Juventus: Ranking the five best goalkeepers of all time

3. Angelo Peruzzi

Stefano Tacconi took over from Dino Zoff, and Tacconi’s successor was none other than Angelo Peruzzi, who would also go on to have an illustrious career with Juventus, making over 200 appearances in Black and White.

Peruzzi was, like the others before him, a serial winner. He took home the Scudetto three times in his career and the Coppa Italia once. And in 1995-1996, he was a vital part of the Juventus side that won the Champions League. Peruzzi would even be a part of the 2006 FIFA World Cup-winning Italian national team, though, of course, the goalkeeper responsible for that team’s success was fellow Juventino Gigi Buffon.

There’s no doubt that the strong, stout, and agile Peruzzi is one of the greatest shot-stoppers to have graced the game. Even outside of Italy, Peruzzi’s quality should be held in high regard. And within Calcio, Peruzzi will always be known as a man who won as many individual honors as the best keeper in Serie A as he won team honors as a champion of Serie A.

It’s no coincidence that Peruzzi was the goalkeeper during Juve’s massive success in the 90’s. He was another throwback keeper, in the sense that he was purely a shot-stopper and an elite one at that. Peruzzi could be counted on to make any save and, like, Tacconi was eminently clutch, whether it was stopping breakaway goals or being a hero in a penalty shootout. Unlike Tacconi, Peruzzi wasn’t as demanding of his defenders – and didn’t go on to politics – but he commanded respect in a different way.

Dino Zoff and Gianluigi Buffon get the headlines when discussing Juve’s greatest ever goalkeepers, but Peruzzi is very much one of the legends of the Italian game in his own right.