[76][77] With this win, Totti became the most successful captain in the club's history, with five titles and ten runners-up medals. He was raised in the Porta Metronia neighbourhood. [180] Totti's double also made him the oldest player in Serie A history to score two goals in a single league match, at the age of 39 years, 6 months and 23 days, breaking Silvio Piola's previous record of 39 years, 4 months and 2 days, which he had managed with Novara on 1 February 1953, after scoring a brace against his former team Lazio. [123] Totti sustained an injury on 1 October 2011 in the second half of a match against Atalanta, which kept him out of action until 20 November;[124] he returned to the pitch against Lecce, when he came off the bench in the 66th minute, as Roma won the match 21. [329][330] In February 2010, Totti was named an ambassador for online poker company Party Poker. [156] He returned to the pitch on 17 March against Udinese, scoring the first goal of the match as he helped his team to a 32 win. Era positivo al coronavirus, "Maradona, Totti, Zico, Rocchi e altri fenomeni All'Olimpico la Partita del cuore", "Roma Captain Francesco Totti To Coach Team Of Abandoned Children For Charity", "Tennis, Internazionali: Djokovic e Totti danno spettacolo per beneficenza", "Roma legend Francesco Totti: 40 things to know on his 40th birthday", "Quarant'anni di Totti, Maria Sensi: "Non ci ha invitati. [318] On 27 September 2016, Totti celebrated his 40th birthday live on his new Facebook page,[319] at the Tor Crescenza castle in Rome. [335][336] In 2015, France Football rated him one of the ten best footballers in the world over the age of 36. [299] Another derby goal against Lazio saw him take over a sideline camera and aim it at the Roma fans. [133] Despite his inability to find the back of the net as the second half of the season began, he continued to perform well, as he notably assisted Juan's goal from a corner in Roma's 40 win over Inter on 5 February. In December 2006 Totti and his wife Ilary Blasi lent their voices to an Italian dubbing of an episode of the television series The Simpsons entitled "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play", in which Totti voiced Buck Mitchell. [143][144] Under his new manager, Totti scored a goal against Juventus on 16 February, with a powerful strike, as Roma shocked the league leaders in a 10 win. [312], On 12 October 2020, Totti's father, Enzo, died at 76 years old due to COVID-19 amid its pandemic in Italy. [18][20], Following Mazzone's sacking in the summer of 1996 and the departure of Giannini, Totti was expected to play a more prominent role, after several promising seasons; however, the team underperformed during the 199697 season, while Totti struggled to gain playing time under new manager Carlos Bianchi, and was even set to leave for Sampdoria on loan in January 1997. As a fundraiser for a children's charity, he published two best-selling, self-effacing joke books containing jokes the locals often told about him and his teammates. [81] Totti's run of good form continued as he provided assists for Mirko Vuini and scored a lobbed goal in a 30 win in a league game against Lecce on 23 November,[82] while he netted a free kick in a 31 away win against CFR Cluj in the Champions League later that week, on 27 November. Mi dispiace, ma ci voleva uno come Totti", "Mondiale, Prandelli: "Cassano e Totti? [48] Despite this, Roma only finished third in their Champions League group, and in eighth position in Serie A,[49] although they managed to reach the 2003 Coppa Italia final. [302], On 17 July 2017, Totti confirmed his retirement from professional football and announced that he had accepted an offer from his former team Roma to become a club director. [2], In June 1999, Roma's then-president Franco Sensi sacked Zeman and signed Fabio Capello as a replacement, with the aim of winning the league title. He is often referred to as Er Bimbo de Oro (The Golden Boy), L'Ottavo Re di Roma (The Eighth King of Rome), Er Pupone (The Big Baby), and Il Capitano (The Captain) by the Italian sports media. ", "Roma, Totti nella storia. [210] His first goal of the tournament came against co-host nation Belgium in the first round, as Totti headed in Demetrio Albertini's cross from a set-piece;[211] he was named man of the match for his performance. [32] By the 200001 campaign under the new coach, Roma were building a competitive team around Totti, who was by now being utilised as a creative attacking midfielder by Capello in a 3412 formation, due to his passing skills and playmaking abilities.

After the match, he received praise from the media due to his performance, even as he approached his 36th birthday. [86] Totti performed well in the inaugural UEFA Europa League; he scored two hat-tricks in the competition that season, first in a 71 away win against Gent in the third qualifying round[87] and then another in the same scoreline against MFK Koice at the Stadio Olimpico in the play-off round. Nessuno 'rosso' come lui tra i giocatori in attivit della Serie A", "I calciatori pi espulsi nella storia della Serie A: Montero irraggiungibile", "Dal "Sei unica" al selfie, tutte le esultanze di capitan Totti nei derby", "Totti's Goal Celebration Is For Wife Blasi", "Francesco Totti confirms retirement, accepts offer as club director at Roma", "Roma director Francesco Totti starts UEFA B Licence coaching course", "Roma director Francesco Totti quits coaching course after two weeks", "Francesco Totti hits out at Roma hierarchy as he leaves club after 30 years", "Francesco Totti leaves Roma after 30 years as he resigns as director", "Totti, nata la figlia Isabel: il capitano della Roma pap per la terza volta", "Papa, Totti: "Sorpreso e molto triste" Buffon: "Grande responsabilit", "The football star, the run-down flats and the sky-high rent for homeless housing", Roma, morto Enzo Totti, il pap di Francesco. Totti also owns a motorcycle racing team called Totti Top Sport. [75] Roma won their ninth Coppa Italia with a 21 victory over Inter on 24 May; although Totti did not play the match, he was still allowed to lift the cup as the team's captain.

[16][59] In this new position, Totti continued to score frequently, managing 15 goals in 24 league matches. [149] Totti also reached the 2013 Coppa Italia final with Roma, but lost the match 01 on 26 May to cross-city rivals Lazio. When the couple married on 19 June 2005 at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, their wedding was aired on television with the proceeds being donated to charity.

[245], Totti intended to retire from international football after the 2006 World Cup, but reneged on his decision and remained undecided on his future for over a year, not being called up in the meantime. [263], Often referred to as Er Bimbo de Oro (The Golden Boy), L'Ottavo Re di Roma (The Eighth King of Rome), Er Pupone (The Big Baby), Il Capitano (The Captain), and Il Gladiatore (The Gladiator) by the Italian sports media,[264][265] Totti is considered to be one of the greatest Italian players of all time,[266][267][268][269][270] one of the best players of his generation,[271][272][273] and Roma's greatest ever player.

[44] The following month, on 24 February, he reached 386 appearances in Serie A with Roma in a match against Fiorentina, equalling the club appearance record previously held by Giacomo Losi, Roma's captain in the 1960s. [206] Totti scored his first goal for Italy on 26 April 2000 in a 20 friendly win over Portugal in Reggio Calabria. [194], On 1 February 2017, Totti scored a decisive injury-time penalty in the 97th minute of a 21 home victory against Cesena in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals; the win enabled Roma to advance to the semi-finals of the tournament. Florenzi e Astori i pi schierati", "Manchester City left red-faced following unfortunate tweet as Francesco Totti reigns supreme with sublime equaliser", "Francesco Totti breaks OWN record to become oldest goalscorer in Champions League with Roma strike", "Totti da record, manca un gol per essere il Re dei derby", "Totti: "I miei gol? [303], On 18 September, Totti began studying for a course in order to obtain his UEFA B coaching licence. [282][283][284][285] Due to his movement and range of skills, his role has at times been described as that of a hardworking, unselfish and dynamic centre forward, known as a centravanti di manovra in Italian (which literally translates to "manoeuvring centre-forward"). [16][19] By 1995, Totti had become a regular in Roma's starting line-up and scored 16 goals during the next three seasons, while creating several more, as his talent was praised by his manager Mazzone. [299], Totti has displayed numerous T-shirts with messages on them from under his jersey over the years, including two for his wife; "6 Unica" ("You're One of a kind") and "6 Sempre Unica" ("You're Still the One"),[299] and a political one "Liberate Giuliana" ("Free Giuliana") in honor of Giuliana Sgrena, an Italian journalist kidnapped in 2005 by insurgents in Iraq who was later freed. E' il pi grande degli ultimi 30 anni", "Roma, Garcia: "Totti uno dei migliori nella storia del calcio", "Francesco Totti still providing eternal quality for his beloved Roma", "Francesco Totti (attaccante e trequartista)", "After 2 Decades of Creativity: Why Stop Now? [238] Totti set up Pirlo's goal from a short corner in Italy's opening 20 win against Ghana,[239][240] Marco Materazzi's goal from a corner in Italy's final group match, a 20 win against the Czech Republic,[241] and two goals in a 30 win against Ukraine in the quarter-finals: the opener by Gianluca Zambrotta, and one of Luca Toni's goals. His current ritual of sucking his thumb after a goal began after his son was born and continued after the birth of his daughter. [71] He was named the Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year for the fifth time in his career on 28 January. He broke the record on 27 February, in the club's following league match against Inter. [126] He provided several more assists that season, notably for Dani Osvaldo's goal in Roma's 31 win over Napoli at the Stadio San Paolo on 18 December 2011,[127] and also set up De Rossi's goal against Catania at the Massimino stadium. If the World Cup was around the corner, I would have no doubts and would absolutely call him up. "[252] However, at the time of the choice of the final 23-man Italian squad for the World Cup, the Italy coach excluded the Roma striker, preferring to focus the team around younger players. E Totti si ferma per la Samp", "Francesco Totti scored on his return as Roma beat Udinese to maintain their grip on second place in Serie A. Grosso jolly, Cannavaro e Buffon muro: voto simpatia 7,5", "World Cup 2014: Today at the tournament day 23", "BBC SPORT | Football | World Cup 2006 | Italy 20 Ghana", "La difesa era perfetta, ora anche l'attacco Doppietta Toni, Ucraina sconfitta", "Mondiali, l'Italia nei quarti Totti su rigore: vittoria al 95', "Italy 2, Germany 0: Jinx holds as Italians reach final Sports International Herald Tribune", "Totti, apertura Mondiale "Se Lippi chiama dico s", "Francesco Totti considers Italy comeback", "Maradona:"L'Italia eliminata? [122], The 201112 season saw Totti initially receive few starts under Roma's new manager Luis Enrique, as the club's early struggles continued. [17] In the following season under Carlo Mazzone, Totti began to play more regularly as a second striker,[18] and scored his first goal on 4 September 1994 in a 11 draw against Foggia. [52], Despite Roma's disappointing 200405 season, which saw the departure of a number of players and several managerial changes,[53][54] Totti maintained consistent form by scoring 12 goals in Serie A,[3] and 15 in all competitions, among which was his 100th Serie A goal from a free kick in a 33 draw against Internazionale, on 3 October 2004. [61] Totti was at risk of missing the 2006 World Cup, but returned to the side on 11 May 2006 as a substitute in Roma's 31 Coppa Italia final defeat to Inter. [323] He appeared alongside Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Lus Figo, Roberto Carlos and Hidetoshi Nakata, with former player Eric Cantona the tournament "referee". [113] Following Roma's 43 loss against Genoa on 20 February 2011, Ranieri resigned as manager of Roma, and Totti saw his former teammate Vincenzo Montella appointed as caretaker coach. [16][129][130][131], On 8 January 2012, Totti scored his first goals of the season in a 20 win against Chievo, converting one penalty in the first half and another in the second. [214][290][294] Having served as Roma's captain for several years, Totti was praised for his leadership. 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. [145] On 3 March, he scored his 225th goal against Genoa to become Serie A's joint second-top scorer alongside Gunnar Nordahl as Roma cruised to a 31 victory. [177] On 8 March, Totti came on as a substitute for Stephan El Shaarawy in the return leg of the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League against Real Madrid, and was given a standing ovation by the fans at the Santiago Bernabu Stadium in Madrid; Roma lost the match 20, however, and were eliminated from the competition following a 40 aggregate loss. 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A 2006 FIFA World Cup winner and UEFA Euro 2000 finalist 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. [37] He continued his goalscoring form by scoring against Napoli at home in a 30 victory on 28 January 2001, as Roma finished the first half of the league season in first place. [10][209], Italy went to Euro 2000 with Totti in excellent form. [16][31] Overall, he scored 30 goals and provided 26 assists during Zeman's two-year managerial stint. Although his youth club initially had come to an agreement to sell Totti to the Lazio youth side, one of Roma's youth coaches, Gildo Giannini, persuaded his parents to let him join the Roma youth squad in 1989. [231][232], Totti did recuperate in time and was eventually named to Lippi's final 23-man squad for the 2006 World Cup. On 30 September 2014, three days after his 38th birthday, Totti scored Roma's equaliser in a Champions League group stage draw at Manchester City, thus becoming the oldest scorer in the UEFA Champions League history;[162] it was also Totti's 300th professional career goal. [115][116] On 3 March, Totti was voted the best active Italian player in a poll conducted by La Gazzetta dello Sport; 100 Italian personalities including footballers, politicians and celebrities took part in the vote. [214][215] A few moments before taking the penalty, Totti whispered the famous sentence "Mo je faccio er Cucchiaio" (Roman dialect for "Now I'm scoring with a Panenka") to his teammate and friend Luigi Di Biagio. Roma's chairman at the time however, Franco Sensi, impeded the transfer, leading to further tensions with the manager, who eventually parted ways with the club. He also won the 2007 European Golden Shoe and the 2010 Golden Foot. [331], In May 2010, Totti appeared alongside actor Russell Crowe in Rome to promote the special edition of the film Gladiator, celebrating the tenth year of the film's release. [219] Totti was selected for the 22-man Team of the Tournament due to his performances throughout the European Championship. ", "The Question: Why are teams so tentative about false nines? Totti was selected in the European Sports Media team of the season three times.

[326] Between 2005 and 2008, his sponsors changed to sportswear company Diadora and soft drink Pepsi Twist, with a commercial filmed in the camps of Trigoria by director Gabriele Muccino. [92][93] Roma offered him an annual salary of 8.9million for 200910 and 8.6million a year for the next four seasons. [128] Playing in a deeper position on the pitch, the Roma talisman did not seek to score goals as often, opting rather to play more of a supporting role by bridging the gap between attack and midfield, using his presence, leadership and experience in games to offer some much needed depth to the team. In September 2008, a collection of figurines dedicated to him appeared in newsstands in the Lazio region entitled "Francesco Totti, the captain". [158] On 2 April, he scored his 20th career goal against Parma (a personal record against any side) in a 42 victory. Diego Maradona and former national teammates Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluigi Buffon said one of the reasons for Italy's early exit was due to the lack of creative players like Totti in the team. [182][183] On 8 May, Totti came off the bench to set up Roma's final goal in a 30 home win over Chievo in his 600th Serie A appearance, becoming the third player ever to reach this milestone. Diretta Tv su Rai 2", "Francesco Totti tops list of oldest Champions League goalscorers", "La Juve si inceppa, Honda e Callejon da urlo", "Gilardino come Totti e Baggio: gol da record al Carpi", Francesco Totti profile at the official A.S. 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[159] He finished the season with eight goals and ten assists, ending the year as the top assist provider of the 201314 Serie A season. 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