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Buffon claimed four further championships under Allegri, and got to the 2015 UEFA Champions League final, his team succumbing 3-1 to Barcelona in Berlin despite his amazing first-half stop from Dani Alves.In 2011, ex-Juve player Antonio Conte took over as coach and led the Bianconeri to to three straight titles, the first without losing a game, and the third with a Serie A-record points haul of 102.In November 2006, Juventus took out full-page adverts in Italy's three main sports papers to thank their goalkeeper.

The Old Lady were relegated to Serie B and stripped of their 2004//06 titles as part of a match-fixing scandal, but Buffon stayed with the club, helping them gain immediate promotion.In 2002/03, helped Juventus reach the UEFA Champions League final his side drew 0-0 with Milan in Manchester but lost on penalties, though Buffon kept out two spot kicks, having also made an incredible reaction save from Filippo Inzaghi.He landed the Scudetto in his first term in Turin. In summer 2001, became the world's most expensive goalkeeper, Juventus signing him for over €50m.

He lifted the Coppa Italia the same season.

Having earned his nickname by saving a penalty from Internazionale Milano's Ronaldo in 1997 and celebrating by showing the fans a Superman T-shirt, Buffon won his first European trophy, the 1999 UEFA Cup, as Parma beat Marseille 3-0 in the final.

Made his senior debut aged 17 on 19 November 1995, keeping a clean sheet in a 0-0 home draw with AC Milan, including notable saves from the likes of Roberto Baggio and George Weah.

International: 176 appearances UEFA club competition: 167 appearances Domestic competition: 756 appearances Claims to fame stands for Commando Ultrà Indian Trips, the hard-core group of Carrarese fans.

Buffon was the president of home-town club Carrarese for three years until 2015.

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D'Amico and Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri both mocked Buffon's Tom Selleck-style moustache in a TV interview.

As well as those two sons with his former wife, Czech model Alena Šeredová, Buffon has a third, Leopoldo Mattia, with his new partner, TV presenter Ilaria D'Amico.

He named his first son Louis Thomas after him his second, David Lee, is named in honour of Van Halen singer David Lee Roth.īuffon channels Tom Selleck ©Getty Images

Buffon started out as a midfielder, becoming a keeper because his hero was former Cameroon and Espanyol custodian Thomas N'Kono.

Gladbach later sent him a scarf bearing the legend 'A German team' – in jest since, like Buffon, most foreigners find Mönchengladbach a bit of a mouthful. I can do better now, but I still think it's not quite right." When Juventus met the Bundesliga outfit in the UEFA Champions League in 2015/16, Buffon gave a pair of his gloves to their fans but received nothing in return.

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Buffon supports Borussia Mönchengladbach in Germany: "When I was a child I didn't know how to pronounce their name.Ten seconds later, Buffon told me his phobia was over because he really wanted to play." "'OK no problem,' I said, and just asked his understudy to get ready. "Just before a game his goalkeeping coach told me Buffon couldn't play – he couldn't throw himself around because there were too many wasps," Fabio Capello explained. Buffon overcame a terrible fear of wasps.