Juventus Gives a Special Tribute to Gianluigi Buffon’s 648th Appearance

DBasia.news – The match against Torino in the Serie A stage has special significance for the living legend of Juventus, Gianluigi Buffon. He broke the record and became the player with the most number of appearances in the history of Serie A.

Buffon, 42, actually ended his career with Juventus. Exactly when his contract in Turin expired at the end of the 2017/18 season. After that, Buffon chose to continue his career in France with PSG.

The separation did not last long. At the start of this 2019/20 season, he decided to return to the arms of The Old Lady. But Buffon had to be willing for the No. 1 position in Juventus to belong to Wojciech Szczesny.

Buffon joined Juventus on a special mission, which was to break the record for most appearances held by Paolo Maldini. And on Saturday (07/04/2020), he managed to defeat the AC Milan legend.

The record of 648 appearances on the Serie A stage was recorded by Buffon when Juventus met Torino at the Allianz Stadium. The record got even sweeter as the Bianconeri won with a score of 4-1.

Juventus had their own way to commemorate the historic day for Buffon. They put the words 648UFFON on the sleeves of their first jersey for the match.

Noted that Buffon’s appearances could still increase. As the 2019/20 Serie A season still has eight matches left.

Buffon spent most of his career with Juventus. But keep in mind that the player born in Carrara, Italy started his first step on the professional football stage with Parma.

He underwent his debut match at a very young age of 17 years old and immediately recorded a clean sheet when Parma met one of the Italian giants, AC Milan.

One season after, Buffon won a place in the first team. He made 168 appearances in Serie A before deciding to move to Juventus in 2001 with a fee of 52 million euros. Making him the most expensive goalkeeper in the world for years.

A total of 509 appearances was recorded by Buffon during his time with Juventus until he finally moved to PSG in 2017. Then this season, Buffon added 8 appearances to his collection.