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Gianluigi Buffon, a former goalkeeper for Italy, has retired from football at the age of 45. During his 28-year career, he accomplished remarkable feats for both club and country.
Buffon, who won the World Cup in 2006, also won a Ligue 1 championship with Paris Saint-Germain and 10 Serie A championships with Juventus.
“That’s all, folks!” stated Buffon. “You gave me your all. I gave it all to you. We completed it jointly.
One of the best goalkeepers in history, he finished his career with Parma, a team in the second division of Italy, where he began, despite having a difficult last season due to injury.
Buffon moved to Juventus from Parma in 2001, where he spent the majority of his career—aside from a year at Paris Saint-Germain in 2018–19—before going back to Turin and then to Parma in June 2021. He made 176 appearances for Italy.
At the age of 13, Buffon started his career in Parma’s youth system, originally playing in midfield before switching to the position of goalkeeper due to his height and physical characteristics. At the age of 17, he made his Serie A debut for Parma against Milan in a scoreless draw in November 1995.
The all-time leading male goalkeeper, Buffon played a league-record 657 times in the Italian first division. After Italy didn’t make the 2018 World Cup, he decided to end his career in international football in 2018.
Source – The Guardian
