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Buffon celebrates 600th appearance with Juventus victory

The 38-year-old celebrated the milestone with a victory over Chievo as he joins three other greats who have done the same. <ul> <li> <a href="http://en.as.com/en/2017/05/20/football/1495279343_218239.html" title="Napoli - Fiorentina live online: Serie A Napoli - Fiorentina </a> </li> </ul>

Juventus&#039;s Gianluigi Buffon reacts during the Italian Serie A soccer match AC Chievo vs Juventus FC at Bentegodi
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Juventus celebrated a 2-1 win at Chievo on Sunday as goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon celebrated his 600th Serie A appearance.

Buffon, 38, became the fourth player to reach the 600-match mark after Paulo Maldini, Javier Zanetti and Francesco Totti. The first 168 of those were with Parma, the remainder with Juventus and he also made 37 appearances in Serie B where Juventus played in the 2006-07 season.

Buffon celebrates 600th appearance with Juventus victory
Gianluigi Buffon of JuventusValerio Pennicino
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Juventus went ahead early in the second half when Mario Mandzukic ran on to Juan Cuadrado's pass to sweep the ball past Stefano Sorrentino. Sergio Pellisier equalised for Chievo from a penalty which he won himself after being tripped by Stephan Lichtsteiner but Pjanic curled in a free kick in the 75th minute to give Juve the points.

Juventus have 30 points from 12 games, four ahead of Roma with Milan a further point back in third.

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