Happy 49th Birthday to Il Capitano— Francesco Totti. The most iconic Italian football forward of the 21st century, Totti spent a 25-year professional career in the red and orange on the AS Roma team—and is remembered as one of the greatest players of his generation. In 619 appearances for Roma he scored 250 goals, the second most of any player in the history of Italian football, and won a single Serie A title, two Coppa Italia titles, and two Supercoppa Italiana titles. For Italy, he was crowned a world champion in the 2006 FIFA World Cup after playing a pivotal attacking role in all seven games. READ more about Roma’s greatest player… (1976)

As a young man playing for Roma, the supporters quickly latched on to Francesco Totti’s elegant playing style and the fact that he was born in

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