Gianluigi Buffon - Century of International Appearances (original) (raw)


The outstanding Italian 'keeper, who obtained 176 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


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 K�benhavn 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 Guimar�es Denmark 0-0 European Champ. 48 18- 6-04 Oporto Sweden 1-1 European Champ. 49 22- 6-04 Guimar�es Bulgaria 2-1 European Champ. 50 18- 8-04 Reykjav�k 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 Gen�ve 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 Berlin 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 T�rshavn 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 Z�rich Romania 1-1 European Champ. 85 17- 6-08 Z�rich France 2-0 European Champ. 86 22- 6-08 Wien Spain 0-0 [2] European Champ. 87 20- 8-08 Nice Austria 2-2 88 6- 9-08 Larnaka Cyprus 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 89 10- 9-08 Udine Georgia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 90 10- 2-09 London Brazil 0-2 91 28- 3-09 Podgorica Montenegro 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 92 1- 4-09 Bari Ireland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 93 15- 6-09 Pretoria United States 3-1 Confederations Cup 94 18- 6-09 Johannesburg Egypt 0-1 Confederations Cup 95 21- 6-09 Pretoria Brazil 0-3 Confederations Cup 96 12- 8-09 Basel Switzerland 0-0 97 5- 9-09 Tbilisi Georgia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 98 9- 9-09 Torino Bulgaria 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 99 10-10-09 Dublin Ireland 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 100 14-11-09 Pescara Netherlands 0-0 101 2- 6-10 Brussel Mexico 1-2 102 14- 6-10 Cape Town Paraguay 1-1 World Cup 103 9- 2-11 Dortmund Germany 1-1 104 25- 3-11 Ljubljana Slovenia 1-0 European Ch. Qual. 105 3- 6-11 Modena Estonia 3-0 European Ch. Qual. 106 10- 8-11 Bari Spain 2-1 107 2- 9-11 T�rshavn Faroe Islands 1-0 European Ch. Qual. 108 6- 9-11 Firenze Slovenia 1-0 European Ch. Qual. 109 7-10-11 Beograd Serbia 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 110 11-10-11 Pescara N. Ireland 3-0 European Ch. Qual. 111 11-11-11 Wroclaw Poland 2-0 112 15-11-11 Roma Uruguay 0-1 113 29- 2-12 Genova United States 0-1 114 1- 6-12 Z�rich Russia 0-3 115 10- 6-12 Gdansk Spain 1-1 European Champ. 116 14- 6-12 Poznan Croatia 1-1 European Champ. 117 18- 6-12 Poznan Ireland 2-0 European Champ 118 24- 6-12 Kyiv England 0-0 [3] European Champ 119 28- 6-12 Warszawa Germany 2-1 European Champ 120 1- 7-12 Kyiv Spain 0-4 European Champ 121 7- 9-12 Sofia Bulgaria 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 122 11- 9-12 Modena Malta 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 123 12-10-12 Yerevan Armenia 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 124 6- 2-13 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-1 125 21- 3-13 Gen�ve Brazil 2-2 126 26- 3-13 La Valletta Malta 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 127 31- 5-13 Bologna San Marino 4-0 128 7- 6-13 Praha Czech Republic 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 129 16- 6-13 Rio de Janeiro Mexico 2-1 Confederations Cup 130 19- 6-13 Recife Japan 4-3 Confederations Cup 131 22- 6-13 Salvador Brazil 2-4 Confederations Cup 132 27- 6-13 Fortaleza Spain 0-0 [4] Confederations Cup 133 30- 6-13 Salvador Uruguay 2-2 [5] Confederations Cup 134 14- 8-13 Roma Argentina 1-2 135 6- 9-13 Palermo Bulgaria 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 136 10- 9-13 Torino Czech Republic 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 137 11-10-13 K�benhavn Denmark 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 138 15-11-13 Milano Germany 1-1 139 5- 3-14 Madrid Spain 0-1 140 4- 6-14 Perugia Luxembourg 1-1 141 20- 6-14 Recife Costa Rica 0-1 World Cup 142 24- 6-14 Natal Uruguay 0-1 World Cup 143 9- 9-14 Oslo Norway 2-0 European Ch. Qual. 144 10-10-14 Palermo Azerbaijan 2-1 European Ch. Qual. 145 13-10-14 La Valletta Malta 1-0 European Ch. Qual. 146 16-11-14 Milano Croatia 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 147 31- 3-15 Torino England 1-1 148 12- 6-15 Split Croatia 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 149 3- 9-15 Firenze Malta 1-0 European Ch. Qual. 150 6- 9-15 Palermo Bulgaria 1-0 European Ch. Qual. 151 10-10-15 Baku Azerbaijan 3-1 European Ch. Qual. 152 13-10-15 Roma Norway 2-1 European Ch. Qual. 153 13-11-15 Brussel Belgium 1-3 154 17-11-15 Bologna Romania 2-2 155 24- 3-16 Udine Spain 1-1 156 29- 3-16 M�nchen Germany 1-4 157 29- 5-16 La Valletta Scotland 1-0 158 13- 6-16 Lyon Belgium 2-0 European Champ. 159 17- 6-16 Toulouse Sweden 1-0 European Champ. 160 27- 6-16 Paris St-Denis Spain 2-0 European Champ. 161 2- 7-16 Bordeaux Germany 1-1 [6] European Champ. 162 1- 9-16 Bari France 1-3 163 5- 9-16 Haifa Israel 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 164 6-10-16 Torino Spain 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 165 9-10-16 Skopje Macedonia 3-2 World Cup Qualifier 166 12-11-16 Vaduz Liechtenstein 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 167 15-11-16 Milano Germany 0-0 168 24- 3-17 Palermo Albania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 169 11- 6-17 Udine Liechtenstein 5-0 World Cup Qualifier 170 2- 9-17 Madrid Spain 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 171 5- 9-17 Reggio Emilia Israel 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 172 6-10-17 Torino Macedonia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 173 9-10-17 Shkod�r Albania 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 174 10-11-17 Stockholm Sweden 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 175 13-11-17 Milano Sweden 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 176 23- 3-18 Manchester Argentina 0-2

[1] Italy won 5-3 on penalty kicks. [2] Italy lost 2-4 on penalty kicks. [3] Italy won 4-2 on penalty kicks. [4] Italy lost 6-7 on penalty kicks. [5] Italy won 3-2 on penalty kicks. [6] Italy lost 5-6 on penalty kicks.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 176 85 56 35 254- 156 226 64.20

Types of Matches Friendlies 56 European Ch. Qual. 41 World Cup Qualifier 39 European Championship 17 World Cup 14 Confederations Cup 8 Other Tournaments 1

Total 176


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