Francesco TottiFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Francesco Totti Personal information Full name Francesco Totti Date of birth 27 September 1976 (1976-09-27) (age 34) Place of birth Rome, Italy Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Playing position Second StrikerAttacking midfielder Club information Current club Roma Number 10 Youth career 1984 Fortitudo 19841986 Smit Trastevere 19861989 Lodigiani 19891992 Roma Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1992 Roma 460 (195) National team 19911992 Italy U-16-15 19 (5) 19931995 Italy U-18 14 (7) 19951997 Italy U-19 8 (4) 1997 Italy U-21 4 (2) 19982006 Italy 58 (9) Honours[show] Competitor for Italy Football FIFA World Cup Gold Germany 2006 UEFA European Football Championship Silver Belgium-Netherlands 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Gold Spain 1996 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship Silver Greece 1995 Mediterranean Games Gold Italy 1997 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2011. Appearances (Goals). National team caps and goals correct as of 9 July 2006 Francesco Totti, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI,[1][2] (born 27 September 1976 in Rome) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who is the current captain of Serie A club Roma. His position is that of a second striker or an attacking midfielder, though he is best known for playing as a second striker. Totti has spent his entire career at Roma, is the number-one goalscorer and the most capped player in the club's history. He is widely regarded as one of the finest players in his generation[3] and also Roma's greatest player ever.[4]Often referred to as Il Bimbo d'Oro (The Golden Boy), Er Pupone (The Baby) and Il Gladiatore (The Gladiator) by the Italian sports media, Totti has won many individual awards, including a record five Italian Footballer of the Year awards and two Serie A Footballer of the Year awards.[5] He was named by Pele as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.[6] He is currently the top active Serie A goalscorer and sixth all-time in league history with 195 goals.[7] Contents[hide]1 Early career2 Club career 2.1 Early seasons2.2 Scudetto 20012.3 As a striker with Spalletti2.4 Ranieri era3 International career 3.1 Euro 20003.2 2002 World Cup3.3 Euro 20043.4 2006 World Cup3.5 Retirement4 Goal celebrations5 Personal life6 Honours 6.1 Club6.2 International6.3 Individual6.4 Orders7 Career statistics 7.1 Club career7.2 Competition statistics7.3 International career7.4 International goals8 See also9 References10 External links [edit] Early careerTotti was born and raised in Rome's Porta Metronia neighborhood. He idolized ex-Roma captain Giuseppe Giannini and regularly played football with older boys. His mother refused a lucrative offer from AC Milan to remain in his hometown,[8] and he joined the Roma youth squad in 1989.[edit] Club career[edit] Early seasonsAfter three years on the youth team, Totti made his first appearance for Roma's senior side at the age of sixteen, when coach Vujadin Boskov let him play in the 20 away victory against Brescia on 28 March 1993. In the following seasons, he began to play more games and scored his first goal on 24 September 1994 in a 11 draw