Claim: Gianluigi Buffon played Italian soccer.
Evidence: Gianluigi `` Gigi '' Buffon -LRB- -LSB- ˈdʒiːdʒi bufˈfɔn -RSB- , Ufficiale OMRI ; born 28 January 1978 -RRB- is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer , is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.