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Know Gianluigi Buffon,the Italian goalie who will be playing his fifth World Cup

MANGARATIBA, Brazil: In every edition of the world cup, new records are being made while the old ones are broken. The 2014 world cup will be the fifth one for the Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.






Buffon first went to the World Cup back in 1998, although he didn't play a second-choice option behind Gianluca Pagliuca. He then took over the starting position from 2002 onward."A fifth World Cup is a nice milestone but that doesn't mean I'm satisfied," Buffon said before departing for Brazil. "Both individually and as a squad we're preparing to surprise people."