Lorenzo Buffon
Buffon and his then-wife Edy Campagnoli, 1958
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 December 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Majano, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1949 | Portogruaro | 34 | (0) |
| 1949–1959 | Milan | 277 | (0) |
| 1959–1960 | Genoa | 20 | (0) |
| 1960–1963 | Internazionale | 79 | (0) |
| 1963–1964 | Fiorentina | 1 | (0) |
| 1964–1965 | Ivrea | 11 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1958–1962 |  Italy |
15 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Lorenzo Buffon (born 19 December 1929 in Majano, Friuli) is an Italian former football goalkeeper. Throughout his career, he played 277 times for Italian club A.C. Milan, and also later played for their city rivals Internazionale, as well as other Italian clubs, winning five Serie A titles. At international he was capped for the Italian international side on 15 occasions, representing his country at the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
Buffon is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of his generation, and as one of Italy's greatest ever goalkeepers. Alongside the legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin, he was notably chosen to represent the FIFA All-Star squad during the 1960s.
Born in Majano, in the province of Udine, overall, Buffon played 15 seasons (365 games) in the Serie A for A.C. Milan (1949–59), Genoa C.F.C. (1959–60), F.C. Internazionale Milano (1960–63), and ACF Fiorentina (1963–64). He began his career with Portogruaro in 1948 before moving to Milan the following season. With Milan, he made his Serie A debut on 15 January 1950, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 home win over Sampdoria; he played 277 games for the club, and gained international prominence, achieving great success, as he won four Serie A titles, and two Latin Cups, despite competition for a place in the starting line-up with fellow keeper Narciso Soldan. With Milan, Buffon also notably reached the final of the 1957–58 European Cup, and the semi-finals of the 1955–56 European Cup, where the Italian club was defeated by eventual champions Real Madrid on both occasions. He is one of four goalkeepers to make 300 total appearances for Milan, behind Christian Abbiati, Sebastiano Rossi, and Dida.
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