Juventus star challenges Ronaldo as he plans to play football till he is 45
- Gianluigi Buffon will end his illustrious footballing career in 2023 when he is 45
- The Juventus goalkeeper revealed that he has two more active years to play the game
- The 43-year-old has won Serie A title, the World Cup, but has been eluded with the Champions League
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Gianluigi Buffon has revealed that he will be hanging gloves in 2023 when he would have clocked 45, Daily Mail
The legendary goalkeeper's contract with Turin giants Juventus will expire at the end of the current season and a new deal is not in sight yet.
The 43-year-old added that he still has plenty to give to the game despite his age and will finally draw the curtains in his career in two years time.
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The 2006 World Cup winner told The Guardian:
"Look, in my head, there truly is a final stop sign, a maximum bar, which is June 2023.
"That is the maximum, really, really the maximum. But I could also stop playing in four months."
Buffon has the record for the most Serie A appearances when he beat Paolo Maldini's 647 games last season in Juve's 4-1 win over Torino.
And the veteran shot-stopper has added six more matches to add to his record in the Italian topflight division.
The only trophy missing in Buffon's cabinet is the Champions League and the Italian goalkeeper has had three attempts in winning but lost in the finals to AC Milan, Barcelona and Real Madrid.
His brief spell with Paris saint-Germain saw them being knocked out of the round of 16 and was also stopped at the same stage last season to Lyon.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Victor Osimhen has been living his dreams since he joined Napoli in a mouthwatering move from Lille last summer, Napoli magazine.
The Nigerian international might have been hindered with injury problems but has not been impeded in meeting top superstars in Serie A.
After Napoli recorded a famous win over Juventus at the Estadio Diego Maradona stadium over the weekend, Osimhen used the opportunity to meet legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.
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