Lorenzo Buffon

Lorenzo Buffon

Buffon and his then-wife Edy Campagnoli, 1958
Personal information
Date of birth (1929-12-19) 19 December 1929
Place of birth Majano, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 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.

† Appearances (goals)

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.[1] Alongside the legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin, he was notably chosen to represent the FIFA All-Star squad during the 60s.[2]

Career

Club

Overall, he 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). With Milan, he played 277 games, and gained international prominence, achieving great success, as he won four Serie A titles, and two Latin Cups. 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.[1]

In his later career with Inter, he won another Serie A title during the 1962–63 season under legendary manager Helenio Herrera, who would famously coach Inter to greater domestic and European successes in later years. He also reached the semi-finals of the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup with Inter, although his best placement in the Coppa Italia was a quarter-final finish. In total, Buffon won five Serie A titles throughout his career.[3]

International

Buffon was also capped 15 times for the Italian national team between 1958 and 1962, and he represented his country as their captain and starting goalkeeper in the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, making 2 appearances and keeping two cleansheets (in a 3–0 win over Switzerland, and in a 0–0 draw against West Germany), although Italy were controversially eliminated in the first round of the tournament.[4]

After retirement

Following his retirement from professional football, Buffon worked as a youth talent scout for Milan.[2]

Personal life

Buffon is related to Gianluigi Buffon, the current successful captain and notable goalkeeper of Juventus and the Italian national team.[2] Lorenzo is also a cousin of Gianluigi's grandfather.[2] Lorenzo Buffon is also remembered for his marriage to the late Italian actress and television personality Edy Campagnoli.[2]

Honours

Club

Milan[3]
Inter[3]

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Lorenzo Buffon". magliarossonera.it (in Italian). Magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ci ritorni in mente... Lorenzo Buffon" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Un rossonero da Raccontare… Lorenzo Buffon" (in Italian). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Nazionale in cifre: Buffon, Lorenzo". www.figc.it (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

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