Gianluigi Buffon played Italian soccer.
Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer , is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball . Gianluigi `` Gigi '' Buffon ( [ ˈdʒiːdʒi bufˈfɔn ] , Ufficiale OMRI ; born 28 January 1978 ) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper .