About Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti (born 27 September 1976) is an Italian former professional footballer who played for Roma and the Italy national team. Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, and one of the greatest Italian footballers of all time, he was a technically gifted and creative number 10 who played primarily as an offensive playmaker (trequartista) and as a forward. Totti spent his entire club career at Roma, winning a Serie A (Italian league) title, two Coppa Italia titles, and two Supercoppa Italiana titles. With Roma, he scored 307 goals and provided 205 assists across all club competitions; in Serie A history, he is the second-highest scorer of all time (250 goals) and the top assist-provider of all time (162). 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 Er Capitano (The Captain) by the Italian sports media. In 2013, the New York Times described him as a "Roman god in his game." 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. With the senior Italy national team, he scored 9 goals and provided 25 assists. He is the top Italian assist-provider in FIFA World Cup history (6). In 2007 due to recurring physical problems, Totti announced his international retirement to focus solely on club play with Roma. Totti won the 2007 European Golden Shoe and a record eleven 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 was also awarded the 2010 Golden Foot and 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. In 2011, Totti was recognised by IFFHS as the most popular footballer in Europe. In 2015, France Football rated him as one of the ten-best footballers in the world who are over age 36. Following his retirement in 2017, Totti was awarded the Player's Career Award and the UEFA President's Award. After three years in the youth team, Totti made his first appearance for Roma's senior side in Serie A at the age of 16, when coach Vujadin Boškov called him up in the 2–0 away victory against Brescia on 28 March 1993. He also won the 2007 European Golden Shoe and the 2010 Golden Foot.
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