Gigi Buffon played his 653rd Serie A game yesterday against Parma, exactly 25 years and one month after his League debut with the Ducali.
The 42-year-old is the player with most appearances in Serie A. Yesterday, he played his 653rd game in Italy’s top-flight, exactly 25 years and one month after his League debut with the Parma shirt.
Buffon played his first Serie A game against Milan at the Stadio Tardini, the same stadium where Juventus picked up a 4-0 win last night.
Gigi Buffon played his 653rd Serie A game yesterday against Parma, exactly 25 years and one month after his League debut with the Ducali.
The 42-year-old is the player with most appearances in Serie A. Yesterday, he played his 653rd game in Italy’s top-flight, exactly 25 years and one month after his League debut with the Parma shirt.
Buffon played his first Serie A game against Milan at the Stadio Tardini, the same stadium where Juventus picked up a 4-0 win last night.
The 2006 Italy World Cup winner won three trophies with Parma, playing 220 games over six seasons.
He moved to Juventus in 2001 and has played 22 games against his former club, winning 12 of them with seven draws and three defeats.
“Whenever I come to Parma, there’s no denying it, I always have this nostalgia within me. I spent 10 unforgettable years of my life here and the people of Parma will always mean so much to me,” Buffon said after the game.
“I lost two important people here in Parma in recent months, a youth coach and my Italian teacher, who really helped to form me as a person.”