Francesco Totti is “the last emperor of Rome”, a legend of Italian football, as well as the Italian club “Roma”, where he played all his life, guided by the principle “home is the most important thing in life”.
Biography
The future captain of "Roma" was born in the fall of 1976, in the capital of Italy in Rome. Francesco has a brother. According to his parents, Francesco started playing football at the age of nine months, although it's hard to believe, but such is the legend. At the age of seven, the striker joined the Fortitude Lutidor team.
In 1984, Totti, along with his older brother, went to see the Smith Trastevere team. The team director took the older brother, but Francesco did not want to take. After the persuasion of his mother, Francesco was nevertheless taken into the team. According to the director, at that time Totti was thin, small, scared. Despite his anthropometry, the striker soon became the team leader. At the age of 10, Francesco joined the youth team called Lodigiani. He spent 3 seasons in the team and moved to the Roma youth team. At that time, Francesco had many offers from other clubs, but the family insisted on moving to Roma.
Career
At the age of sixteen, Francesco made his debut for the Romans in the Italian championship. In the starting lineup, the striker appeared on the field in the cup match against Sampdoria. In the summer of 1994, Totti scored his debut goal for the Romans, in a friendly game against the Spanish “Valencia”. The debut goal in the Italian championship happened in the match against Foggia. In 1996, the striker lost the confidence of the coach, and the Roman leadership was going to sell Totti, but a few good games changed their decision.
In the 1998/1999 season, Francesco became a reinforced concrete player in the first team. At the end of the season, Totti was awarded the National Young Player of the Year award. In 2001, Totti, together with the team, won the first and currently the only championship in Italy. At that time, the team, along with Totti, shone: Gabriel Omar Batistuta and Vincenzo Montella, nicknamed "airplane".
In the summer of 2002, Totti suffered a serious knee injury and missed a month and a half. At the end of the season, Roma finished unusually low, at 8th position. The next season, the striker was injured again, but returned to the field for the second round of the domestic championship. At the end of the season, Roma finished second and qualified for the Champions League.
In 2005, the famous "emperor" extended the contract with the Romans for five years. In the winter of 2006, Totti was injured again and risked missing the upcoming World Cup, but it got carried away, and Totti went to the Mundial. At the world championship, Totti was one of the best in the national team and became the world champion. In the 2006/2007 season as part of the Romans, the "emperor" won the Italian Cup. In the spring of 2008, the striker received another serious injury, torn cruciate ligaments, and recovered for 4 months. In the summer of 2009, Totti again extended his contract with the Romans for 5 seasons. In autumn 2009, the "emperor" underwent knee surgery. In November, the striker returned to the game, entering the field in a championship match, by the way, in this game
made a hat-trick. After 2012, Francesco Totti's career gradually came to an end, and the striker took less and less out on the field, ending his career full of achievements in May 2017.
Personal life
Due to the incredible celebrity Totti in Italy, his private life is in the spotlight of the local media every now and then. He dated many women, eventually forming a family with Ilari Blazi. The wedding took place live and thousands of people sent their congratulations to their beloved "Emperor". The star couple had three children: a son and two daughters. The Totti family owns a motorcycle team and a fashion line.
