Malta –
Gianluigi Buffon’s son, Louis Buffon, appeared sharp in this week’s international break by scoring two hat-tricks. However, Louis did not make a hat-trick with the Italian national team.
Louis Buffon is taking steps to follow in his father Gianluigi Buffon’s footsteps and become a professional footballer. Louis is Buffon’s son from his marriage to model from the Czech Republic, Alena Seredova.
However, unlike his father, who played as a goalkeeper, Louis chose to be a striker. The 17 year old player is now strengthening the youth team of Serie A club Pisa. Louis also has different choices from his father regarding the national team he plays for.
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Gianluigi Buffon is a legend of the Italian national team who helped lead Gli Azzurri to the 2026 World Cup. His son, Louis, however, prefers to defend his mother’s home country, the Czech Republic. In fact, he was born and raised in Italy.
Louis also competed in this week’s international break to defend the Czech Republic U-19 in the 2026 U-19 European Cup Qualifiers. The Turin-born teenager showed off his sharpness in this week’s international break.
He scored hat-tricks in two different matches. Louis scored three goals when he led the Czechs to a 6-1 win over Azerbaijan (12/11). A week later, he repeated the same score when the Czechs won 4-0 over Northern Ireland. These two hat-tricks made Louis top the list of top scorers in the U-19 Euro Qualifications along with German striker Francis Onyeka with six goals.
Louis helped the Czechs win Group 13 in the U-19 Euro Qualifiers. The Czechs advanced to the next round in the elite round. Louis has the opportunity to meet his country of birth, Italy, which also qualified for this round as winner of Group 9.
Even though he is currently defending the Czech Republic, Louis can still move to strengthen Italy. The reason is, he has only played for the Czechs in his age group.
It will be interesting to look forward to Louis’ career journey. Will he continue to defend his mother’s country or continue the Buffon breed at Gli Azzurri?
(pur/adp)
