The end of his active career was announced by 45-year-old Gianluigi Buffon, who still had a one-year contract with his parent company Parma. The former Italian international hung up his gloves after 28 years…
Buffon returned to Parma from Juventus two years ago and initially extended his two-year contract after a year, but in recent days there has been speculation that he will end his career. This has now been confirmed by one of the best goalkeepers in history. Buffon is to strengthen the implementation team of the Italian national team, where, according to unconfirmed reports, he is to replace the late Gianluca Vialli.
“That’s it, friends! You gave me everything. I gave you everything. We did it together,” the legendary goalkeeper said goodbye to his career on the social network.
That’s all folks!
You gave me everything.
I gave you everything.
We did it together. pic.twitter.com/bGvIDsoFsG— Gianluigi Buffon (@gianluigibuffon) August 2, 2023
At just 18, Buffon made his Serie A debut for Parma, where he made a total of 265 competitive appearances, keeping 98 clean sheets. In the 1998/99 season with his parent club, he won the Coppa Italia and also the UEFA Cup, a year later he won the domestic Super Cup with Parma.
However, he achieved his greatest success after moving to Juventus, in whose jersey he dominated the Italian top flight ten times, adding to that the second division triumph from the year 2006/07 and a number of other trophies. The legendary goalkeeper for the “Old Lady” played in 685 games in all competitions and kept a clean sheet 322 times. He left for PSG before the 2018/19 season, but returned after just one year.
Buffon has a record 176 starts for the Italian national team, which he significantly helped to win the 2006 World Cup. In 1996, he celebrated the triumph at the European Under-21 Championship.
2023-08-02 15:45:00
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