| Francesco Totti was born 27 September 1976 in | | | | Dutch goalkeeper with a characteristic Panenka style |
| Rome. He is an Italian World Cup-winning soccer | | | | penalty during the shootout. Afterward, as long as the |
| player who is the present captain of Italian Serie A | | | | final of that competition in opposition to France, he |
| club Roma. He always takes a role in the field as a | | | | launched teammate Delvecchio to make the only Italian |
| striker or an attacking midfielder, although he is best | | | | goal of that game. |
| known for playing as a second striker. | | | | In 1999 he won the Serie A young football player of |
| He has expended his whole career at Roma, is the | | | | the year award. As long as 2000/2001 season team |
| number-one goalscorer and the most capped player in | | | | was built around Totti' and he assisted them to win |
| the club's record. He is regarded as the Roma's | | | | Serie A. He assisted Roma to win Italian super cup in |
| greatest player of all time. | | | | 2001. Totti won the Serie A footballer of the year |
| Totti has begun his soccer journey with the youth side | | | | award in 2000 as well as 2003. |
| of Lodigiani. Afterward in 1989 he became a member | | | | He won the Italian footballer of the year award in |
| the youth side of Roma. In 1992 he made it to the | | | | 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004 in addition to 2007. He was |
| senior time of Roma when he was at the age of 16. | | | | named by Pele as one of the top 125 greatest living |
| For the Italian team, Totti's real explosion came as long | | | | footballers in March 2004. Totti is well-known for his |
| as Euro 2000 in the Netherlands and Belgium when he | | | | chipping skill called in Italian il cucchiaio "spoon". He has |
| played an important part in two games: First the one in | | | | made a lot of beautiful goals using this technique. |
| opposition to the Netherlands, where he beat the | | | | |