Marco Silvestri (born 2 March 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian club Hellas Verona.
 Before joining Verona in 2017, he played in England for Leeds United and in Italy for Chievo, Reggiana, Padova and Cagliari.
 Silvestri has represented his country at under-20 and under-21 level.
Attilio Trerè (9 October 1887 – 2 January 1943) was an Italian professional footballer, who played as a midfielder and, in his early years, as a goalkeeper.
 His brother, Alessandro, also played for Milan as a footballer.
 Attilio is a member of the A.C. Milan Hall of Fame.
Leonardo Fasan (born 4 January 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League One club Bury.
Daniele Padelli (born 25 October 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Internazionale.
Matteo Cincilla (born 24 October 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Lega Pro club Renate.
Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon (] , ; born 28 January 1978) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
 He captains both Serie A club Juventus and the Italy national team.
 He is widely regarded by players, pundits and managers to be one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, and, by some, to be the greatest ever.
 Buffon is one of only eighteen players to have made at least 1,000 professional career appearances; with 171 international caps, Buffon is also the most capped player in the history of the Italian national team, the fifth-most capped male international footballer of all time, and the most capped European international player ever.
 Buffon is known for his "outstanding shot-stopping" and for being "a vocal organizer of the defence and a key dressing room personality".
 He is currently the most expensive goalkeeper in history, following his €52 million transfer from Parma to Juventus in 2001.
 Buffon holds the record for the most clean sheets in Serie A, and with the Italy national team; he also holds the record for the longest streak without conceding a goal in Serie A history: over 12 league matches, he went unbeaten for 974 consecutive minutes during the 2015–16 season, as well as having achieved the most consecutive clean sheets (10) in Serie A in that same season.
Andrea Zaccagno (born 27 May 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Pistoiese on loan from Torino and the Italy national under-20 football team.
Lu Kun-chi (, born February 6, 1985 in Tainan County (now part of Tainan City), Republic of China) is a Taiwanese football goalkeeper.
 Nicknamed "Taiwanese Buffon" (台灣布馮), he is the first choice goalkeeper in the Chinese Taipei national football team.
Iker Casillas Fernández (] ; born 20 May 1981) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Porto and the Spain national team as a goalkeeper.
 Having won the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper Award for a record five consecutive years, Casillas is considered as one of the greatest and most successful goalkeepers of all time, placing second behind Gianluigi Buffon in both the IFFHS Best Goalkeeper of the past decade and quarter-century awards in 2010.
 Nicknamed ""San Iker"" ("Saint Iker") for his ability to produce spectacular saves, he is an athletic goalkeeper, known for his quick reactions and outstanding shot-stopping ability.
Narciso Soldan (11 December 1927, Nervesa della Battaglia, Veneto – 30 July 1987, Conegliano, Veneto) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Italian Football League.

Question: Who is the Italian professional footballer that Taiwanese goalkeeper Lu Kun-Chai is nicknamed after?
Answer: Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon