Francesco Totti

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born September 27, 1976 in Rome, is an Italian international footballer, playing the offensive or attacking midfielder position at AS Roma during his entire career from 1993 to 2017. Totti is known for his longevity and his loyalty to his team of hearts, Roma, competing for twenty-five professional seasons up to more than forty years. Totti is one of the most famous one-club men in the history of sport. An emblematic captain of Roma at the age of 22 and for 19 seasons, he devotes his entire career to the club, offering the best teams in Europe. With 307 goals scored in 786 games played, he is the top scorer and most capped player in his club's history. With his team, he won two Italian Cups, two Italian Supercups and an Italian Championship title in 2001, after 18 years of scarcity for the club of the capital. Witness of his regularity, he leads his team on the second step of the Serie A podium nine times. At the continental level, he takes Roma several times in the quarter-finals of the Champions League during his career. With the national team, he achieved a Euro 2000 high fly, being named best player of the final despite the defeat, and found in the standard team of the competition. In 2006, he became World Champion with Squadra Azzurra, finishing best passer and again in the standard team of the competition. The final of the World Cup is his last appearance in the Italian jersey. Aged 30, holder and holder of the number 10 in selection, he decides to take early retirement international to devote himself exclusively to Roma. Francesco Totti is the second-leading scorer in Serie A history with 250 goals behind Silvio Piola, and the best since after World War II. He won twice the title of best player of the championship, and five times the title of best Italian player. In 2007, he was crowned European Golden Shoe, a remarkable performance for a player not a favorite scorer. He is the oldest scorer in the Champions League. Totti is considered one of the best players in the history of football, appearing on the 2004 FIFA 100 list of the greatest live players arrested by Pelé. His game is defined throughout the career by a technique and a vision above the norm. Playing preferably in withdrawal of an attacker, in trequartista, he can use his game in the small spaces, its quality of pass but also of strike. More of a goal scorer than a traditional playmaker, Francesco scores regardless of his position on the team