On this day 25 years ago, a 17 year old Gianluigi Buffon made his professional debut for Parma in the Serie A.
The Italian shot-stopper’s first game was against none other than European giants AC Milan.
AC Milan were at the height of world football in 1995 with the likes of Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini & George Weah amongst their ranks.
Milan would end up winning the Italian title in this year after finishing runners-up in the Champions League the season before.
Nevertheless, Buffon managed to hold their star studded squad at bay earning a clean sheet in a 0-0 draw.
Buffon would go on to play 8 more games in the 1995/96 season seeing Parma finish 6th and securing qualification for the UEFA cup.
In the years after, he consolidated his position as Parma’s number one winning the UEFA Cup, Italian Cup and Italian Super Cup during his 6 years at the club.
Only 2 years after making his professional debut for Parma, Buffon made his debut for the Italian national team at 19 years of age.
With so much success so early on in his career Gigi was signed by Juventus in 2001…and the rest is history.
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