Gianluigi Buffon

Gianluigi Buffon, known as Gigi, is a former Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Considered by many as the best goalkeeper in the history of football, he graduated world champion in 2006 and vice-champion of Europe in 2012 with the Italian national team.

With the clubs he won ten Serie A championships - absolute record -, one Serie B, six Italian Cups, seven Italian Super Cups, one UEFA Cup, one Ligue 1 championship and one Super Cup of France. With the Italian national team, of which he holds the record of appearances (176), he was world champion in 2006 and vice-champion of Europe in 2012, participating in five World Championships, four European and two Confederations Cup. 

He holds the single-group Serie A unbeaten record, having kept his clean sheet for 974 minutes in the 2015-16 season. He is the player with the most appearances in the history of Serie A, as well as the one who has played the most games in the Italian top league with the shirt of Juventus, club of which he is the most titled player in history with 19 trophies won. Along with Paolo Maldini, he is also one of the two Italian footballers to have passed the 1000 appearances in his career.