Italian footballer
Started playing in serie A in 1995.
Italian goalkeeper, one of the best in the world.
He was engaged to his wife Alena Seredova from 2005 to their marriage in 2011.
December 28th, 2007: his fiance (now ex-wife) Alena Seredova gave birth to her and Gigis first child, a boy named Louis Thomas. He was named in honor of Thomas NKono, a Cameroonian retired goalkeeper.
He has two sisters, Veronica and Guendalina.
October 31st, 2009: his fiance (now ex-wife) Alena Seredova gave birth to her and Gigis second child, a boy named David Lee.
He has declared that he decided to be a goalkeeper after seeing Thomas NKonos performances at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. NKono was a Cameroonian goalkeeper, considered one of the best African goalkeepers of all time.
He comes from a family of Italian athletes. His mother, Maria Stella, was a discus thrower and his father, Adriano, was a weightlifter. Gigis two sisters, Veronica and Guendalina, played volleyball for the Italian National Volleyball Team. His uncle, Dante Masocco, was a basketball player who also represented the National Team.
Is in a relationship with Ilaria DAmico since 2014. They have a son together.
January 6, 2016: his girlfriend Ilaria DAmico gave birth to her son named Leopoldo Mattia Buffon.
When you have the chance to play a Champions League final, you have to win it.