.jpg) Totti in a charity match in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 September 1976[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Fortitudo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Trastevere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1989 | Lodigiani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1993 | Roma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–2017 | Roma | 619 | (250) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Italy U15 | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Italy U16 | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1995 | Italy U18 | 14 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Italy U21 | 8 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Italy U23 | 4 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2006 | Italy | 58 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Francesco Totti Ufficiale OMRI[3][4] (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko ˈtɔtti];[5][6] born 27 September 1976) is an Italian former professional footballer who played solely for Roma and the Italy national team. He was a technically gifted and creative offensive playmaker who could play as an attacking midfielder or as a forward (second striker, lone striker, or winger).
Totti spent his entire career at Roma, winning a Serie A title, two Coppa Italia titles, and two Supercoppa Italiana titles. A prolific goalscorer, he is the second-highest scorer of all time in Italian league history with 250 goals, and is the sixth-highest scoring Italian in all competitions with 316 goals.[7] Totti is the top goalscorer and the most capped player in Roma's history, holds the record for the most goals scored in Serie A while playing for a single club, and also holds the record for the youngest club captain in the history of Serie A. During his career at Roma, Totti has been referred to as Er Bimbo de Oro (The Golden Boy), Er Pupone (The Big Baby), L'Ottavo Re di Roma (The Eighth King of Rome), L'Imperatore (The Emperor) and Il Capitano (The Captain) by the Italian sports media. In 2013, the New York Times described him as a "Roman god in his game."[8]
Totti experienced global success on the world stage winning the 2006 FIFA World Cup and appearing in the finals of UEFA Euro 2000 with Italy. Totti was selected in the All-Star team for both tournaments; he also represented his country at the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004. In 2007 due to recurring physical problems, Totti announced his international retirement to focus solely on club play with Roma.[9][10]
Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, and one of the greatest Italian footballers of all time, Totti won a record eleven Oscar del Calcio awards from the Italian Footballers' Association: five Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year awards, two Serie A Footballer of the Year awards, two Serie A Goal of the Year awards, one Serie A Goalscorer of the Year award, and one Serie A Young Footballer of the Year award. He also won the 2007 European Golden Shoe and the 2010 Golden Foot. Totti was selected in the European Sports Media team of the season three times. In 2004, he was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the world's greatest living players as selected by Pelé, as part of FIFA's centenary celebrations.[11] In 2011, Totti was recognised by IFFHS as the most popular footballer in Europe.[12] In 2015, France Football rated him as one of the ten-best footballers in the world who are over age 36.[13] Following his retirement in 2017, Totti was awarded the Player's Career Award and the UEFA President's Award.
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- ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" (in Italian). Presidenza della Repubblica. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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- ^ Luciano Canepari. "Totti". DiPI Online (in Italian). Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "AS ROMA Totti a caccia del record". Gazzetta Giallorossa (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ Hughes, Rob (16 April 2013). "After 2 Decades of Creativity: Why Stop Now?". The New York Times.
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- ^ "The World's Most Popular Footballer Amongst Currently Active Players in 2011". IFFHS.de. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ Thomas Simon (19 May 2015). "Le top 10 des meilleurs vieux" [The top 10 of the best oldies] (in French). France Football. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2019.