Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer.

PSG signed a one-year contract with goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, said the official website of the Parisian club.

In addition, in an agreement with the 40-year-old Italian, the option of renewing for another season. According to media reports, in Paris he will earn four million euros a year.

"I am very happy to move to Paris Saint-Germain. For the first time in my career, I left the borders of my native country and only such an ambitious project could persuade me to this decision, "said Buffon.

Buffon began his career in Parma, where he won the Italian Cup, Italian Super Cup and the UEFA Cup, and in 2001 he moved to Juventus for 52 million euros.

In the Turin club Gianluigi spent 656 matches, in which he missed 518 goals and kept his goal "dry" 311 times.

Together with the "Bianconeri" he won 11 times Serie A, five times the Italian Super Cup, four times the Italian Cup and once the Serie B.

He also played 176 matches for the Italian team, which in 2006 he won the World Cup.

Earlier Gianluigi Buffon met with Gerard Piquet to recall his childhood, the first steps in football, as well as the most memorable and tense moments of professional life.

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