(Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images) “I was very happy to come to the meeting and curious about the different football culture,” he told the official Czech Republic football federation website.

Buffon qualifies for the Czech national team through his mother ... and we decided that playing for the Czech Republic would be best for my football career and my development," Buffon said ...

“I talked to the family and we decided that playing for the Czech Republic would be best for my football career and ... too because it was my first national team call-up,” Buffon said.