The Legend of Gianluigi Buffon

Gianluigi Buffon he is born 28 of January of 1978 in Carrara, a town in Italian Tuscany. When he was young the Italian was an outstanding midfielder, so much so that he was even wanted by the Inter youth academy.. Sin embargo, thanks in part to the Cameroonian goalkeeper Thomas N´Kono who disputed the Italy World Cup 90, Gianluigi was attracted by this demarcation.

The legend of Gianluigi Buffon

Gianluigi always had a really privileged athlete's physique and clearly this ran in the family.. Both his father in shot put, his discus thrower mother and his two sisters on the national volleyball team would represent the “country of the boot´´ and the man could not be less.

Entering his professional career as a footballer, Buffon made his debut in Serie A on 19 de noviembre de 1995 con tan solo 17 years and that's not all, but it was against the powerful Milan of that time. Apart from that, Buffon managed to keep a clean sheet.. Este Parma with Buffon under sticks I would make history.

In the year 1999 The team would win nothing more and nothing less than three titles. On the one hand, at the national level, They would be champions of the Italian Cup and the Super Cup and on the other hand they would win the UEFA Cup final three to zero against Olympique de Marseille. Because of this and his great level, Buffon would be signed by Juventus Turin in 2001, in exchange of 54 millions of euros. That amount of money was a record transfer for the goalkeeper position.

A legend of Juventus and Parma

At Juve the goalkeeper once again marked an era, but not everything was successful. Because of Calciopoli scandal (encounter manipulation), set turines was relegated to Serie B and Buffon was one of the few who continued in the squad. Gianluigi would break all kinds of records and win all possible titles except for “the orejona´´, his little thorn stuck.

Apart of this, tried a new adventure in Paris. A season in the French champion without pain or glory made him return to his soul Juve. After two seasons, the incombustible Buffon he returned to Parma in Serie B.

With the national team he also stood out from the beginning by winning the U-21 Euro Cup in 1996 and the highlight of his entire career Mundial de 2006. Gianluigi Buffon has been, It is and will be in the retina of everything aficionado al fútbol. Great professional and most importantly great person.