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By signing Gianluigi Buffon, PSG has attracted a living legend with many records. Here are the main ones
Gianluigi Buffon is always hungry for wins, titles and records. (Photo: Reuters)
WITH ITALY
5
The Italian goalkeeper is one of four players, with Germany's Lothar Matthäus, Mexicans Antonio Carbajal and Rafael Marquez, to be featured in his country's selection at five World Cups.
58
Qualifying stages and aggregate finals, Gianluigi Buffon played 58 games related to the European Championship. Nobody does better.
80
With 80 capitanates, Gianluigi Buffon is the player who most often worn the armband of the Italian team.
176
From the top of his 176 capes with Italy, he is the European player having the most times represented his country.
IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF ITALY
7
With 7 Scudetto rank, he holds, together with several of his former teammates of Juventus, the record of titles gleaned in a row in Serie A.
9
Nine times champion of Italy, he is ahead of Giovanni Ferrari, Giuseppe Furino and Virginio Rosetta (8). Another record: he won his 9 titles with the same club: Juventus.
10
Gianluigi Buffon did not concede any goals in 10 consecutive Serie A games, from 17 January 2016 to 11 March 2016 inclusive. No goalkeeper did better in Italy.
21
Buffon made 21 clean sheets in 2011-2012 and 2015-2016 in Serie A. A record.
640
Buffon played 640 Serie A games, a record for a goalkeeper. Only one player is ahead of him: Paolo Maldini, with his 647 games played with AC Milan.
974
He managed to keep his goal unchanged for 974 minutes in a row during the 2015-2016 season with Juventus. An unbeaten record in Serie A.
In European Cups
115
With 115 appearances, he is the player of Juventus having played the most matches of the Champions League.
125
The goalkeeper is the Italian with the most Champions League matches in his game, including preliminary rounds (8 games): 115, so with Juventus, and 10 with Parma. He is currently the 12th player with the most games played in the event, at 46 units of the record holder, Iker Casillas.
160
In all competitions, Gianluigi Buffon has played 160 matches of European Cups (125 in C1, 35 in C3). A record for an Italian goalkeeper. Only one player from the country has played more continental games: Paolo Maldini, with … 161 games.
OTHER RECORDS
6
He has won six Italian Supercups: 1 with Parma (1999) and five with Juventus (2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2015). Only Dejan Stankovic managed to do as well.
19
The goalkeeper has won 19 trophies with Juventus, more than any other player in the Turin club.
53
The amount, in millions of euros, of his transfer when "Gigi" left Parma for Juventus, in 2001. Which always makes him the most expensive goalkeeper in history.
1052
Gianluigi Buffon played 1052 matches as a professional. He is ahead of Italy's Paolo Maldini (1028).
42020
The goalkeeper played 42020 minutes in Serie A with Juventus. More than any other Bianconero.
Sebastien Buron
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