Gianluigi Buffon lost the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year in 2003.
Buffon is the only goalkeeper to have won the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year Award , which he won in 2003 after reaching the Champions League final ; he also won the award for best Goalkeeper that year , and was voted into the UEFA Team of the Year in 2003 , 2004 , 2006 and 2016 .	Goalkeeper	Goalkeeper (association football)	goalkeeper	Goalkeeper (association football)	2006	2006 FIFA World Cup	UEFA Club Footballer of the Year	UEFA Club Footballer of the Year	2003 after reaching the Champions League final	2003 UEFA Champions League Final	UEFA Team of the Year	UEFA Team of the Year
