Gianluigi Buffon – International Appearances


The outstanding Italian 'keeper obtained 86 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 28- 1-1978
Country:  Italy
Caps:	86	(W44-D26-L16 – GF130-GA68 – %66.28)
Goals received: 68	(% 0.79 per match)
Age First Cap:	 19 yr 274 d  29-10-1997 vs. Russia 1-1
Age Last Cap:	 30 yr 146 d  22- 6-2008 vs. Spain 0-0
National Team Career: 10 yr 237 d


Caps   Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition

  1  29-10-97	Moskva		Russia		1-1	World Cup Qualifier
  2  22- 4-98	Parma		Paraguay	3-1	
  3  10-10-98	Udine		Switzerland	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
  4  16-12-98	Roma		FIFA		6-2	
  5  27- 3-99	København	Denmark		2-1	European Ch. Qual.
  6  31- 3-99	Ancona		Belarus		1-1	European Ch. Qual.
  7  28- 4-99	Zagreb		Croatia		0-0	
  8   5- 6-99	Bologna		Wales		4-0	European Ch. Qual.
  9   9- 6-99	Lausanne	Switzerland	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
 10   8- 9-99	Napoli		Denmark		2-3	European Ch. Qual.
 11   9-10-99	Minsk		Belarus		0-0	European Ch. Qual.
 12  13-11-99	Lecce		Belgium		1-3	
 13  23- 2-00	Palermo		Sweden		1-0	
 14  29- 3-00	Barcelona	Spain		0-2	
 15   3- 6-00	Oslo		Norway		0-1	
 16  15-11-00	Turin		England		1-0	
 17  28- 2-01	Roma		Argentina	1-2	
 18  24- 3-01	Bucuresti	Romania		2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 19  28- 3-01	Trieste		Lithuania	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 20   2- 6-01	Tbilisi		Georgia		2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 21   1- 9-01	Kaunas		Lithuania	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 22   6-10-01	Parma		Hungary		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 23   7-11-01	Saitama		Japan		1-1	Kirin Cup
 24  27- 3-02	Leeds		England		2-1	
 25  17- 4-02	Milano		Uruguay		1-1	
 26  18- 5-02	Praha   	Czech Republic	0-1	
 27   3- 6-02	Sapporo		Ecuador		2-0	World Cup
 28   8- 6-02	Ibaraki		Croatia		1-2	World Cup
 29  13- 6-02	Oita		Mexico		1-1	World Cup
 30  18- 6-02	Daejeon		South Korea	1-2	World Cup
 31  21- 8-02	Trieste		Slovenia	0-1	
 32   7- 9-02	Baku		Azerbaijan	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 33  12-10-02	Napoli		Yugoslavia	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 34  16-10-02	Cardiff		Wales		1-2	European Ch. Qual.
 35  20-11-02	Pescara		Turkey		1-1	
 36  12- 2-03	Genova		Portugal	1-0	
 37  29- 3-03	Palermo		Finland		2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 38  11- 6-03	Helsinki	Finland		2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 39  20- 8-03	Stuttgart	Germany		1-0	
 40   6- 9-03	Milano		Wales		4-0	European Ch. Qual.
 41  10- 9-03	Beograd		Serbia-Monten.	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 42  11-10-03	Reggio Calabria	Azerbaijan	4-0	European Ch. Qual.
 43  18- 2-04	Palermo		Czech Republic	2-2	
 44  31- 3-04	Braga		Portugal	2-1	
 45  28- 4-04	Genova		Spain		1-1	
 46  30- 5-04	Rades		Tunisia		4-0	
 47  14- 6-04	Guimarães	Denmark		0-0	European Champ.
 48  18- 6-04	Oporto		Sweden		1-1	European Champ.
 49  22- 6-04	Guimarães	Bulgaria	2-1	European Champ.
 50  18- 8-04	Reykjavík	Iceland		0-2	
 51   4- 9-04	Palermo		Norway		2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 52   8- 9-04	Chisinau	Moldova		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 53   9-10-04	Celje		Slovenia	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 54  13-10-04	Parma		Belarus		4-3	World Cup Qualifier
 55   9- 2-05	Cagliari	Russia		2-0	
 56  26- 3-05	Milano		Scotland	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 57   4- 6-05	Oslo		Norway		0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 58   1- 3-06	Firenze		Germany		4-1	
 59  31- 5-06	Genève		Switzerland	1-1	
 60   2- 6-06	Lausanne	Ukraine		0-0	
 61  12- 6-06	Hannover	Ghana		2-0	World Cup
 62  17- 6-06	Kaiserslautern	United States	1-1	World Cup
 63  22- 6-06	Hamburg		Czech Republic	2-0	World Cup
 64  26- 6-06	Kaiserslautern	Australia	1-0	World Cup
 65  30- 6-06	Hamburg		Ukraine		3-0	World Cup
 66   4- 7-06	Dortmund	Germany		2-0	World Cup
 67   9- 7-06	München		France  	1-1 [1]	World Cup
 68   2- 9-06	Napoli		Lithuania	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 69   6- 9-06	Saint-Denis	France		1-3	European Ch. Qual.
 70   7-10-06	Roma		Ukraine		2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 71  11-10-06	Tbilisi		Georgia		3-1	European Ch. Qual.
 72  15-11-06	Bergamo		Turkey		1-1	
 73  28- 3-07	Bari		Scotland	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 74   2- 6-07	Tórshavn	Faroe Islands	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 75   6- 6-07	Kaunas		Lithuania	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 76  22- 8-07	Budapest	Hungary		1-3	
 77   8- 9-07	Milano		France		0-0	European Ch. Qual.
 78  12- 9-07	Kyiv		Ukraine		2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 79  13-10-07	Genova		Georgia		2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 80  17-11-07	Glasgow		Scotland	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 81  26- 3-08   Elche           Spain           0-1
 82  30- 5-08   Firenze         Belgium         3-1
 83   9- 6-08   Bern            Netherlands     0-3     European Champ.
 84  13- 6-08   Zürich          Romania         1-1     European Champ.
 85  17- 6-08   Zürich          France          2-0     European Champ.
 86  22- 6-08   Wien            Spain           0-0 [2] European Champ.

[1] Italy won 5-3 on penalty kicks.
[2] Italy lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.

Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    86    44   26   16  130-  68     114      66.28



Types of Matches
Friendlies		29
European Ch. Qual.	26
World Cup Qualifier	12
World Cup		11
European Championship	 7
Other Tournaments	 1

Total		 	86



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