Lorenzo Buffon
Lorenzo Buffon ( born December 19, 1929 in Majano, Friuli -Venezia Giulia ) is an Italian former football player, he played at the position of the goalkeeper.
Buffon was in the 1950s and early 1960s, one of the strongest goalkeepers in the Italian Serie A. This is why he came in 15 matches of the Italian national team for use, it was Italy's goalkeeper at the World Cup in Chile in 1962. Remarkable was also his rivalry with Giorgio Ghezzi, another Toptorwart this time. Lorenzo Buffon is also the cousin of the grandfather of the current Italian international goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.
The club career
Buffon began his career at an early age at AC Milan. Here he became a regular goalkeeper and has already won the Scudetto in his second season 1950/51. As a result, he stood in the gate of the Grande Milan in the 1950s, in which the three Swedish exceptional artist Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm were among the performers. This trio should get the glory in the episode under the name Gre -No- Li. This team won the Italian championship in the seasons 1954/55, 1956/57 and 1958 / 59th From the season 1956/57, Buffon was no longer the undisputed number one in goal for Milan. Due to variations in shape of the substitute goalkeeper Soldan came almost as frequently used as Buffon. For the season 1959/60 Buffon moved to Genoa. This season was not successful because at the end of the Genoese occupied the 18th and final place in Serie A, making the club relegated to Serie B. Buffon returned, therefore, in the following season to Milan, this time to Inter Milan, where he then was allowed to guard the goal during three seasons. For the season 1963/64, Buffon moved to Fiorentina, but when he was only the goalkeeper and only came to a single use, before he ended his career at the end of the season.
The National Players
On November 9, 1958 Buffon was called up for the first time for a game of Squadra Azzurra, in this game to Italy and France parted ( with Just Fontaine ) with a 2-2 draw. Buffon was able to assert itself as the Azzurri goalkeeper in the episode, he also was in the episode for a long time the captain of the Italian national team. He was careful also in World Cup qualifier on October 15, 1961 against Israel the gate of the Italian selection. Surprisingly, the hosts went 2-0 goal lead and only two goals from Mario Corso in the last minutes of the game ( 87th and 90th minute), the sheet could be turned. And this despite the well-known players such as Cesare Maldini, Giovanni Trapattoni, Bruno Mora, José Altafini and Omar Sívori. His career experienced a major setback during the football World Cup in Chile in 1962. Buffon was careful in the group matches against Germany (0-0 ) and Switzerland (3-0) and the gate " scandal " game against World Cup hosts Chile was on June 2 in represented by Carlo Mattrel. The third goalkeeper Enrico Albertosi, remained in the championship days in South America without use. After the disappointing World Cup, he lost his place in the starting line- the national team and in consequence he was rarely also at Inter for use.
National team of Italy:
- Debut: November 9, 1958 Italy - France 2:2
- Farewell: June 7, 1962 Italy - Switzerland 3-0
- Stats: 15 matches ( World Cup matches: 2 games)
Achievements
- 4 x Italian champion with AC Milan 1950/51, 1954/55, 1956/57, 1958/59,
- 1 x Italian champions with Inter Milan 1962/63