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Italy鈥檚 veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has eased some of his World Cup heartache by winning the Serie A best player of the year award.
鈥淚鈥檓 happy and proud. I never thought I鈥檇 get this kind of trophy, and I鈥檒l hold on tight to it because I never won best youngster!鈥 said the 39-year-old Juventus goalkeeper at Monday night鈥檚 ceremony in Milan.
鈥淭he failure to participate in the World (Cup) is the biggest disappointment in my career together with some (lost UEFA) Champions League finals.鈥
Napoli鈥檚 Maurizio Sarri was named the best coach at the Italian football awards, voted for by the players, for competing for the title with a smaller budget than Juventus.
Buffon quit international football last month as four-time champion Italy sensationally missed out on its first World Cup finals in 60 years after a playoff defeat to Sweden.
鈥淚taly-Sweden was the biggest disappointment of my life,鈥 he told Sky Sports Italia.
鈥淏ut we need to move on, the season must end in the best way and with Juventus there are so many goals to be achieved.鈥
Buffon won a tenth Serie A title with Juventus and helped the Turin-based side reach the UCL final for the second time in three years. He also won a third Italian Cup with Juventus.
Despite the World Cup setback, he has left the door open on a future return for the national side.
鈥淚鈥檝e taken a period of rest, I鈥檓 getting on, I鈥檝e always been a soldier signed up for the national side and Juventus, so I can鈥檛 desert,鈥 he said. 鈥淓ven at the age of 60, if there was a dearth of goalkeepers I鈥檇 be available because that鈥檚 how I conceive the idea of a nation.鈥
It is the sixth straight year that a Juventus player has won the award with Buffon following in the footsteps of Andrea Pirlo (2012-14), Carlos Tevez (2015) and Leonardo Bonucci (2016).
Buffon has said he will retire at the end of this season, unless Juve wins the UCL title.
The Serie A champion plays league leader Napoli on Friday before a crunch UCL game next week at Olympiakos in Greece when it needs a win to guarantee passage into the next round.
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