Buffon signed with French club Paris Saint-Germain at the age of 40 in 2018, where he was used in a rotational role with Alphonse Areola he won the Trophée des Champions and Ligue 1 title in his only season with the team, before returning to Juventus the following year. After reaching the 20 UEFA Champions League finals, Buffon was named to the Champions League Squad of the Season on both occasions, and won the inaugural The Best FIFA Goalkeeper award in the latter year. 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. In his first spell at Juventus enduring 17 years, he won a record nine Serie A titles, four Coppa Italias, and five Supercoppa Italianas. After joining Juventus in 2001, for the world record fee for a goalkeeper of €52.9 million at the time, Buffon won Serie A titles in both of his first two seasons at the club.

*Club domestic league appearances and goalsīuffon made his Serie A debut at Parma in 1995, helping Parma to win the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Cup and the Supercoppa Italiana in 1999.

Outside of professional football Personal life AIC FIGC Media and endorsements Business Philanthropy Politics Controversy.

Player profile Style of play and reception Legacy Attire.

International career Youth career, early call-ups and Euro 2000 qualification World Cup and European Championship debut 2006 World Cup champion Post-World Cup victory Italy captain and Euro 2012 runner-up 2014 World Cup qualifying and 2013 Confederations Cup 2014 World Cup Euro 2016 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign, retirement and brief return.

Club career Parma 1991–1994: Youth career and early professional career 1996–2001: Making the starting eleven, early success and recognition Juventus 2001–2004: Initial dominance 2004–2006: Calciopoli and relegation 2006–2011: Serie B champions, Serie A return and post-Calciopoli struggles 2011–2014: New era of dominance in Serie A 2014–15: Second Champions League Final and first Coppa Italia with Juventus 2015–16: Fifth consecutive Scudetto and record Serie A unbeaten streak 2016–17: Record sixth straight Scudetto and third Champions League Final 2017–2018: Final season of first spell with Juventus and seventh consecutive Scudetto Paris Saint-Germain Return to Juventus 2019–2021: record-breaking appearances Return to Parma and retirement.

Buffon would never win the tournament in his career Italy won the World Cup in 2006, beating France on penalties.

Paris St-Germain announced the signing of Buffon with a video on social media Buffon's career in pictures Buffon made his Serie A debut on 19 November 1995 at the age of 17 years and 295 days in a 0-0 draw between Parma and Milan He won the Coppa Italia and Uefa Cup in 1999 at Parma in a star-studded team including Lilian Thuram, Fabio Cannavaro, Juan Sebastian Veron and Hernan Crespo In July 2001, Buffon signed for Juventus in a £23.3m deal - at the time a world record for a goalkeeper He reached the first of three Champions League finals in 2003, but lost on penalties to AC Milan. 'His arrival reaffirms our will to always go higher, an ambition that we intend to pursue with a determination just as strong.'īuffon, Italy's most capped player with 176 appearances, retired from national team duty after they failed to qualify for the World Cup.īuffon won the World Cup with Italy in 2006 but has famously never managed to win the Champions League, losing the 2003 final to AC Milan, in 2014 to Barcelona and in 2017 to Real Madrid. Buffon's professional career has spanned 23 yearsĬlub president, Nasser Al- Khelaifi, said: 'The immensity of his career, as well as his ambitious personality, unifying and elegant, make him one of the most admired and respected players in world football. He will link up with new PSG head coach Thomas Tuchel at Parc des Princes and is likely to compete with Alphonse Areola for a starting place. 'For the first time in my career, I am leaving my country and only a project this ambitious could have encouraged me to make such a decision.'īuffon closed out his Juventus career with a seventh consecutive league title. 'I am going to bring all my energy, all my experience and all of my thirst to win to help my new club achieve all the great objectives it has set out for the future. 'I know what dreams PSG and its fans have in their hearts,' he said.

The nine-time Serie A winner was rumoured to be offered an off-field role at Juve but has signed a one-year deal with the French champions with the option for a further 12 months.

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