Top 5 most remarkable records created by Gianluigi Buffon

#4 Oldest player to keep 50 Champions League clean sheets

Gianluigi Buffon

By appearing for Juventus in the Bianconeri's 2019-20 Matchday 6 win at Bayer Leverkusen, Buffon became the second oldest player to appear in the Champions League. Another Italian keeper, Marco Ballotta, holds the record for having played in the competition aged 43 years and 253 days.

In the process, Buffon became only the third goalkeeper in the Champions League to keep 50 clean sheets, the others being Iker Casillas (57) and Edwin van der Sar (50).

50 - Gianluigi Buffon kept his 50th clean sheet in the UEFA Champions League last night (excl. qualifiers), becoming just the third goalkeeper to reach this landmark in the competition after Edwin van der Sar (50) and Iker Casillas (57). Solid. pic.twitter.com/sltqCUITui

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 13, 2019

Amongst the trio, Buffon was the oldest to reach the coveted landmark.

#5 Most Serie A appearances

Gianluigi Buffon

In his 24th season in the Italian top-flight, Buffon equaled his long-retired Italy teammate Paolo Maldini's record of most Serie A appearances (647) by starting for Juventus in a 2019-20 league game against Sampdoria.

647 – Gianluigi #Buffon reaches tonight Paolo #Maldini as the player with the most appearances in the Serie A history (647). Epochal. pic.twitter.com/5gl6jH26KF

— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) December 18, 2019

In the Serie A, Buffon has made 478 appearances for Juventus and 179 for Parma.

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