Gigi Buffon and Iker Casillas Reach 100 Caps

November 17th, 2009 | by: Daryl | View Comments

A double international milestone was reached this past weekend, when both Italy’s Gigi Buffon and Spain’s Iker Casillas made their 100th international appearances on the same day. Nice little co-incidence as they are arguably (or maybe inarguably) the two best keepers in the world today.

Let me tell you what this is not: This is not a Buffon vs Casillas “who’s better?” post. Because that’s not a very productive debate. Both are excellent and it’s very hard to find fault with either. So let’s leave it at that.

Instead here are YouTube highlights of the two men in action. For the purposes of celebration, not comparison.


Gigi Buffon for Juventus and Italy:

Iker Casillas for Real Madrid and Spain:

One thing worth noting: Iker Casillas is only 28. I’m not saying he’ll necessarily get even better, because that would be madness. But for a goalkeeper to have 100 international caps at 28 is quite frankly scary. I’ve heard Mohamed Al-Deayea is looking over his shoulder, just in case. Even Gigi Buffon is only 31, and has a good few international years left in the tank.

So here’s a WorldCupBlog salute to two awe-inspiring goalkeepers, who we look forward to seeing in action at World Cup 2010.

[thanks to alessio of Juventus Offside for the tip.]