Football NewsBuffon’s future will be decided soon – the Italian press
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Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon could stay in the team for another year, the Italian press reports.

 

The 43-year-old Italian has a contract expiring in the summer. She has been defending the honor of the “Old Lady” since 2001, with the exception of the 2018/19 season, which the goalkeeper spent at PSG.

Along with the Turin Grand, Buffon has won the Italian Championship 10 times, Serie B, the Italian Cup 4 times, the National Super Cup 6 times, and also played in the Champions League final three times.

This season, Gigi has played in 10 matches for Juventus and conceded 5 goals.

 

Top 10 Goalkeepers – IFFHS has published another rating

 

The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) has compiled a ranking of the best goalkeepers of the period from 1987 to 2020.

So and so, the first place was taken by Gianluigi Buffon (“Juventus”). The 2006 world champion was named the best goalkeeper of the year five times during this time.

The best were recognized this time by the Spaniard Iker Casillas (2nd place in the ranking) and the German Manuel Neuer (5th place).

 

The top ten of the rating looks like this:

 

  1. Gianluigi Buffon, Italy – 357 points
  2. Iker Casillas, Spain – 260
  3. Peter Cech, Czech Republic – 218
  4. Edwin van der Saar, The Netherlands – 201
  5. Manuel Neuer, Germany – 200
  6. Peter Schmeichel, Denmark – 179
  7. Oliver Kahn, Germany – 162
  8. Jose Luis Chilavert, Paraguay – 146
  9. Walter Zenga, Italy – 132
  10. Andoni Zubizarreta – 132

 

Donnarumma broke Buffon’s record and made Serie A history

 

In the 23rd round of Serie A, in the 0: 3 loss to “Inter”, “Milan” goalkeeper Gianluigi Donaruma spent 90 minutes on the field.

Thus, the match for the 21-year-old goalkeeper turned out to be the 200th in a row in the Italian championship, thus breaking the record set by Gianluigi Buffon.

As it is mentioned, the goalkeeper of “Juventus” was 24 years and 83 days old when he recorded this figure.