Gianluigi Buffon's Wife: Pictures of Italian Keeper's Model Wife, Alena Seredova

The 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil has been a family affair. At least, for Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and his beautiful family it has been. 

The Azzurri collective are preparing for Thursday's fixture against a formidable Spanish side. Tournaments like the one being held in Brazil as well as domestic team demands make it hard for world-class keepers to maintain a family life. 

As Gossipetv.com reports, Buffon and his wife, the beautiful model Alena Seredova, are doing their best to make the recent trip to South America more of a vacation than a business trip, presented humorously here with the help of Google Translate:

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Gigi Buffon, captain of our national team, and his wife Alena you arehaving a great time in Brazil , enjoying a well-deserved relaxation between a commitment to each other. So the two, along with their children Louis Thomas and David Lee, are taking advantage of the trip to South America to sample the beginning of summer vacation.

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If his Italian side can get past Spain on Thursday, the skipper will have to manage a hostile crowd as they will have a fierce Brazil team playing before their own home crowd. 

As for Seredova, the popular model has two children with the star keeper who also serves as captain for FC Juventus. 

Born in Prague, the model was crowned Miss Czech Republic in 1998, via IMDB. From there, she went on to pose for various publications before featuring in 2003's Ho visto le stelle. She also had a part in the film Christmas in Love the very next year—a movie also starring Danny DeVito. 

Seredova will no doubt be draped in blue, rooting on her husband's side on Thursday. As she states in her Twitter handle, she has been fully "adopted by Italian TV & Cinema."

Here's to hoping they get past a difficult task, because it looks like they are having quite the wonderful time on those Brazilian beaches.