Gianluigi Buffon was an Italian soccer player in the 1990s.
Gianluigi Buffon . With the Italy national team , Buffon has been called up for an international record of five FIFA World Cup tournaments ( 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 ) since making his debut in 1997 , featuring in four of them as Italy 's starting goalkeeper ( he was an unused substitute in 1998 ) . Parma Calcio 1913 S.r.l. , commonly referred to as Parma , is an Italian football club based in the city of Parma that currently competes in Lega Pro , the third tier of Italian football .