Claim: In 2003 Gianluigi Buffon was the winner of the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year.
Evidence: Buffon is the only goalkeeper to have won the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year Award , which he won in 2003 after reaching the Champions League final ; he also won the award for best Goalkeeper that year , and was voted into the UEFA Team of the Year in 2003 , 2004 , 2006 and 2016.