{"id":1244709,"date":"2022-01-31T19:37:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T19:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1244709"},"modified":"2022-01-31T19:39:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T19:39:16","slug":"parma-goran-pandev-transfer-gianluigi-buffon","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/parma-goran-pandev-transfer-gianluigi-buffon\/","title":{"rendered":"A combined age of 82! \u2014 Goran Pandev links up with fellow Serie A legend Gianluigi Buffon at Parma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src='\/\/asset.fwcdn2.com\/js\/storyblock.js'><\/script><br \/>\n<fw-storyblock channel=\"squawka\" playlist=\"5L00K5\" mode=\"pinned\" autoplay=\"autoplay\"><\/fw-storyblock><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parma have completed the signing of Goran Pandev on deadline day from Genoa, bringing another legend of Italian football to the Stadio Ennio Tardini.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old North Macedonian has dropped down a division hoping to boost <span><em>The Crusaders<\/em>&#8216; faint chances of pushing for promotion this term, ending his seven-year association with Genoa in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The veteran of Italian football relocates to Emilia-Romagna with a very vintage feel to Giuseppe Iachini&#8217;s squad, linking up with Gianluigi Buffon, who returned to skipper his boyhood club in the summer at the age of 44.<\/p>\n\n<p>The duo have a combined age of 82, bringing a wealth of experience to a side padded out with a number of youthful faces, not least Simon Sohm and Valentin Mihaila, who were still crawling when these two stalwarts first faced off in Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Pandev has featured in 493 Serie A games since 2003\/04, bettered only by Fabio Quagliarella (515) and Samir Handanovic (537), which truly highlights the scope of the impression he&#8217;s made on top-flight Italian football.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bolstering the ranks with a mighty Macedonian: welcome, Goran Pandev! ???  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForzaParma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ForzaParma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Parma Calcio 1913 (@ParmaCalcio_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParmaCalcio_en\/status\/1488227644722274309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One of those contests came in early December 2004, during Pandev&#8217;s formative years at Lazio. He bagged his first Serie A goal for the Roman club a week prior vs Cagliari, before getting his second against Juventus in that festive fixture &#8212; and it was a goal of the highest quality.<\/p>\n<p>Winning the ball on the edge of Juventus&#8217; box, Pandev ghosted into the penalty area before a series of pirouettes, jinks and faints sent the illustrious trio of Fabio Cannavaro, Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta tumbling to the ground. He then proceeded to leather it past Buffon.<\/p>\n<p>That goal has been enshrined in Lazio folklore, and 18 years later the duo have now linked up once again, only this time donning the same colours.<\/p>\n<p>In the hustle and bustle of transfer deadline day across Europe, this is a move that possibly won&#8217;t garner the attention that some other stories will, but it certainly brings a new element of intrigue to the second tier of Italian football, and prolongs the respective legacies of two of the game&#8217;s true greats.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/livescore-bet-bonus-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How to get a bet bonus code by signing up to Live Score\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Premier League betting tips from expert tipsters<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-live-streaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How to live stream today&#8217;s football matches<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parma have completed the signing of Goran Pandev on deadline day from Genoa, bringing another legend of Italian football to the Stadio Ennio Tardini. 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