Gianluigi Buffon celebrated Tuesday evening on social networks the 1,100th game of his career (club and selection meetings combined), concluded with a victory against Inter Milan (2-1) in semi-final first leg of the Italian Cup.
“Gigi” Buffon, started for this cup match a few days after his 43rd birthday, accompanied this message on Instagram with a photo of his decisive stop in the second half against Milanese Matteo Darmian.
The one that Italy nicknamed “Superman” now has 679 matches for Juventus, 220 with Parma, 25 with Paris SG and 176 with the Italian team, according to the count of several specialized sites.
The Italian legend is the record holder for the number of matches for Italy and Serie A. If he extends the adventure next season with Juve, he also has the opportunity to become the oldest player to have played a match in the Italian 1st division, a record that currently belongs to ex-Lazio Rome player Marco Ballotta (44 years and 38 days).
Andrea Pirlo assured last week that he was not against an extension of Buffon: “He is doing well, he shows every day that he can still play football, if there is still, it can only be us to please”.