Louis Buffon

Buffon was eligible to play for both Italy and the Czech Republic, thanks to parental ties. He opted to play for the Czech Republic U18 team in 2025, and made his unofficial debut in a game against the reserves of Dynamo České Budějovice.

Buffon started his football career in 2017 at Sisport. In 2020, he made his debut for Juventus's under-13 team. During the 2022–23 season, Buffon scored 17 goals in 20 games with CBS Scuola Calcio's under-16 team. He moved to the youth academy of Pisa in 2023. On 9 March 2025, Buffon made his professional debut with Pisa, in a 3–2 Serie B away defeat against Spezia. He made his Coppa Italia debut on 25 September 2025, in a 1–0 away defeat against Torino. His Serie A debut came on 5 October 2025, in Pisa's 4–0 away defeat against Bologna. On 2 February 2026, Buffon was loaned to Pontedera in Serie C.

As of match played 5 October 2025

Born on 28 December 2007 in Turin, Italy, Louis is the son of Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and Czech model Alena Šeredová. He has a brother, David Lee, a half-brother, and a half-sister. Buffon was given the middle name Thomas in honour of former Cameroon goalkeeper Thomas N'Kono.