On Monday, the gloves of Italian veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon were auctioned off to benefit earthquake victims in Turkey.
Atalanta defender Merih Demiral announced on Twitter that he auctioned off Buffon’s signed gloves, with all proceeds going to the Turkish NGO Ahbap.
Buffon spent the majority of his career with Juventus, where he won 10 Italian Serie A titles. He is currently playing for his childhood club Parma in Italy.
The former Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper helped Italy win the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Buffon was also a regular for the Italian national team, earning 176 caps.
Between 2019 and 2021, Demiral and Buffon were teammates for Juventus. Both contributed to the club winning the Italian league title in 2020.
Demiral is not the first person to launch a charity campaign.
The 24-year-old Turkish player previously auctioned off signed jerseys of star players to help earthquake victims.
People can participate in the ongoing bidding on Twitter or the website, http://deprembagis.teamdemiral.com.
Over 31,000 people have been killed as a result of two powerful earthquakes that struck southern Turkey on February 6.
More than 13 million people were affected by the magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, which were centered in the Kahramanmaras province and struck Hatay, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa.
Demiral also expressed gratitude to Deniz Agnelli, the wife of former Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli, for her contributions.
