People from Carrara - Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chinaglia, Cristiano Zanetti, Pietro Tacca, Simone del Nero, Andrea Bolgi, Pellegrino Rossi (Paperback)

Chapters: Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chinaglia, Cristiano Zanetti, Pietro Tacca, Simone Del Nero, Andrea Bolgi, Pellegrino Rossi, Domenico Guidi, Giuliano Finelli, Renato Ricci, Gino Lucetti, Enrico Del Debbio, Giovanni Baratta, Francesco Baratta the Elder, Carlo Bergamini. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 56. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Appearances (Goals). National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2009Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon (born 28 January 1978 in Carrara), is an Italian FIFA World Cup, UEFA Cup, and Serie A winning goalkeeper who plays for Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team. He is considered by many fans and experts to be one of most dominant and successful goalkeepers in recent history.. Buffon was declared by Pel to be one of the 125 greatest living footballers in the world, and has also been named the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year a record nine times. Buffon began his career with the youth system of Parma in 1991 at the age of 13. He graduated from the youth squad in 1995 and at the young age of just 17, Gigi made his Serie A debut for Parma in a 00 home draw against A.C. Milan on 19 November 1995. He went on to make 8 more first team appearances that season. In 1996, his second full season with the club, Buffon was named as the starting goalkeeper and would go on to make well over 200 appearances for his club in all competitions. In his fourth season with the club, he won the UEFA Cup. He was by this time, already considered a major prospect and in the summer of 2001, he was snatched up by Italian giants Juventus for a world-record goalkeeper's transfer fee of a reported 32.6 million, with part of the transfer fees paid via the transfer of Jonathan Bachini to Parma. That season Juve also signed Lilian Thuram. Buffon transferred from Pa...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=615874