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Francesco Totti Profile |
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Birth Date: September 27, 1976
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Birth Place: Rome, Italy
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Birth Name: Francesco Totti
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
Francesco Totti, Cavaliere (September 27, 1976, Rome) is an
Italian football player, who currently plays for A.S. Roma
in Serie A and for the Italian national team.
Francesco Totti's position is that of a striker or an
attacking midfielder, though he is best known for playing as
the "trequartista" (or 'second striker'), a compromise
between the two positions where the player acts as a link
between midfield and attack. He is also Roma's first choice
to take free kicks, having scored a number of goals from
dead-ball situations.
Totti is widely recognised as the symbol of Roma, having
never left the team despite the possibility of playing in
stronger and richer clubs, and being the number one
goalscorer and the most capped player in the club's history.
Totti was born and raised in Rome, in the Porta Metronia
city neighborhood. His parents are Enzo and Fiorella Totti.
Unlike other children his age who preferred to watch
cartoons, Totti was always more interested in watching
football matches instead. Totti constantly played football
with older boys. His mother refused a big deal for her son
from A.C. Milan while waiting for a deal from his favourite
club A.S. Roma. His mother intended to never let her son
step foot out of the "Eternal City". Totti finally joined
the A.S. Roma junior team in 1989.
Totti is married to Ilary Blasi, a former showgirl, who
currently works as commentator and host on several RAI TV
programs. The couple had their first baby, named Christian,
on November 6, 2005. Ilary is pregnant again with their
second child.
Totti also runs a football school, named Number Ten, and
owns a motorcycle racing team called "Totti Top Sport".
His best friend is his brother, Riccardo. However, Totti
always says that his brother was the better player when they
were kids, but he was unlucky on his way. Totti had a strong
bond with Riccardo so today, Riccardo is Totti's agent.
He also had a bad relationship with his previous coach Fabio
Capello, who is currently coach of Real Madrid. Totti
accused Capello of being a traitor for leaving Roma suddenly
without a warning, and left the Roman team in a very bad
shape which had them almost relegated to the second division
in 2004-05 season. This rift started on Capello's last days
with Roma: according to Totti, his behaviour to most of the
players changed, and once advised the younger players not
take Totti as their role model player, but to take Brazilian
Emerson as an idol for his hard work. Several months later,
Capello, Emerson and Frenchman Jonathan Zebina all left AS
Roma for rivals Juventus suddenly.
His close friendship with former teammate Antonio Cassano
was ended as well when Cassano created a ton of problems for
AS Roma before moving off to join Real Madrid where he was
later joined by Capello and Emerson. Currently Totti and
Cassano are not on talking terms. In a public bust up with
Capello, Cassano claimed that he was wrong to leave Roma and
he hopes that Roma and Totti will forgive him. |
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Other Information |
He played for Italy in the 2002 FIFA World Cup of Soccer.
Son, Christian Totti (b. 6 November 2005] with wife Ilary
Blasi
Announced his wife's four months pregnant with their second
child. [November 2006]
Expecting a second child with wife Ilary Blasi is due April
2007. |
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