Gianluigi Buffon

Goalkeeper at Retired

Age48

CitizenshipItaly

Height1.92 m

Footright

BornJanuary 28, 1978

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Market value —

Rating · 99/00 6.4 Solid

Goalkeeper

Career snapshot

clubs played for

00/01

debut season

goals / match

Juventus FC

top club · 685 apps

Position rank · 99/00

#126

goals rank

#135

assists rank

season goals

season assists

Among 455 Goalkeepers · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€35.00m

peak value · 2005

€52.88m

top transfer fee · 01/02

—

best season

200 / 0

int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Jamie Carragher

Defender - Centre-Back · Retired

Papa Bouba Diop

Midfield - Central Midfield · ---

Cristian Tula

Defender - Centre-Back · Retired

Massimo Marconato

Goalkeeper · Retired

Shares 1978-01-28 · 5 players total

975Appearances

0Goals

1Assists

15Yellow cards

0Red cards

969Full matches (90′)

Full name	Gianluigi Buffon
Date of birth	1978-01-28 (48 yrs)
Place of birth	Carrara, Italy
Citizenship	Italy
Position	Goalkeeper
Foot	right
Height	192.00 m
Current club	Retired
Joined	2023-08-02
Contract expires	—
Agent	Assist
Outfitter	Puma

Aug 2023

Transfer: Parma → Retired

23/24 · Transfer

Jun 2023

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

May 2023

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Jan 2023

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Oct 2022

Injury: unknown

13 games missed

Jul 2022

22/23 — Parma Calcio 1913

19 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 2022

Injury: unknown

Jul 2021

21/22 — Parma Calcio 1913

26 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2021

Transfer: Juventus → Parma

21/22 · Transfer

Mar 2021

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Nov 2020

Injury: unknown

4 games missed

Jul 2020

20/21 — Juventus FC

14 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2019

Transfer: Paris SG → Juventus

19/20 · Transfer

Jul 2019

19/20 — Juventus FC

15 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2018

Transfer: Juventus → Paris SG

18/19 · Transfer

Jul 2018

18/19 — Paris Saint-Germain

25 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Dec 2017

Injury: unknown

9 games missed

Jul 2017

17/18 — Juventus FC

34 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jan 2017

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jul 2016

16/17 — Juventus FC

43 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jun 2016

Injury: unknown

Jul 2015

15/16 — Juventus FC

44 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Mar 2015

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Jul 2014

14/15 — Juventus FC

47 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jun 2014

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Jul 2013

13/14 — Juventus FC

48 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

May 2013

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Oct 2012

Injury: unknown

5 games missed

Jul 2012

12/13 — Juventus FC

44 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Oct 2011

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jul 2011

11/12 — Juventus FC

35 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2010

10/11 — Juventus FC

17 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2009

09/10 — Juventus FC

35 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2008

08/09 — Juventus FC

30 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2007

07/08 — Juventus FC

35 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2006

06/07 — Juventus FC

40 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2005

05/06 — Juventus FC

24 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2004

04/05 — Juventus FC

48 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2003

03/04 — Juventus FC

39 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2002

02/03 — Juventus FC

48 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2001

Transfer: AC Parma → Juventus

01/02 · Transfer · €52.88m

Jul 2001

01/02 — Juventus FC

45 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2000

00/01 — AC Parma

43 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 1999

99/00 — AC Parma

43 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 1998

98/99 — AC Parma

51 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 1997

97/98 — AC Parma

46 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 1996

96/97 — AC Parma

28 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 1995

95/96 — AC Parma

9 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 1994

Transfer: Parma U19 → AC Parma

94/95 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €35.00m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 385 other Goalkeepers with ≥500 minutes in 99/00. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals0 total · 0.00/90

Assists0 total · 0.00/90

G+A0 total · 0.00/90

Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90

Clean sheets16 total · 16.00/90

Minutes played by club

AC Parma 22.5%

Parma Calcio 1913 4.5%

Juventus FC 70.4%

Paris Saint-Germain 2.5%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Assists	Minutes
AC Parma	6	00/01	99/00	220	0	19,668
Parma Calcio 1913	2	21/22	22/23	45	0	3,966
Juventus FC	19	01/02	20/21	685	1	61,412
Paris Saint-Germain	1	18/19	18/19	25	0	2,205

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Assists	YC	Minutes
99/00	Champions League Qu.	AC Parma	2	0	0	180
99/00	Play-Out Serie A	AC Parma	1	0	0	90
99/00	Serie A	AC Parma	32	0	0	2,880
99/00	Supercoppa Italiana	AC Parma	1	0	0	90
99/00	UEFA Cup	AC Parma	7	0	0	630
98/99	Italy Cup	AC Parma	6	0	0	540
98/99	Serie A	AC Parma	34	0	3	3,060
98/99	UEFA Cup	AC Parma	11	0	1	990
97/98	Champions League	AC Parma	6	0	0	540
97/98	Champions League Qu.	AC Parma	2	0	0	180
97/98	Italy Cup	AC Parma	6	0	0	540
97/98	Serie A	AC Parma	32	0	0	2,838
96/97	Serie A	AC Parma	27	0	1	2,430
96/97	UEFA Cup	AC Parma	1	0	0	90
95/96	Cup Winners' Cup	AC Parma	0	0	0	0
95/96	Serie A	AC Parma	9	0	0	720
22/23	Italy Cup	Parma Calcio 1913	1	0	0	120
22/23	Serie B	Parma Calcio 1913	17	0	0	1,530
22/23	Serie B Play-off	Parma Calcio 1913	1	0	0	45
21/22	Serie B	Parma Calcio 1913	26	0	0	2,271
20/21	Champions League	Juventus FC	1	0	0	90
20/21	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	5	0	0	480
20/21	Serie A	Juventus FC	8	0	0	720
20/21	Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus FC	0	0	0	0
19/20	Champions League	Juventus FC	1	0	0	90
19/20	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	5	1	0	450
19/20	Serie A	Juventus FC	9	0	0	810
19/20	Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus FC	0	0	0	0
18/19	Champions League	Paris Saint-Germain	5	0	0	450
18/19	Coupe de France	Paris Saint-Germain	1	0	0	90
18/19	Coupe de la Ligue	Paris Saint-Germain	1	0	0	45
18/19	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain	17	0	0	1,530
18/19	Trophée des Champions	Paris Saint-Germain	1	0	0	90
17/18	Champions League	Juventus FC	9	0	0	810
17/18	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	3	0	0	270
17/18	Serie A	Juventus FC	21	0	1	1,863
17/18	Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus FC	1	0	1	90
16/17	Champions League	Juventus FC	12	0	0	1,080
16/17	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	0	0	0	0
16/17	Serie A	Juventus FC	30	0	0	2,655
16/17	Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus FC	1	0	0	120
15/16	Champions League	Juventus FC	8	0	0	750
15/16	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	0	0	0	0
15/16	Serie A	Juventus FC	35	0	1	3,150
15/16	Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus FC	1	0	0	90
14/15	Champions League	Juventus FC	13	0	0	1,170
14/15	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	0	0	0	0
14/15	Serie A	Juventus FC	33	0	0	2,970
14/15	Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus FC	1	0	0	120
13/14	Champions League	Juventus FC	6	0	0	540
13/14	Europa League	Juventus FC	8	0	0	720
13/14	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	0	0	0	0
13/14	Serie A	Juventus FC	33	0	0	2,867
13/14	Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus FC	1	0	0	90
12/13	Champions League	Juventus FC	10	0	0	900
12/13	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	1	0	0	90
12/13	Serie A	Juventus FC	32	0	0	2,880
12/13	Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus FC	1	0	0	120
11/12	Serie A	Juventus FC	35	0	0	3,150
10/11	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	1	0	0	90
10/11	Serie A	Juventus FC	16	0	1	1,362
09/10	Champions League	Juventus FC	6	0	0	540
09/10	Europa League	Juventus FC	1	0	0	90
09/10	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	1	0	0	90
09/10	Serie A	Juventus FC	27	0	0	2,378
08/09	Champions League	Juventus FC	3	0	0	270
08/09	Champions League Qu.	Juventus FC	2	0	0	180
08/09	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	2	0	0	180
08/09	Serie A	Juventus FC	23	0	0	2,025
07/08	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	1	0	0	90
07/08	Serie A	Juventus FC	34	0	1	3,050
06/07	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	3	0	0	300
06/07	Serie B	Juventus FC	37	0	0	3,253
05/06	Champions League	Juventus FC	4	0	0	360
05/06	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	2	0	0	180
05/06	Serie A	Juventus FC	18	0	0	1,617
04/05	Champions League	Juventus FC	9	0	0	840
04/05	Champions League Qu.	Juventus FC	2	0	0	180
04/05	Serie A	Juventus FC	37	0	0	3,285
03/04	Champions League	Juventus FC	6	0	0	540
03/04	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	0	0	0	0
03/04	Serie A	Juventus FC	32	0	1	2,880
03/04	Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus FC	1	0	0	120
02/03	Champions League	Juventus FC	15	0	1	1,410
02/03	Serie A	Juventus FC	32	0	1	2,827
02/03	Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus FC	1	0	0	90
01/02	Champions League	Juventus FC	10	0	1	900
01/02	Italy Cup	Juventus FC	1	0	0	90
01/02	Serie A	Juventus FC	34	0	0	3,060
00/01	Italy Cup	AC Parma	2	0	0	180
00/01	Serie A	AC Parma	34	0	1	3,060
00/01	UEFA Cup	AC Parma	7	0	0	630

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
94/95	1994-07-01	Parma U19	AC Parma	Transfer	0	—
01/02	2001-07-03	AC Parma	Juventus	Transfer	0	€52.88m
18/19	2018-07-06	Juventus	Paris SG	Transfer	2000000	—
19/20	2019-07-04	Paris SG	Juventus	Transfer	1000000	—
21/22	2021-07-01	Juventus	Parma	Transfer	1000000	—
23/24	2023-08-02	Parma	Retired	Transfer	1000000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
11/12	Shoulder injury	2011-10-20	2011-10-27	8	2
12/13	Adductor pain	2012-10-15	2012-10-22	8	5
12/13	inflammation	2013-05-06	2013-05-09	4	3
13/14	Ankle sprain	2014-06-12	2014-06-16	5	1
14/15	influenza	2015-03-09	2015-03-09	1	1
15/16	influenza	2016-06-20	2016-06-20	1	0
16/17	flu	2017-01-04	2017-01-12	9	2
17/18	Hamstring injury	2017-12-05	2018-01-26	53	9
20/21	Calf problems	2020-11-24	2020-12-07	14	4
20/21	Lumbago	2021-03-13	2021-03-21	9	2
21/22	Corona virus	2022-01-04	2022-01-13	10	0
22/23	Hamstring injury	2022-10-03	2023-01-09	99	13
22/23	unknown injury	2023-01-20	2023-02-04	16	2
22/23	unknown injury	2023-05-12	2023-05-16	5	1
22/23	Calf injury	2023-06-01	2023-06-11	11	1

Current—

Peak€35.00m

Low—

Δ since start−€35.00m

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€7.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€10.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€16.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€16.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€17.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€25.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€28.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€30.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€32.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€30.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€33.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€30.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€28.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€20.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€35.00m

Team	Shirt	Matches	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #53840	—	0	—	—	former national player
Team #48097	—	4	—	—	former national player
Team #23243	—	3	—	—	former national player
Team #23133	—	3	—	—	former national player
Team #21746	—	3	—	—	former national player
Team #11947	—	11	—	—	former national player
Team #3376	#1	176	—	—	retired national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals	Minutes
Paul Pogba	2	0	0
Arturo Vidal	2	0	0
Paulo Dybala	2	0	0

Teams faced most often by Gianluigi Buffon's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
FC Nantes	18	15	0	3	43	15	+28	83%
Lille OSC	18	13	3	2	42	17	+25	72%
FC Barcelona	18	5	6	7	32	37	-5	28%
Montpellier HSC	18	13	3	2	45	13	+32	72%
Olympique Lyonnais	18	10	3	5	34	19	+15	56%
AS Monaco	18	7	5	6	35	26	+9	39%
OGC Nice	17	12	3	2	36	13	+23	71%
Stade Rennais	17	10	2	5	29	14	+15	59%
Olympique Marseille	17	13	3	1	36	10	+26	76%
Girondins Bordeaux	16	11	4	1	37	17	+20	69%
AS Saint-Étienne	15	12	3	0	41	8	+33	80%
Angers SCO	15	14	1	0	41	7	+34	93%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
00/01	Senior debut season

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	Cards / 90′
98/99	51	4,590	4	0.08
96/97	28	2,520	1	0.04
17/18	34	3,033	2	0.06
15/16	44	3,990	1	0.02
10/11	17	1,452	1	0.06
07/08	35	3,140	1	0.03
03/04	39	3,540	1	0.03
02/03	48	4,327	2	0.04
01/02	45	4,050	1	0.02
00/01	43	3,870	1	0.02

Goalkeeper-specific aggregates: clean sheets and goals conceded by season.

Season	Matches	Mins	Clean sheets	CS %	Goals conceded	GC / 90′
99/00	43	3,870	16	37%	49	1.14
98/99	51	4,590	16	31%	50	0.98
97/98	46	4,098	16	35%	46	1.01
96/97	28	2,520	15	54%	19	0.68
95/96	9	720	3	33%	6	0.75
22/23	19	1,695	5	26%	24	1.27
21/22	26	2,271	8	31%	27	1.07
20/21	14	1,290	6	43%	9	0.63
19/20	15	1,350	5	33%	12	0.8
18/19	25	2,205	9	36%	25	1.02
17/18	34	3,033	18	53%	28	0.83
16/17	43	3,855	21	49%	32	0.75
15/16	44	3,990	25	57%	26	0.59
14/15	47	4,260	24	51%	32	0.68
13/14	48	4,217	26	54%	33	0.7
12/13	44	3,990	22	50%	29	0.65
11/12	35	3,150	21	60%	16	0.46
10/11	17	1,452	6	35%	17	1.05
09/10	35	3,098	10	29%	43	1.25
08/09	30	2,655	11	37%	32	1.08
07/08	35	3,140	16	46%	31	0.89
06/07	40	3,553	22	55%	25	0.63
05/06	24	2,157	8	33%	21	0.88
04/05	48	4,305	27	56%	29	0.61
03/04	39	3,540	12	31%	48	1.22
02/03	48	4,327	20	42%	40	0.83
01/02	45	4,050	22	49%	36	0.8
00/01	43	3,870	19	44%	40	0.93