Record Breaking Moments in Serie A

Pietro Pellegri was just 16 years, 2 months and 11 days old when he scored for Genoa in a game against AS Roma. He became the youngest goalscorer ever in Serie A history and the first player born in the 21st century to score in the league. Zlatan Ibrahimović was 41 years, 5 months and 15 days old when he scored a penalty kick against Udinese, overtaking Alessandro Costa Curta as the oldest player to score in Serie A. Keita Valde scored a hat-trick for Lazio Roma in 5 minutes in a match against Palermo in 2017. Buffon has played the most matches in Serie A. In total he played 658 matches for Parma and Juventus. Francesco Totti holds the record for scoring the most penalties. He scored 71 out of 86 penalties in the Serie A during his career, all while playing for AS Roma. Buffon holds the record for keeping the most consecutive clean sheets. He managed to deny every shot for 973 consecutive minutes, which is equal to 10 matches and 73 minutes. Marco Balotta is the oldest player to ever play in the Serie A game. The Lazio Roma goalkeeper set this record back in 2008 when he was 44 years, 1 month and 8 days old in a match against Genoa. Fabio Quagliarella is the only player that managed to score in 11 consecutive matches. He did this in the 2018-19 season, playing for Sampdoria at the age of 45. Buffon holds the record for the most clean sheets in Serie A. Buffon kept a clean sheet 299 times, which is 45.4% of all matches he played in Serie A. The record for scoring the most goals in one season is held by two players, Gonzalo Iguan and Ciro Immobile. Both players scored 36 times. Iguan did this for Napoli in the 2015-16 season. Immobile did this for Lazio in the 2019-2020 season. Lorenzo Bennuti is the player that played the most matches in Serie A without scoring a goal. That is currently active in Serie A. He played 128 matches without scoring a goal. Samir Handanovic holds the record for stopping the most penalties. He stopped 25 out of 91 penalties during his Serie A career, which is 27.5%. Miroslav Klose scored five goals for Lazio Roma in a 6-0 win over Bologna. He did this in the 2012-2013 season. Andrea Pirlo scored 28 free kicks over the course of his Serie A career. He scored free kicks for Brescia, Reggina, AC Milan, and Juventus between 1995 and 2015.