Lorenzo Buffon
Sign in to saveItalian footballer (1929–2025)
Key facts
- Date of birth
- ( 1929-12-19 ) 19 December 1929
- Place of birth
- Majano , Kingdom of Italy
- Date of death
- 25 November 2025 (2025-11-25) (aged 95)
- Place of death
- Latisana , Italy
- Height
- 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- Years
- Team
- 1948 1949
- Portogruaro
- 1949 1959
- AC Milan
- 1959 1960
- Genoa
- 1960 1963
- Inter Milan
- 1963 1964
- Fiorentina
- 1964 1965
- Ivrea
- 1958 1962
- Italy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lorenzo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Majano
- Place of death
- Latisana
- Spouse
- Edy Campagnoli
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- 1962 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Italy men's national association football team
- Position played
- goalkeeper
- Country for sport
- Italy
- Image
- Lorenzo Buffon at Milan.jpg
- Height
- 1.81
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- Commons category
- Lorenzo Buffon
- date of birth
- 1929-12-19
- date of death
- 2025-11-25
- name in native language
- Lorenzo Buffon
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cardiac arrest
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Encyclopedic overview
The AC Milan squad for the 1957–58 season. From left to right, standing: Cesare Reina, Carlo Galli, Alfio Fontana, Narciso Soldan, Lorenzo Buffon, Nils Liedholm, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Luigi Radice, Gastone Bean; crouched: Eros Beraldo, Ernesto Grillo, Amos Mariani, Cesare Maldini, Mario Bergamaschi, Luigi Zannier, Francesco Zagatti, Ernesto Cucchiaroni.
Lorenzo Buffon ( Italian pronunciation: [loˈrɛntso bufˈfon, -fɔn], Friulian: [buˈfoŋ]; 19 December 1929 – 25 November 2025) was an Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Throughout his career, he played 277 times for Italian club AC Milan, and also later played for their city rivals Inter Milan, as well as other Italian clubs, winning five Serie A titles. At the international level, he was capped for the Italian international side on 15 occasions, representing his country at the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
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