It was 19 November 1995. Stadio Tardini, Parma-Milan (0-0): between the Emiliani made its debut a seventeen year old. Gianluigi Buffon was called, and he made a great impression. The rest is history: the Parma and then Juventus, the National, the triumphs. And that kid hopefuls became a monument of Italian and international football. Boasting 565 appearances in Serie A and 154 in the National: today celebrates two decades of absolute phenomenon.
Two decades after the debut of Buffon in Serie A and the world celebrates it: Juventus, the Serie A, UEFA, teammates and opponents foreigners. Today and yesterday. Gigi, that originality has certainly never sinned, we played a bit ‘of posting on his Facebook profile a long series of posts simulating how they would have said, over the years, the evolution of his career if there had already been the social. On the site of UEFA, this morning, there is an exclusive interview.
“I liked to score goals” – “Perhaps fate would have did the doorman. My father told me to switch roles and try to play in goal. I always liked being the center of the game, but also make new experiences. ”
Thus begins the conversation by Gianluigi Buffon with Uefa. A long talk, between past and future. “When I started playing, like all children, I was not the goalkeeper – he said -. I liked to score goals. At the end it’s all about putting the ball in the net. From six or seven years, I started to play in midfield, or free, and I really liked to be honest. I was a very lively child. ”
advice Dad – On the advice of his father, however, Buffon decided “to try to make the goalkeeper for a year, after which I would be He returned to play in midfield – said -. After just five or six months I became a good goalkeeper. I was probably some talent in that role and immediately everyone started to notice. A year later I was the goalkeeper of Parma ” .
gallery triumphs – With the shirt of Parma Buffon has won an Italian Cup, one UEFA Cup and one Italian Super Cup. From 2001 to Juventus, the club with which he has been able to fill his board with six league titles, five Italian Super Cups and one Italian Cup more. With the national team, he has the record for appearances (154) and was among the protagonists of the victory of the 2006 World Cup in Germany. He won the European Under-21 in Spain in 1996.
recall mundial – “My first memory goes back to the national team’s World Cup 1982 – tells Gigi -. I remember those days at home or from my uncle, with the whole family, with the endless dinners watching the games. I also remember that during games I went out on the balcony or outside to play. It ‘good to remember the screams of joy and disappointment that I felt from the balcony “.
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