31, 2018
  34. ^ Gianluigi Buffon
World goalkeeper of the year in football
IFFHS

1987:  Jean-Marie Pfaff  | 1988:  Rinat Dassajew  | 1989–1991:  Walter Zenga  | 1992–1993:  Peter Schmeichel  | 1994:  Michel Preud'homme  | 1995:  José Luis Chilavert  | 1996:  Andreas Köpke  | 1997–1998:  José Luis Chilavert  | 1999:  Oliver Kahn  | 2000:  Fabien Barthez  | 2001–2002:  Oliver Kahn  | 2003-2004:  Gianluigi Buffon  | 2005:  Petr Čech  | 2006-2007:  Gianluigi Buffon  | 2008–2012:  Iker Casillas  | 2013–2016:  Manuel Neuer

IFFHS / FIFA

2017:  Gianluigi Buffon  (IFFHS & FIFA)  | 2018:  Thibaut Courtois  (IFFHS & FIFA)

IFFHS / FIFA / FF

2019:  Alisson Becker  (IFFHS, FIFA, FF )

From 1987 to 2016 only the IFFHS honored the world goalkeeper of the year . In 2017, FIFA introduced a similar award with the FIFA World Goalkeeper , as did France Football (FF) in 2019 with the Yashin Trophy as a counterpart to the Ballon d'Or for World Footballer of the Year .
Best goalkeeper of the football World Cup Men
Lev Yashin Prize

1994 :  Michel Preud'homme  | 1998 :  Fabien Barthez  | 2002 :  Oliver Kahn  | 2006 :  Gianluigi Buffon

Golden glove

2010 :  Iker Casillas  | 2014 :  Manuel Neuer  | 2018 :  Thibaut Courtois

personal data
SURNAME Buffon, Gianluigi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buffon, Gigi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Carrara , Italy