JUVENTUS' BUFFON NAMED BEST FIFA GOALKEEPER

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JUVENTUS' BUFFON NAMED BEST FIFA GOALKEEPER

Postby admin » Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:00 pm

A separate award for shot-stoppers has been given for the first time by the world governing body, and the Italy legend is its inaugural recipient.

Juventus veteran Gianluigi Buffon has been named the Best FIFA Goalkeeper at Monday's ceremony in London.

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Buffon beat out Real Madrid's Keylor Navas and Manuel Neuer of Bayern Munich to take the title, after previously being named to the FIFPro team of the season in 2006 and 2007.

The goalkeeper was rewarded for another fine season in the Juve net, as the Italians made a clean sweep of domestic honours in taking the Serie A, Coppa Italia and Supercoppa trophies. Juve also reached the final of the Champions League, where they lost out to Real Madrid.

"It's a great honour to receive this award at my age. I'm proud of it, but I want to say thanks to my club, my coach and my team-mates," Buffon said at the ceremony.

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