Gianluigi Buffon has confirmed that he has resigned from his position because the delegation chief of the Italy nationwide group following the departure of Gabriele Gravina as FIGC President.
Heads are rolling throughout the Italy nationwide group set-up. FIGC President , Buffon has confirmed that he has stepped down and head coach Gennaro Gattuso is anticipated to observe as effectively.
ROME, ITALY – JUNE 19: Gianluigi Buffon, Italy new head coach Gennaro Gattuso and FIGC president Gabriele Gravina pose in the course of the press convention at Resort Parco dei Principi on June 19, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photograph by Paolo Bruno/Getty Photos)
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The departures of the senior figures of the Italy nationwide group are leaving within the wake of the penalty shoot-out defeat in opposition to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Tuesday night time’s World Cup play-off last, which price the Azzurri a spot on the World Cup for the third time in a row.
Buffon, in an extended assertion posted to his Instagram story, confirmed that he provided his resignation instantly after the Bosnia defeat on Tuesday night time, however was requested to carry off from making any formal bulletins.
Now that Gravina has formally resigned, Buffon has made his resolution public as effectively.
Buffon had served as the pinnacle of the delegation of the Italy nationwide group from the summer season of 2023.
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What Buffon stated about Italy resignation
UDINE, ITALY – OCTOBER 14: Gianluigi Buffon, Head of Delegation of Italy, seems on previous to the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match between Italy and Israel at Stadio Friuli on October 14, 2025 in Udine, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
“Resigning simply after the top of the match in opposition to Bosnia was an pressing act, one which got here from deep inside me. As spontaneous because the tears that ache in my coronary heart, and which I do know I share with all of you,” Buffon wrote in a press release on .
“I used to be requested to stall till everybody had the time to replicate. Now that President Gravina has chosen to step again, I be at liberty to do what I really feel is the accountable act. Regardless of my honest perception that I’ve constructed a lot when it comes to group spirit with Rino Gattuso and all of my collaborators within the very quick time accessible to the nationwide group, the principle goal was to deliver Italy again to the World Cup. And we didn’t succeed.
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“It’s proper to go away those that will observe me to decide on the individual they deem greatest to fill my position.
“Representing the nationwide group is an honor for me and a ardour that has consumed me since I used to be a boy.
“I’ve tried to do my position by placing all my vitality into it, wanting all sectors to be linked, a hyperlink for dialogue and synergy between varied youth groups, striving to construction a mission that begins with the very younger lads and reaches all the way in which as much as the U21 nationwide groups. This was to rethink the way in which wherein the abilities of the long run senior nationwide group are developed.
“I requested and obtained the inclusion of some key, extremely skilled figures, who’re bringing out these essential possibilities with a medium and long-term imaginative and prescient. It is because I consider within the coverage of meritocracy. It will likely be as much as these in cost to evaluate the knowledge of those selections.
“I maintain every part in my coronary heart, with gratitude for the privilege and the teachings discovered, even when it’s a painful epilogue.
“Forza Azzurri sempre.”