He won’t rest, Gianluigi Buffon retired from soccer and already has a new job

Gianluigi Buffon was for more than 25 years one of the best goalkeepers in the world. Many even claim that he is among the most important goalkeepers in history, and they have reasons to justify their opinion. For almost two decades he was the goalkeeper of Juventus, one of the most important clubs in Europe, and of the Italian National Team.

With the 'Azzurri' he won the World Cup in Germany 2006 and played in a total of five World Cups, being, together with other stars like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the one who did it the most times. In fact, he could have surpassed that mark, but the Italian team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, depriving him of that possibility. That year he played his last match with the national team.

The last years of his career together in Italy's second division at Parma, the club where he had started in the 90s. And finally, last week Buffon announced his retirement from soccer at the age of 45 and with 27 titles in a 28-year career.

However, he will not be resting from now on. On the contrary, he has already accepted a new job: he will be part of the coaching staff of the Italian national team, as head of the delegation accompanying Roberto Mancini's team on every single trip they make.

He is happy to be back

Buffon played 176 matches for the Italy national team between 1997 and 2018. Now he will return in another role but with the same enthusiasm. This is what he assured at the press conference where he was officially presented: "I'm returning to the National Team because that child who 30 years ago crossed the Coverciano gate for the first time still wants to dream and live that dream together with the fans. The national thing comes first".