Gianluigi Buffon has retired from football at the age of 45.
The former Italy goalkeeper and World Cup winner made the announcement via social media, writing: “That’s all folks. You gave me everything. I gave you everything. We did it together.”
That's all folks!
You gave me everything.
I gave you everything.
We did it together. pic.twitter.com/bGvIDsoFsG— Gianluigi Buffon (@gianluigibuffon) August 2, 2023
This brings an end to a stellar 28-year career that includes the 2006 World Cup trophy, 10 Serie A titles with Juventus and Ligue 1 with Paris St-Germain.
He ends his career where it began in 1995, at Parma, which is now a Serie B club.
According to BBC News, Buffon had a deal with Parma until 2024, but only made 19 appearances last season as he struggled with injuries.
He retired from international football in 2018 after Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup that year.
In total he made a record 657 appearances in the Italian top flight and is the most-capped goalkeeper of all time with 176 appearances for Italy.
paying tribute in a series of social media posts were Parma and Juventus, where Buffon spent the majority of his career.
Una nostra Leggenda appende i guantoni al chiodo 🐐🧤
Grazie Gigi 🤍🖤
— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) August 2, 2023
Gigi per sempre 🤍🖤 pic.twitter.com/QI7Kq6oYQ3
— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) August 2, 2023
Grazie di tutto 🥹💛💙#G1GIISFOREVER pic.twitter.com/jwNPA1Y04n
— 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐢𝐨 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟑 (@1913parmacalcio) August 2, 2023
“𝖦𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖺 𝖽𝗂 𝖡𝗎𝖿𝖿𝗈𝗇!” 🔥
Quante volte lo abbiamo pensato, detto, sentito alla radio o in tv: questo video è per tutte le emozioni che ci hai regalato con la nostra maglia 💛💙#G1GIISFOREVER pic.twitter.com/KOBvqo9tTo
— 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐢𝐨 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟑 (@1913parmacalcio) August 2, 2023
💙 𝑮𝑹𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑬 𝑵𝑼𝑴𝑬𝑹𝑶 1️⃣ 💙@gianluigibuffon
🇮🇹 #Buffon 🇮🇹 #Capitano 🇮🇹 #Leggenda 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/g4Nd5L2mvf
— Nazionale Italiana ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri) August 2, 2023
(Featured Photo via Nazionale Italiana on Twitter)
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