Gianluigi Buffon admits when Federico Chiesa, son of former teammate Enrico, made his Serie A debut against him, “I thought it might be time to retire.”

Federico was born in October 1997, at a time when Enrico was teammates with Buffon at Parma.

He made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina against Juventus in August 2016, at the age of 18 years and nine months.

Gianluigi Buffon admits when Federico Chiesa, son of former teammate Enrico, made his Serie A debut against him, “I thought it might be time to retire.”

Federico was born in October 1997, at a time when Enrico was teammates with Buffon at Parma.

He made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina against Juventus in August 2016, at the age of 18 years and nine months.

“The first time I faced Chiesa, I was disoriented. It was my first time playing against the son of a former teammates and I thought it might be time to retire,” 41-year-old Buffon told Eurosport.

“However, I’ve taken on a few now and consider it a gift from life, something to be happy about.”

Now at Paris Saint-Germain, Buffon has also taken on the son of old Juve teammate Lilian Thuram.

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