Saved
Gianluigi Buffon author John Foot translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Publishing:15th Apr '27
£12.99
This title is due to be published on 15th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£20.00(9780241787137)

This non-fiction paperback, "Saved" from John Foot & Gianluigi Buffon, is due to be published 15th April 2027 by Penguin Books Ltd.
If this isn’t a number one bestseller, I don’t know what is. He wore number one. He was the number one. He truly is one of one -- James Horncastle * The Athletic *
A superb and revealing autobiography, from one of the greatest goalkeepers in history, with stories from victories and defeats, as well as the dressing room secrets of numerous top coaches, from Ancelotti to Conte’ -- John Foot * author of Calcio: A History of Italian Football *
Few could debut at 17 against that Milan and keep a clean pair of shorts, let alone a clean sheet, but Gigi did -- James Richardson * The Totally Football Show *
You'd be hard-pressed to find a figure who loomed as large -- both metaphorically and in real life -- between the sticks -- Gabriele Marcotti * ESPN *
When it comes to naming the greatest goalkeeper, Buffon is the only choice . . . Buffon has done and seen it all * Forbes *
The Maradona of goalkeepers -- Fabio Cannavaro
An engaging, vivid and typically honest account of life on and off the pitch from arguably the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the sport -- Emmet Gates * Senior Writer at Destination Calcio *
Very few footballers have had a more storied or remarkable career than Gianluigi Buffon. It was crying out for a memoir. -- Simon Kuper
Saved is a lot more than just a memoir of Buffon's playing days It's a brilliant book . . . always enthusiastically poetic. Buffon explains that goalkeeping is pain, beauty, transcendence and love -- Barney Ronay * Literary Review *
ISBN: 9781405982849
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 18mm
Weight: 207g
288 pages