Gianluigi Buffon

...at the end of the season. The left-back ought to have little difficulty slotting into a Juventus defensive unit that contains international team-mates Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro and Giorgio Chiellini. Another prodigal son making a...

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...Udinese Calcio on August 29, 1993. At Parma, however, Bucci was soon overtaken by 17-year-old Primavera keeper Gianluigi Buffon, and he then decided to leave the team in order to play more regularly. After playing six months for Perugia...

In this article: Luca Bucci, Parma F.C, Torino F.C., Napoli, 1994 FIFA World Cup, Serie A, Nicolas Navarro, Gennaro Iezzo, and Gianluca Berti

Effective goalkeepers enjoy scarcity value. All of eight years ago, Juventus came up with GBP32m to prise Gianluigi Buffon away from Parma and as the seasons go by they must feel they got a bargain. Managers obliged to make a change are in...

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FIFA.com - Buffon extends Juve contract Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon on Wednesday extended his Juventus contract until 2013, the club said. The new deal will take him up until he reaches 35 and is likely to mean he will finish his...

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"If I make certain movements I feel some pain. But I want to hold out as long as I can because we've got the Champions League now and Juve-Inter at the beginning of December," Buffon said. Buffon will sit out Italy's match against Cyprus...

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...due to the Calciopoli ) During 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, Thuram, along with former Parma teammates Buffon and Cannavaro, formed one of the most expensive, but also most feared, defenses in world football. On 24 July 2006, Thuram...

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Iaquinta had three other half chances. Alessandro Rosina hit the bar with a superb free kick but otherwise Torino, who drew 4-4 with Parma on Saturday, barely threatened Gianluigi Buffon. The keeper returned after missing the 2-1...

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...to the fans. He was named the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year for the third time in his career on January 28, 2008; only he and compatriot Gianluigi Buffon have won the award more than once since its inception in 1997. Peruzzi was capped...

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...in the Barclays Premier League may be on the cards. Green keeper: Reports in Italy suggest Italy and Juve star Gianluigi Buffon is a summer transfer target for Manchester United Buffon joined Juve from Parma for GBP30 million - a world...

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