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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, of course, doesn't need to prove anything at this point in his career. He was one of the driving forces behind Italy's run to the 2006 World Cup title, when he didn't concede a single goal to opponents during normal play over the course of seven matches -- letting in only an own goal from Cristian Zaccardo and a penalty from Zinedine Zidane in the final won over France.