Full name:
Gianluigi Buffon
Date of birth:
28 January 1978 (age 40)
Place of birth:
Carrara, Italy
Height:
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club information: current team
Juventus
Number:
1
Youth career:
1991–1995 Parma
Senior career:*
1995–2001 Parma 168
2001– Juventus 504
Club
Parma
Serie A Runner-up: 1996– 97
Coppa Italia (1): 1998– 99; Runner-up: 2000– 01
Supercoppa Italiana (1): 1999
UEFA Cup (1): 1998– 99
Juventus
Serie A (7): 2001– 02, 2002– 03, 2004– 05, 2005– 06, 2011– 12, 2012– 13, 2013– 14, 2014– 15, 2015– 16; Runner-up: 2008– 09
Serie B (1): 2006– 07
Coppa Italia (2): 2014– 15, 2015– 16; Runner-up: 2001– 02, 2003– 04, 2011– 12
Supercoppa Italiana (5): 2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2015; Runner-up: 2005, 2014, 2016
UEFA Champions League Runner-up: 2002– 03, 2014– 15
Global
Italy
1 FIFA World Cup: 2006
UEFA European Championship Runner-up: 2012
FIFA Confederations Cup Third place: 2013
1 UEFA Under-21 European Championship: 1996
1 Mediterranean Games: 1997
Person
1 Bravo Award: 1999
1 UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year: 2002– 03
1 UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2002– 03
2 ESM Team of the Year: 2002– 03 2014– 15
2 Best European Goalkeeper: 2003, 2016
FIFA 100
1 FIFA World Cup Yashin Award: 2006
1 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2006
Ballon d'Or Runner-up: 2006
10 Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year Award: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015
2 Serie A "Fan" Award: 2006, 2007
4 UEFA Team of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2016
2 FIFPro World XI: 2006, 2007
4 IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
1 IFFHS Best goalkeeper of the decade: 2000– 2010
1 IFFHS Best goalkeeper of the previous 25 years: 2010
IFFHS Best goalkeeper of the 21st Century
2 UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2008, 2012
3 Serie A Team of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2015
2 Pallone Azzurro: 2013, 2016
1 Premio Nereo Rocco: 2014
1 UEFA Europa League Team of the Season: 2013– 14
1 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2014– 15
UEFA Best Player in Europe Award: 2015 (fourth place), 2016 (sixth place)
UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (substitute; distributed 2015)
1 France Football World XI: 2015
1 Gianni Brera Award for Sportsman of the Year: 2015
1 Juventus MVP of the Year: 2015– 16
UEFA Euro All-time XI (distributed 2016)
1 Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare "Gaetano Scirea": 2016
1 Golden Foot: 2016
