A leader, a winner, a captain and a legend. Today, Italy and Juventus’ goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon celebrates his 40th birthday! Buon compleanno, Gigi!

He's the best I've ever seen at least.

The biggest complement I could give Gigi is that he rarely dives or does the flashy saves. This is because his positioning and reading of the game is superb. He's always at the right position at the right times, and whenever he does concede it's very rarely his fault. Not to mention he has a very tight leash on his defense because of the respect he commands being so good for so long.

As age catches up with him, his reflexes will slow down, but being as his game is mostly mental based, I think he could play as long as he wants. It's a shame he's retiring soon, but I'd be tired from such a long career too.

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