Gianluigi Buffon has played as a starting goalkeeper and a backup goalkeeper .
With the Italy national team , Buffon has been called up for an international record of five FIFA World Cup tournaments ( 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 ) since making his debut in 1997 , featuring in all of them as Italy 's backup goalkeeper .
Gianluigi Buffon