[b]Francesco Totti[/b],(born 27 September 1976 in [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome]Rome[/url]) is an [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy]Italian[/url] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup]World Cup[/url]-winning [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football]footballer[/url] who is the current captain of Italian [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A]Serie A[/url] club [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.S._Roma]Roma[/url]. His position is that of a striker or an attacking midfielder, though he is best known for playing as a second striker. He has [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-club_man]spent his entire career at Roma[/url], is the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.S._Roma_statistics_and_records#Top_all-time_goalscorers]number-one goalscorer[/url] and the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.S._Roma_statistics_and_records#All_competitions_appearances]most capped player[/url] in the club's history.
Totti won several awards in Italy during his career including a record 5 times [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Footballer_of_the_Year]Italian Footballer of the Year[/url] and 2 times [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_del_Calcio]Serie A Footballer of the Year[/url]. He was named by [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9]Pelé[/url] as one of the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_100]top 125 greatest living footballers[/url] in March 2004.
Totti is currently the top active Serie A goalscorer, and [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_records_in_Italy#Goalscoring]9th all-time[/url] in league history with 182 goals.[b]First years[/b]
After three years on the youth team, Totti made his first appearance for Roma's senior side at the age of sixteen, when coach [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vujadin_Bo%C5%A1kov]Vujadin Boškov[/url] let him play in the 2-0 away victory against [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brescia_Calcio]Brescia[/url]
on 28 March 1993. In the following seasons, he began to play more
games, and thus he succeeded in scoring his first goal on September 24,
1994 in a 1-1 draw against [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foggia_Calcio]Foggia[/url].
By 1995, Totti had become a regular in the starting eleven and scored
16 goals in the next three seasons. When he assumed the team captaincy
in 1997, he began to gain recognition as a club symbol. Manager [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Zeman]Zdeněk Zeman[/url] played with an offensive [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation_%28football%29#4-3-3]4-3-3[/url] formation, in which Totti was the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfielder#Winger]left winger[/url]. Totti scored 30 goals during Zeman's two-year managerial stint.
Though Totti was not called up for the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup]1998 FIFA World Cup[/url], he was named the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_Young_Footballer_of_the_Year]Serie A Young Footballer of the Year[/url] in the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1998-99]1998-99[/url] season.written by B.Zakhour
Home 
Calendar