Buffon turned 44 a month ago, but the 1.92 meter tall goalkeeper from Carrara is still unbreakable. He returned last summer to Parma, the club where he entered the youth academy at the age of 11 and where he had his breakthrough between 1995 and 2001. Buffon then played for Juventus for 20 years, with a short trip to Paris in the 2018/2019 season. Saint Germain.
Buffon kept 23 of the 26 league matches for Parma this season. After a week of injury, he returned under the bar on Saturday at Parma, which beat SPAL 4-0. The club is now thirteenth in the Serie B, but with a good final series it may still qualify for the play-offs for promotion. ,,I can still give everything. I want to keep doing that for as long as possible, because I always get a lot of pleasure and satisfaction from this,” he said at the press conference at which he announced his contract extension.
In addition to 243 appearances for Parma, 685 appearances for Juventus and 25 appearances for PSG, Buffon also made 176 appearances for the Italian national team, winning the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Cristiano Ronaldo (184 caps) and Sergio Ramos (180 caps) are the only European players with more caps to their name.
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