{"id":12528,"date":"2021-09-11T22:42:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T22:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recursing-chebyshev.104-207-151-122.plesk.page\/index.php\/2021\/09\/11\/francesco-totti-soccer-player-overview-biography\/"},"modified":"2023-12-09T07:51:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T07:51:03","slug":"francesco-totti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/francesco-totti\/","title":{"rendered":"Francesco Totti (Soccer Player) &#8211; Overview, Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postersf\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Francesco Totti\" src=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/376\/1976\/francesco-totti\/francesco-totti.jpg\" title=\"Francesco Totti\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile greyfon\">\n<table class=\"table table-col-2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Name:<\/td>\n<td>Francesco Totti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Occupation:<\/td>\n<td> <a href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/category\/soccer-player\" title=\"Celebrities in Soccer Player\">Soccer Player<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gender:<\/td>\n<td>Male<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Birth Day:<\/td>\n<td> <a href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/birthday\/september-27\">September 27<\/a>,<br \/>\n                                                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/born-in\/1976\">1976<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Age:<\/td>\n<td> <a href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/born-in\/1976\">44<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n                                                                            Birth Place:\n                                                                    <\/td>\n<td>                                        Rome,<br \/>\n                                                                                                                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/country\/italy\">Italy<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Zodiac Sign:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/zodiac-sign\/Libra\">Libra<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightxbar\">\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs profile\">\n<li class=\"nav-item\">\n<a class=\"nav-link active\" href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/francesco-totti\">Overview<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"nav-item\">\n<a class=\"nav-link\" href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/francesco-totti\/net-worth\">Net Worth<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"nav-item\">\n<a class=\"nav-link\" href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/francesco-totti\/birthday\">Birthday<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"nav-item\">\n<a class=\"nav-link\" href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/francesco-totti\/family\">Family<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 class=\"title-full celeb-name\">Francesco Totti<\/h1>\n<div class=\"fullowins\">\n                        Francesco Totti was born on <strong>September 27, 1976<\/strong> in Rome, Italy (44 years old). Francesco Totti is <strong>a Soccer Player<\/strong>, zodiac sign: <strong>Libra<\/strong>. Nationality: <strong>Italy<\/strong>. <strong>Approx. Net Worth: $33 Million<\/strong>. <strong>@<\/strong> plays for the team .\n                    <\/div>\n<h2>Trivia<\/h2>\n<div>He debuted with Roma in 1992 after spending three years in the club&#8217;s youth system; he went on to appear in over 500 matches for the team.<\/div>\n<div id=\"single__profile_stat_table\">\n<div class=\"meta_row networth\">\n<h2 class=\"title\">Net Worth 2020<\/h2>\n<div class=\"value networth\">$33 Million<\/div>\n<div>Find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/francesco-totti\/net-worth\">Francesco Totti net worth<\/a> here.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Family Members<\/h2>\n<table class=\"table wikitable wikitable-striped sortable\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">#<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Name<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Relationship<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Net Worth<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Salary<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Age<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Occupation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>#1<\/td>\n<td>Riccardo Totti<\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                Brother\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td>                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#2<\/td>\n<td>Isabel Totti<\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                Children\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td>                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#3<\/td>\n<td>Chanel Totti<\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                Children\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td>                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#4<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/cristian-totti\" title=\"Cristian Totti\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cristian Totti\" src=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/132\/2005\/cristian-totti\/cristian-totti.jpg\" style=\"width:50px; height:auto;\" title=\"Cristian Totti\"\/><br \/>\n                                                                        Cristian Totti<br \/>\n                                                                    <\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                Children\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td>$1 Million &#8211; $2 Million (Approx.)<\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                15\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td> <a href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/category\/celebrity-family-member\">Celebrity Family Member<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#5<\/td>\n<td>Enzo Totti<\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                Father\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td>                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#6<\/td>\n<td>Fiorella Totti<\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                Mother\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td>                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#7<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/ilary-blasi\" title=\"Ilary Blasi\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ilary Blasi\" src=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/441\/1981\/ilary-blasi\/ilary-blasi.jpg\" style=\"width:50px; height:auto;\" title=\"Ilary Blasi\"\/><br \/>\n                                                                        Ilary Blasi<br \/>\n                                                                    <\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                Spouse\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td>$1 Million &#8211; $2 Million (Approx.)<\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                N\/A\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                39\n                                                            <\/td>\n<td> <a href=\"https:\/\/celebnetworthpost.com\/category\/tv-show-host\">TV Show Host<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa fa-user-md\"><\/i> Physique<\/h2>\n<div class=\"physical-stats physique-stats\">\n<table class=\"table wikitable wikitable-striped sortable\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Height<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Weight<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Hair Colour<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Eye Colour<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Blood Type<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Tattoo(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n                                                                        N\/A\n                                                                    <\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                        N\/A\n                                                                    <\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                        N\/A\n                                                                    <\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                        N\/A\n                                                                    <\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                        N\/A\n                                                                    <\/td>\n<td>\n                                                                        N\/A\n                                                                    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Before Fame<\/h2>\n<p>He began his youth career with Fortitudo in 1984.<\/p>\n<h2><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa fa-bookmark\"><\/i> Biography<\/h2>\n<h2><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i> Biography Timeline<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tl\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">1989<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>Totti was born in Rome to parents Lorenzo and Fiorella Totti. He was raised in the Porta Metronia neighbourhood. As a youngster he idolised ex-Roma captain Giuseppe Giannini, and regularly played football with older boys. Totti began to play youth team football at the age of 8, with Fortitudo, later joining SMIT Trastevere and Lodigiani. After he came to the attention of scouts, his mother refused a lucrative offer from Milan in order to keep him in his home town. Although his youth club initially had come to an agreement to sell Totti to the Lazio youth side, one of Roma&#8217;s youth coaches, Gildo Giannini, persuaded his parents to let him join the Roma youth squad in 1989.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">1993<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>After three years in the youth team, Totti made his first appearance for Roma&#8217;s senior side in Serie A at the age of 16, when coach Vujadin Bo\u0161kov called him up in the 2\u20130 away victory against Brescia on 28 March 1993. In the following season under Carlo Mazzone, Totti began to play more regularly as a second striker, and scored his first goal on 4 September 1994 in a 1\u20131 draw against Foggia. By 1995, Totti had become a regular in Roma&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Totti first came into international prominence while playing in FIFA and UEFA youth tournaments. With the Italy under-16 side, under manager Sergio Vatta, Totti reached the final of the 1993 UEFA European Under-16 Championship in Turkey; Italy were defeated 1\u20130 by Poland as Totti missed the final due to suspension. Four months later, Totti played in 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan and scored Italy&#8217;s goal in the tournament as the Azzurrini were eliminated in group stage. Totti also scored in Italy&#8217;s 4\u20131 defeat to Spain in the final of the UEFA Under-18 Championship, in July 1995. He subsequently won the UEFA Under-21 Championship with Italy in 1996, under manager Cesare Maldini; in the final, he opened the scoring as the match ended in a 1\u20131 draw against Spain, although Italy were able to win the final on penalties. The following year, he also played a key role in helping Italy to win a gold medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games, on home soil, scoring twice throughout the tournament. Due to his contribution in these tournaments, Totti was later included in the all-time Under-21 EURO dream team in 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">1997<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>Following Mazzone&#8217;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 1996\u201397 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. Roma&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">1998<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>Totti&#8217;s years under Zden\u011bk Zeman represented a period of both physical and mental maturation as a player. From a technical and tactical standpoint, he proved to be compatible on the left wing in the rigid formations of the Bohemian coach, as his new role gave him more space to take on defenders in one on one situations, and cut into the centre to shoot on goal with his stronger foot; he also became physically more powerful, fit, hard-working, and complete. He displayed a greater responsibility for the team, and was presented with the number 10 jersey. His first season under Zeman started well, with Totti taking advantage of a 4\u20133\u20133 formation and making his breakthrough with the club. He finished the league season reaching double figures in goals scored for the first time in his career; including a goal in the club&#8217;s 2\u20130 away win against Napoli on 22 February 1998, Totti scored 13 goals in Serie A in total, and contributed to Roma&#8217;s fourth place league finish that year. Although he was not called up for the 1998 FIFA World Cup by Italy manager Cesare Maldini, his consistent performances, creativity and goalscoring throughout the course of the previous Serie A season saw him being awarded the Guerin d&#8217;Oro for the 1997\u201398 season, given to him for having achieved the highest average rating of any Serie A player. The following season, he began to gain recognition as a club symbol and as a leader, and on 31 October 1998, Totti became the official team captain, and the youngest Serie A club captain ever at the age of 22, inheriting the armband from Aldair. On 29 November 1998, Totti scored the equalising goal in a 3\u20133 draw against cross-city rivals Lazio; this was his first ever goal in the Rome Derby. Overall, he scored 30 goals and provided 26 assists during Zeman&#8217;s two-year managerial stint. For his performances, he was named the Serie A Young Footballer of the Year for the 1998\u201399 season.<\/p>\n<p>After starring with the Azzurrini in Italy&#8217;s under-16, under-19, and under-21 sides, Totti earned his first senior cap for Italy under the recently appointed international manager Dino Zoff during a 2\u20130 Euro 2000 qualifying victory against Switzerland on 10 October 1998. Totti scored his first goal for Italy on 26 April 2000 in a 2\u20130 friendly win over Portugal in Reggio Calabria. He scored his first brace for Italy in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match in a 4\u20133 home win over Belarus, on 13 October 2004. In total, Totti made 58 appearances for Italy between 1998 and 2006, scoring nine goals and making 24 assists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">1999<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>In June 1999, Roma&#8217;s then-president Franco Sensi sacked Zeman and signed Fabio Capello as a replacement, with the aim of winning the league title. By the 2000\u201301 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 3\u20134\u20131\u20132 formation, due to his passing skills and playmaking abilities. Totti scored in a 2\u20130 home win over Bologna on his season debut on 1 October 2000. On 10 December, Totti scored the match-winning goal in a 2\u20131 home win against Udinese with a powerful left-footed volley to help Roma to their fifth home win of the season. He continued his goalscoring form by scoring against Napoli at home in a 3\u20130 victory on 28 January 2001, as Roma finished the first half of the league season in first place. Totti continued to play an important role in keeping the club at the top of the table throughout the remainder of the season, gaining a comfortable lead over rivals Juventus. On 17 June 2001, at the Stadio Olimpico, Roma beat Parma 3\u20131, with their three main attackers, Totti, Vincenzo Montella and Gabriel Batistuta scoring one goal each, as Roma were crowned champions of Italy for the third time in their history. Totti finished the league season with 13 goals, equalling what was at the time his personal goalscoring record in a single Serie A season.<\/p>\n<p>Totti was known for his exuberant and humorous goal celebrations. One of his famous celebrations took place on 11 April 1999 in the second Derby della Capitale of the 1998\u201399 season, in which he scored during the final minutes of the game and celebrated by flashing a T-shirt under his jersey, which read &#8220;Vi ho purgato ancora&#8221; (&#8220;I&#8217;ve purged you guys again&#8221;), in reference to events at the previous derby against Lazio on 29 November 1998 when Totti helped Roma come back from 3\u20131 down with an assist to Eusebio Di Francesco for 3\u20132 and finally a goal of his own for 3\u20133. Another derby goal against Lazio saw him take over a sideline camera and aim it at the Roma fans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2001<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>On 19 August 2001 Totti won his first Supercoppa Italiana, scoring and assisting in the 3\u20130 win against Fiorentina. Totti was named the Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year for both 2000 and 2001, and won the Serie A Footballer of the Year Award for the first time in his career in 2000. He received his first Ballon d&#8217;Or nomination in 2000, finishing 14th in voting, and fifth the following year. Due to his performances and leadership, Totti had established himself as a hero to the Roma fans, who were also able to identify with his background as a Roma native and lifelong supporter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2002<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>Over the following seasons, Totti played in a free role as either a forward or second striker in a 3\u20135\u20132 formation, often alongside either Batistuta or the newly acquired youngster Antonio Cassano. He scored his first hat-trick in Serie A, in a 3\u20132 away win over Brescia on 30 September 2002. Totti also scored the only goal in Roma&#8217;s decisive 1\u20130 victory at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u Stadium against Real Madrid on 30 October 2002; this was the first time in 35 years that an Italian team had won a match in Madrid. He continued his goalscoring exploits against Valencia, scoring two goals in Roma&#8217;s 3\u20130 win. Despite this, Roma only finished third in their Champions League group, and in eighth position in Serie A, although they managed to reach the 2003 Coppa Italia final. In the final against Milan, Totti scored three times from free kicks over both legs (one goal at home and two at the San Siro), but Roma lost out to Milan 6\u20133 on aggregate. In 2003, Totti won his second Serie A Footballer of the Year Award.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, Totti utilised his balance, dribbling skills, and acceleration in order to get past opponents; despite being naturally right-footed, he possessed a powerful and accurate shot from both inside and outside the area with either foot, and was also an accurate penalty kick and free kick taker, who was capable of striking the ball either with power or swerve from set pieces. Totti also scored several goals from chipped shots throughout his career, and often used the technique on penalties, which was also known as the cucchiaio technique (or &#8220;spoon&#8221; in Italian); one of the most famous instances in which Totti performed this type of penalty was in the victorious shootout of Italy&#8217;s Euro 2000 semi-final match against the Netherlands. One of his most famous lobbed goals, in which he dribbled past Inter&#8217;s Marco Materazzi before chipping the ball over goalkeeper J\u00falio C\u00e9sar, was later named the best goal in Serie A of the 2005\u201306 season. He scored another notable goal using this technique against Lazio in the 2002 Derby della Capitale, which ended in a 5\u20131 win for Roma. The title of Totti&#8217;s 2006 autobiography Tutto Totti: Mo je faccio er cucchiaio (English: All about Totti: I&#8217;m gonna chip him now) referenced this technique, as well as the statement made to his Italy teammates before his memorable Euro 2000 semi-final shootout penalty against the Netherlands. Having served as Roma&#8217;s captain for several years, Totti was praised for his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002, Fiat principal executive Gianni Agnelli, a lifelong fan and ex-president of Juventus, chose Totti to publicize the launch of the new Stilo instead of a Juventus player. Having been signed to sportswear company Nike, Totti featured in Nike&#8217;s &#8220;Secret Tournament&#8221; advertisement, directed by Terry Gilliam, in the buildup to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan. He appeared alongside luminaries including Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Lu\u00eds Figo, Roberto Carlos and Hidetoshi Nakata, with former player Eric Cantona the tournament &#8220;referee&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2003<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>Totti became a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF in 2003, and an ambassador for the FIFA\/SOS Children&#8217;s Villages in January 2006. As a fundraiser for a children&#8217;s charity, he published two best-selling, self-effacing joke books containing jokes the locals often told about him and his teammates. Some of the jokes were filmed in short sketches featuring himself with good friends and national teammates Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluigi Buffon, Christian Vieri, Antonio Cassano, Marco Delvecchio, Alessandro Nesta and former national team coach Giovanni Trapattoni in a short show called La sai l&#8217;ultima di Totti. On 16 January 2008, he appeared as &#8220;PaperTotti&#8221; in the Disney comic series Topolino. The proceeds of the subscriptions were given to charity. The Roma captain&#8217;s official testimonial was a fund raising match between singers and celebrities played on 12 May 2008 to help raise money for the construction of the Campus Produttivo della Legalit\u00e0 e della Solidariet\u00e0 (Productive Campus of Legality and Solidarity).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2004<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>Despite Roma&#8217;s disappointing 2004\u201305 season, which saw the departure of a number of players and several managerial changes, Totti maintained consistent form by scoring 12 goals in Serie A, and 15 in all competitions, among which was his 100th Serie A goal from a free kick in a 3\u20133 draw against Internazionale, on 3 October 2004. Two months later, on 19 December, he became Roma&#8217;s all-time leading scorer in Serie A after netting his 107th career league goal against Parma, breaking the record previously held by Roberto Pruzzo. Although Roma finished the league season in eighth place, Totti helped the team reach the 2005 Coppa Italia final; however Roma lost to Inter.<\/p>\n<p>Although he was once again expected to be Italy&#8217;s star player in the number 10 role, Totti acquired a measure of infamy at Euro 2004 after he spat at Danish midfielder Christian Poulsen in a goalless draw in Italy&#8217;s opening group match of the tournament on 14 June 2004. He was subsequently banned until the semi-finals, but never made it back to action and finished the competition scoreless due to Italy&#8217;s elimination in the first round on direct encounters, following a three-way five point tie with Sweden and Denmark.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2005<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>Totti has displayed numerous T-shirts with messages on them from under his jersey over the years, including two for his wife; &#8220;6 Unica&#8221; (&#8220;You&#8217;re One of a kind&#8221;) and &#8220;6 Sempre Unica&#8221; (&#8220;You&#8217;re Still the One&#8221;), and a political one &#8220;Liberate Giuliana&#8221; (&#8220;Free Giuliana&#8221;) in honor of Giuliana Sgrena, an Italian journalist kidnapped in 2005 by insurgents in Iraq who was later freed. The most recent message was &#8220;Scusate il Ritardo&#8221; (&#8220;Sorry for the delay&#8221;) which he flashed on 8 January 2012 as an apology to fans for his goalscoring drought after scoring his first goal of the season versus Chievo.<\/p>\n<p>Totti&#8217;s wife, Ilary Blasi, is a former showgirl who has been a co-host of Italia 1&#8217;s hit show Le Iene since 2007. 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. They had their first child, Cristian, on 6 November 2005. Their second child, a daughter named Chanel, was born on 13 May 2007. The couple has often been referred to as the &#8220;Italian Beckhams&#8221; and their private lives are often speculated upon in Italian magazines and tabloids. On 10 March 2016, the couple gave birth to their third child, Isabel. Totti is a Roman Catholic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2006<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>Roma&#8217;s new coach for the 2005\u201306 season, Luciano Spalletti, went with a 4\u20132\u20133\u20131 formation, deploying Totti in a newer, more offensive role as a lone striker. Despite his new attacking role, Totti usually dropped deep to pick up the ball in midfield rather than operating in the penalty area, thus creating space for the attacking midfielders and wingers to making offensive runs; the resulting system was later described as a 4\u20136\u20130, while Totti&#8217;s particular attacking role was dubbed the &#8220;false-9&#8221;. In this new position, Totti continued to score frequently, managing 15 goals in 24 league matches. In the spring of 2005, he renewed his contract until 2010, with an annual salary of \u20ac5.4 million. On 19 February 2006, he suffered a fracture of his left fibula and ligament damage during a match against Empoli after being fouled by Richard Vanigli. Totti was at risk of missing the 2006 World Cup, but returned to the side on 11 May 2006 as a substitute in Roma&#8217;s 3\u20131 Coppa Italia final defeat to Inter. A metal plate had been attached to his ankle during surgery, but doctors decided not to operate again and remove it following Totti&#8217;s return, concurring that the plate would not affect his game. He was given off-label treatments of teriparatide to speed-up his fracture recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Totti has featured in EA Sports&#8217; FIFA video game series; he starred on the cover of the Italian edition of FIFA 2002. He also featured on the cover of Pro Evolution Soccer 4 along with Thierry Henry and Italian referee Pierluigi Collina. 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. Since May 2006, he has appeared in advertisements for telephone company Vodafone. 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 &#8220;Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play&#8221;, in which Totti voiced Buck Mitchell. In 2007, he appeared in the movie L&#8217;allenatore nel Pallone 2 in the role of a defense attorney. Since 2008, he has participated several times in the television program C&#8217;\u00e8 posta per te, in the second series of the Italian drama Cesaroni, in the reality show Grande Fratello 8 and in an episode of Paperissima. In September 2008, a collection of figurines dedicated to him appeared in newsstands in the Lazio region entitled &#8220;Francesco Totti, the captain&#8221;. In 2009, Totti sent a message of support to Iranian youths during the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests. In February 2010, Totti was named an ambassador for online poker company Party Poker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2007<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>On 19 August 2007, Totti contributed to Roma&#8217;s 1\u20130 victory over Inter in the 2007 Supercoppa Italiana, winning a penalty which was subsequently converted by Daniele De Rossi. Totti scored his 200th goal for Roma in a 4\u20130 victory against Torino, in the Coppa Italia, on 16 January 2008. He was named the Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year for the fifth time in his career on 28 January. 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&#8217;s captain in the 1960s. He broke the record on 27 February, in the club&#8217;s following league match against Inter. On 9 March, he reached his 500th overall appearance for Roma, scoring the second goal of the match from a penalty kick in a 2\u20130 away win over Napoli. Totti suffered a season-ending injury to his right knee during a 1\u20131 draw with Livorno on 19 April. Tests revealed a tear of his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) that required surgery, ruling him out for four months. Roma won their ninth Coppa Italia with a 2\u20131 victory over Inter on 24 May; although Totti did not play the match, he was still allowed to lift the cup as the team&#8217;s captain. With this win, Totti became the most successful captain in the club&#8217;s history, with five titles and ten runners-up medals.<\/p>\n<p>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. He made his retirement official on 20 July 2007, at the beginning of the 2007\u201308 Serie A season, due to recurring physical problems and in order to focus solely on club play with Roma. Italy&#8217;s coach at the time, Roberto Donadoni, attempted to get Totti to change his mind for the remaining Euro 2008 qualifiers but was not successful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2008<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>In the 2008\u201309 season, Totti recovered from the previous injury, and took part in the 2008 Supercoppa Italiana final on 24 August 2008; following a 2\u20132 draw with Inter after extra-time, Totti missed his penalty in the resulting shootout, which allowed Javier Zanetti to win the match for Inter with the following spot-kick. On 8 November 2008, he made his 400th appearance in Serie A, in a 1\u20131 away draw against Bologna, scoring the opening goal of the match. Later that month, he went on to help his team beat Lazio in the Rome derby, assisting J\u00falio Baptista&#8217;s match-winning goal. Totti&#8217;s run of good form continued as he provided assists for Mirko Vu\u010dini\u0107 and scored a lobbed goal in a 3\u20130 win in a league game against Lecce on 23 November, while he netted a free kick in a 3\u20131 away win against CFR Cluj in the Champions League later that week, on 27 November. He also scored the second goal in a 2\u20130 win against Bordeaux on 10 December, which ensured Roma&#8217;s passage to the round of 16 of the competition as group winners. On 19 April 2009, Totti scored his 175th Serie A goal in a 3\u20132 home win over Lecce, overtaking Amedeo Amadei as Roma&#8217;s all-time highest goalscorer; with the goal, Totti also became one of the top-ten goalscorers in Serie A history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2009<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>Roma&#8217;s difficult start to the 2008\u201309 season and continued struggles at the start of the 2009\u201310 season saw Spalletti resign after his four-year reign and he was replaced by Claudio Ranieri. Totti performed well in the inaugural UEFA Europa League; he scored two hat-tricks in the competition that season, first in a 7\u20131 away win against Gent in the third qualifying round and then another in the same scoreline against MFK Ko\u0161ice at the Stadio Olimpico in the play-off round. In Serie A, he also scored three goals against Bari on 22 November 2009, seven years on from his last hat-trick in Serie A. Eight days later, Totti confirmed he had signed a new five-year playing contract which would see him at the club until 2014, after which he stated he would become a club director for a further five years. Roma offered him an annual salary of \u20ac8.9 million for 2009\u201310 and \u20ac8.6 million a year for the next four seasons.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Totti helped launch a new campaign promoting Football Adopting Abandoned Children, which came about in collaboration with the Friends of Children and the Association of Italian Players. In the project, he adopted a team of around 11 young Kenyans to play football in Nairobi, and then to coach them along the way. In 2015, Totti and several of his teammates took to the pitch for &#8220;Tennis with Stars&#8221; in the Foro Italico in Rome, an event to help disadvantaged children. Tennis players such as Novak Djokovic and Flavia Pennetta participated at the event. On 27 September 2016, Totti celebrated his 40th birthday live on his new Facebook page, at the Tor Crescenza castle in Rome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2010<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>With a 24-match unbeaten run in Serie A, Roma became the only challengers to Inter in the last three rounds for the league title that season, ultimately finishing runners-up after the final game. Despite suffering several injury problems, he surpassed former prolific strikers such as Gabriel Batistuta, Giuseppe Signori, and Kurt Hamrin, putting him in sixth place in the all-time Serie A scoring records. Totti also played in the Coppa Italia final against Inter on 5 May 2010, but received a red card in the closing minutes of the second half for kicking Mario Balotelli; Roma lost the match 0\u20131, thus failing to bring home a record tenth Coppa Italia title.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2010\u201311 season, Roma suffered yet another defeat to Inter in the 2010 Supercoppa Italiana, continuing their &#8220;traditional&#8221; early struggles, which Totti partly blamed on Ranieri&#8217;s defensive mindset and failure to develop a consistent set of tactics. On a personal level, Totti won the Golden Foot award, but Ranieri&#8217;s lack of faith in him due to his age meant that the captain would spend a lot of time on the substitute&#8217;s bench in favour of younger forwards, such as Marco Borriello, Mirko Vu\u010dini\u0107 and J\u00e9r\u00e9my M\u00e9nez. His limited playing time, which included a controversial 91st minute substitution in a 2\u20131 away loss against Sampdoria, resulted in several clashes with Ranieri, and saw him fall out of form, scoring only three league goals in 21 appearances; as a result of his limited appearances, despondence and strenuous relationship with the manager, rumours even circulated in the media that Totti was considering leaving Roma. Following Roma&#8217;s 4\u20133 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.<\/p>\n<p>After Marcello Lippi&#8217;s reappointment as the national team&#8217;s manager following Euro 2008, Totti announced that he would play in the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa if he were to receive a call-up; however, there was no official statement release from Totti or Lippi about a possible comeback. For the final tournament, Totti was not named in the 23-man squad, and Italy was subsequently eliminated, failing to win a match and finishing last in their group, their worst-ever World Cup performance. Diego Maradona and former national teammates Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluigi Buffon said one of the reasons for Italy&#8217;s early exit was due to the lack of creative players like Totti in the team.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s release. In December 2014, two murals of Totti, sponsored by Nike, were created in Rome. In 2014, the Swiss artist David Diehl painted Totti as one of 16 football icons most beloved by their fans. In 2015, France Football rated him one of the ten best footballers in the world over the age of 36. In 2015, Totti&#8217;s famous selfie goal celebration was included amongst the goal celebrations available for FIFA 16 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2016; he also took a selfie in the official trailer of the video game on YouTube. On 1 August 2017, a rocket carrying Totti&#8217;s number 10 shirt from his final game with Roma against Genoa was launched into space from French Guiana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2011<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>Montella reverted to Spalletti&#8217;s 4\u20132\u20133\u20131 system and Totti appeared to recapture his best form, finding the net more frequently towards the end of the season. 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. On 13 March 2011, he scored two goals against Lazio which gave Roma their fifth consecutive victory in the Rome Derby. The following match, on 20 March, Totti became the sixth player in Serie A history to score 200 goals, finding the target twice in a 2\u20132 draw against Fiorentina to total 201 league goals. On 1 May, Totti scored a brace against Bari to equal and subsequently overtake Roberto Baggio as the fifth-highest goalscorer in Serie A with his 205th and 206th career league goals, putting him behind only Silvio Piola, Gunnar Nordahl, Giuseppe Meazza and Jos\u00e9 Altafini. Totti ended the 2010\u201311 Serie A campaign with 15 goals \u2013 with twelve of his goals coming in Roma&#8217;s last 13 league fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>The 2011\u201312 season saw Totti initially receive few starts under Roma&#8217;s new manager Luis Enrique, as the club&#8217;s early struggles continued. 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; he returned to the pitch against Lecce, when he came off the bench in the 66th minute, as Roma won the match 2\u20131.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-December, as Totti began regaining form post-injury, he started playing more regularly, often in a creative role as an attacking midfielder. On 12 December, he set up Daniele De Rossi&#8217;s opening goal in a 1\u20131 home draw against eventual league champions Juventus, although Totti missed a second-half penalty during the match. He provided several more assists that season, notably for Dani Osvaldo&#8217;s goal in Roma&#8217;s 3\u20131 win over Napoli at the Stadio San Paolo on 18 December 2011, and also set up De Rossi&#8217;s goal against Catania at the Massimino stadium. 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2012<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>On 8 January 2012, Totti scored his first goals of the season in a 2\u20130 win against Chievo, converting one penalty in the first half and another in the second. He went on to score two goals in a 5\u20131 win against Cesena which allowed Totti to set a new record, as his second goal of the match brought his tally to 211 league goals \u2013 the most any player has ever scored for a single club in Serie A. 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&#8217;s goal from a corner in Roma&#8217;s 4\u20130 win over Inter on 5 February. On 12 April, Totti scored his fifth goal of the season in a 3\u20131 victory over Udinese. He scored again in a 2\u20131 loss against Fiorentina on 25 April, and two weeks later, on his 500th match in Serie A, he scored two goals in a 2\u20132 draw against Catania at the Stadio Olimpico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2013<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>With the arrival of Roma&#8217;s new coach Rudi Garcia in the summer of 2013, Totti was once again deployed as a false-9, while also functioning as a supporting forward, or as winger on the left on occasion. On 20 September 2013, Roma announced that Totti had signed a new contract, keeping him at the club until 2016, past his 39th birthday. He scored his first goal of the 2013\u201314 season on 16 September, against Parma in a 3\u20131 victory. He followed up the goal with two strikes in Roma&#8217;s 3\u20130 away victory over Inter, helping the team maintain a 100% record after seven games. On 20 November, he received the &#8220;Captain of Captains&#8221; award by the association Editutto and Baker Tilly Revisa.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2013, Lippi&#8217;s successor as Italy&#8217;s coach, Cesare Prandelli, stated that he would consider Totti for the 2014 World Cup squad. In October 2013, Prandelli said, &#8220;Totti is in fantastic form. His condition right now does make you reflect. If the World Cup was around the corner, I would have no doubts and would absolutely call him up. But we will evaluate the player&#8217;s condition one month prior to the World Cup.&#8221; 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. Some in the media criticised the decision, such as former Brazilian international footballer Cafu, who had been Totti&#8217;s teammate at Roma, who revealed that he would have liked to see Totti competing for Italy at the World Cup in Brazil, and that he preferred the Roma captain over Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Without Totti, Italy was eliminated in the first round for the second consecutive time, finishing third in their group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>Prior to the start of the 2014\u201315 season, Totti had been one of the star players of Roma&#8217;s pre-season friendlies. On 30 September 2014, three days after his 38th birthday, Totti scored Roma&#8217;s equaliser in a Champions League group stage draw at Manchester City, thus becoming the oldest scorer in the history of the competition; it was also Totti&#8217;s 300th professional career goal. On 25 October, Totti scored the opening goal from a free kick in a 1\u20131 draw against CSKA Moscow, extending his record of oldest goalscorer in the history of the competition to 38 years and 59 days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2015<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>On 11 January 2015, Totti scored two goals against local rivals Lazio, making him the joint all-time top scorer in the Rome Derby in official club competitions, alongside Dino Da Costa, with 11 goals, as well as the Serie A top scorer in the Rome Derby. On 9 May, Totti scored from a penalty in a 2\u20131 away defeat to Milan, equalling Roberto Baggio for the record of the most goals scored in Serie A from penalties (68). On 31 May, in the final match-day of the 2014\u201315 season, he scored his 299th goal for Roma in a 2\u20131 home defeat to Palermo. Totti finished the season as Roma&#8217;s leading scorer with ten goals in all competitions, the seventh time in which he had been the team&#8217;s top scorer.<\/p>\n<p>On his second league appearance of the 2015\u201316 Serie A season, Totti scored his 300th career club goal in all competitions with Roma in a 2\u20132 home draw with Sassuolo, on 20 September 2015. On 26 September 2015, the day before his 39th birthday, he sustained an injury, straining his right hip flexor in a 5\u20131 win over Carpi, ruling him out for three months. He returned to the pitch as a substitute in a 1\u20131 home draw against Milan, on 9 January 2016, equalling Gianluca Pagliuca as the third all-time highest appearance holder in Serie A history, with 592 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>As a tribute to his then-pregnant wife, Ilary Blasi, Totti imitated a childbirth scene by stuffing the ball under his shirt and lying on his back while his teammates extracted the ball. His current ritual of sucking his thumb after a goal began after his son was born and continued after the birth of his daughter. Blasi has revealed that Totti also sucks his thumb in dedication to her and not just for their children. On 11 January 2015, Totti scored twice against Lazio in the Derby della Capitale as Roma came back from 2\u20130 down; he then took a selfie with Roma fans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2016<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>On 21 February 2016, Totti publicly criticised returning manager \u2013 and Rudi Garcia&#8217;s replacement \u2013 Luciano Spalletti in the media for his lack of playing time since his return from injury. He was subsequently dropped for Roma&#8217;s 5\u20130 win over Palermo, with the decision causing an uproar among the fans and in the media, while rumours once again began to circulate that Totti would be leaving the club once his contract had expired at the end of the season, as a result of his limited appearances and clashes with Spalletti. 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 Bernab\u00e9u Stadium in Madrid; Roma lost the match 2\u20130, however, and were eliminated from the competition following a 4\u20130 aggregate loss. On 20 April, he came off the bench in the 86th minute, one goal down to Torino at home to rescue the team with a brace; one in the 87th minute and a penalty in the 89th minute to win the match 3\u20132. With his 69th goal in Serie A from the penalty spot, he overtook Roberto Baggio as the outright top scorer of penalties in Serie A history. Totti&#8217;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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2016, several injuries in the Italian squad, as well as a lack of attacking options and Totti&#8217;s run of good form as a substitute for Roma, led some in the media to call for manager Antonio Conte to include Totti as a reserve in Italy&#8217;s Euro 2016 squad; however, he was later left out of Conte&#8217;s 30-man preliminary Italy squad for the final tournament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2017<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>On 1 February 2017, Totti scored a decisive injury-time penalty in the 97th minute of a 2\u20131 home victory against Cesena in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals; the win enabled Roma to advance to the semi-finals of the tournament. On 15 April, he came on as a substitute in a 1\u20131 home draw against Atalanta to make his 615th appearance in Serie A, equalling Javier Zanetti as the joint third highest appearance holder of all time in Serie A. On 28 May, Totti made his final appearance for Roma in a 3\u20132 home win against Genoa, coming on as a substitute for Mohamed Salah in the 54th minute and received a standing ovation from the fans.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2019<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>On 17 June 2019, he announced his resignations from his managerial role at AS Roma, in an hour-long press conference held at the Italian Olympic Committee headquarters where he publicly accused chairman James Pallotta and the management for not involving him enough into the club&#8217;s decision making, up to the point of stating he would reconsider a comeback only under a different ownership. The events marked the end for his 30-year long formal association with the club.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_cont\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_collision\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_borderhide\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot\">\n<div class=\"tl_year_dot_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_year\">2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_collision odd expand\">\n<div class=\"tl_item_dot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item_line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl_item b_divsec tlc_work tl_work tl_dim0 tl_dim1 hasimg\">\n<div class=\"tl_text_cont hasattr\">\n<p>On 12 October 2020, Totti&#8217;s father, Enzo, died at 76 years old due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Totti recorded a video message for a comatose hospital patient who awoke from her coma when his voice was played; Totti visited the patient in the hospital in September 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020 he was the subject of My Name Is Francesco Totti (Mi chiamo Francesco Totti), a documentary film by Alex Infascelli.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"inline-icon\"> <\/span> Upcoming Birthday<\/h2>\n<p>\n                            Currently, Francesco Totti is 45 years, 2 months and 1 days old. 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