Gianluigi Buffon was unanimously voted into the UEFA Team of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2016.
With 176 international caps, Buffon is the most capped player in the history of the Italy national team, the seventh-most capped footballer of all time (joint with Hossam Hassan), and the third-most capped European international player ever; Buffon also holds the record for most appearances for Italy as captain after he inherited the armband in 2010
 Buffon was awarded the Nereo Rocco Prize on 2 September 2014, which is given to a footballer in recognition of their career

