Well. Buffon is without question, the best goalkeeper in the World. He was thought to be before, but now it is official: he is the best goalkeeper that was present at the World Cup.

Buffon has been singled out as a potential all-time great ever since making his Serie A debut at the tender age of 17 years and nine months. The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ will go down in history as the tournament where the classy custodian cemented his place alongside the best goalkeepers ever to play the game.

It is difficult to find any chinks in Buffon’s armour: the Italian seems to possess the full range of qualities needed to be a complete No.1. Roberto Beccantini, a journalist at Italian daily newspaper La Stampa was brave enough to compare Buffon with legendary Azzurri keeper Dino Zoff, a hero of Italy’s 1982 FIFA World Cup-winning campaign. Beccantini believes Buffon possesses more of the characteristics shared by the classic Mediterranean stoppers while Zoff was perhaps more English in his style.

Source: WCoffsite