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

Respect the Legend.