I stumbled on a newsletter from 2009 (I can’t find it anymore) where they rated the top 100 greatest goalkeepers of all time, and Buffon was ranked 2nd behind Yashin. He was only 31 years old at the time.
I found that very interesting, because from all the revisionism you read, you’d think he was a longevity merchant and his peak was nothing special.
I stumbled on a newsletter from 2009 (I can’t find it anymore) where they rated the top 100 greatest goalkeepers of all time, and Buffon was ranked 2nd behind Yashin. He was only 31 years old at the time.
I found that very interesting, because from all the revisionism you read, you’d think he was a longevity merchant and his peak was nothing special.