That’s right: for another seven dads-and-lads combos have come achingly close to having an appearance against Buffon in common as well as their DNA. But what if we told you it could so easily have been… 13? Buffon has played with or against six pairs of fathers and sons in his career – that’s loads. He does play in Italy however, his sole appearance against Gigi B to date came in Liechtenstein’s 5-0 defeat to the Azzurri in Udine. Young Yanik Frick took the more traditional route to facing Buffon. Sadly he drew a blank for Hellas Verona in 2001 and twice for Siena in 2007/08, although Siena did shock the Old Lady 1-0. Mario Frick is Liechtenstein’s all-time top scorer, with 16 goals to his nearest rival’s nine, but the striker-defender – there aren’t enough of those any more – also played his club football in Italy for the best part of a decade, and that’s where he came up against Buffon’s Juventus. Room for one more? Then allow us to present Buffon & the Fricks, also the name of a ’70s hair metal band. IN THE MAG Goalkeepers special! Buffon, Alisson, Pickford, Oblak, Bosnich One-on-One and more Actually, that would probably just make Buffon feel old. Eight times, Weah failed to score.īuffon must enjoy reminding Weah’s youngest son of that fact in the PSG dressing room, when he isn’t recalling that he already had 11 Italy caps, UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia winner’s medals and over 150 appearances for Parma under his belt when Timothy was born. Weah took on Buffon eight times, all in encounters between the Rossoneri and Parma, as the striker was playing in Abu Dhabi when Buffon moved to Juventus and, strangely, Italy have never faced Liberia. George Weah was one of the Milan men Buffon frustrated that day, and it wasn’t for the final time, either. Buffon kept a clean sheet as Parma drew with that season’s Serie A winners. His senior international bow came in the Russian snow for a World Cup 98 play-off, and two years earlier he’d made his club debut against a Milan team that had reached the three previous Champions League finals. The Italian knew how to make an entrance.
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