“Maybe I’ll Retire at 65”: Buffon’s 43rd Birthday

Italian League 20-21

ONE System | 28/01/2021 12:00

Gianluigi Buffon. A legend that really was (Reuters)

Gianluigi Buffon, One of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of football, marks today (Thursday) his 43rd birthday, and it does not seem that he wants to stop playing soon, when according to estimates in Italy he will continue for another season at Juventus, until the age of 44, thus becoming the oldest player. Once in Serie A and in the Champions League.

The legendary Italian won the28 degrees In his career, when he recorded no less than 922 appearances in his various teams andMaintained a clean goal 413 times. In the Italian national team, with which he also won the World Cup, he has 176 appearances (Xi’an) and 76 clean goals. Buffon has 26 (!) Seasons as a pro, 10 Italian championships, 5 trophies and of course the French championship among others.

Gianluigi Buffon (Reuters)

At the 2006 World Cup and amazing for him Buffon provided no less than35 saves and conceded just two goals, Self-goal and the same famous penalty by Zinedine Zidane. Yesterday he played 90 minutes as captain in the old lady’s 0: 4 over Spal in the cup and kept a clean sheet for the 320th time in the Juventus uniform, with which he dreams of winning the Champions League for the first time.

During the 2009/10 season The goalkeeper defeated Maccabi Haifa twice With Yuva and even played at the Ramat Gan stadium and kept a clean sheet in the old lady’s 0-1 draw in the home stage of the Champions League. Even his coach Andrea Pirlo, who previously played with him on the team and in the national team and even cheered him on after winning the cup yesterday, is younger than him. “Maybe I’ll play until age 65, who knows?” Said the Italian recently, and we can only hope.

Vladimir Debalishvili from Maccabi Haifa tries to subdue Buffon (Reuters)

Juventus welcomed the legend: “In the end, the data will not explain everything in words. Just before his birthday Buffon kept another clean sheet, but that’s not his only contribution this season. This man wrote the football history, of Yuba, and won it all. He still has passion and concentration, it’s not just a champion and even the word legend is an understatement for him. It is our eternal symbol, happy birthday, you are our gift ”.