Gianluigi Buffon has signed an extension with Juventus until 2018.
Buffon will stay with Juve past his 40th birthday.
"It's a bit emotional for me because I have two World Cup winners beside me; two players who have won five Serie A titles in a row," Juve president Andrea Agnelli told a news conference arranged to announce the deals on Wednesday.
"What I want to underline, more than the fact that Gigi is a champion, are his human qualities and the real privilege I've had these years is to have Gigi as captain of Juventus and Italy, because he takes responsibility and makes the difference on and off the field.
"Andrea has joked with me a few times about being the best signing we've ever made, and I can only repeat this -- he would deserve not 10 but 100 times more of the spotlight that he hasn't been given. He is one of the greatest defenders of his generation. When I think of Thiago Silva, [Gerard] Pique and John Terry, Andrea is certainly up there with them.
"We are extremely proud to have had him here and we've got a further two years together, up to 2018, and our aim has got to be to win the Italian league again, but we know we have the strength to dream of doing even more in Europe."