Compassionate_Conservative Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 Francesco Totti (born September 27, 1976 in Rome) is an Italian football player, who currently plays for AS 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's best known for playing as the "trequartista", 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 Roman football, having never left the city's team despite the possibility of playing in stronger and richer clubs, and being the number one goalscorer in the club's history. Totti was born and raised in Rome, in the Porta Metronia city neighbourhood. 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. Very talented as a teenager, Totti scored in Italy's 4-1 defeat by Spain in the final of the UEFA European Under-18 Championship in July 1995. In the final of the Under-21 competition in 1996, Totti opened the scoring in a 1-1 draw against the Spanish before triumphing on penalties. Totti made his senior Azzurri debut in the Euro 2000 qualifying victory against Switzerland on 10 October 1998. He played in the finals tournament and scored against Romania and Belgium and played in the final; losing to France. Although he was on the losing side, Totti was named Man of the Match in the final and described by many soccer legends, including Michael Platini (France), as the best player of the tournament. Disappointment followed at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, with Totti failing to make a significant impact and then being sent off as Italy lost to the South Korea in the second round, when he controversially received a second yellow card for alleged penalty area diving by the referee Byron Moreno. At Euro 2004, Totti garnered negative media attention when he spat at Christian Poulsen, a midfielder for Denmark. Totti was subsequently banned until the semi-finals, but did not play in the tournament again, as Italy failed to qualify for the next round. In defense of Totti, Poulsen has developed a reputation for a dirty player. The Danish defender was described as "a coward" by A.C. Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti during the 05-06 season, for his continuous provocation of Kak Quote
Party.in.Paris Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 yaaaay he has a thread !!! he's so hot..Thanks I_love_raica_and_ronaldoAS Roma is my favourite italian team also... Quote
Nemeside Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 thanks, cutebut personally i don't think that he is hot Quote
Compassionate_Conservative Posted October 5, 2006 Author Posted October 5, 2006 Thanks for the pics, Luno! Quote
Party.in.Paris Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 thanks LunoI think he looks hotter when he's playing than in real life ! Quote
saritaa Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 huh...What's so special about him?He is not even hot or not even good player he is just overrated thats it..If you take a look around at other players like De Rossi ,Del Piero ,Carrick,Gerrard ,Lampard,Gatusso you'll find out that Totti is just an overrated player..There are many new and young talented players in Brasil that ain't been discovered yet who can do the same things as Totti does with ball ..Never Really liked him.. Quote
Compassionate_Conservative Posted October 6, 2006 Author Posted October 6, 2006 huh...What's so special about him?He is not even hot or not even good player he is just overrated thats it..If you take a look around at other players like De Rossi ,Del Piero ,Carrick,Gerrard ,Lampard,Gatusso you'll find out that Totti is just an overrated player..There are many new and young talented players in Brasil that ain't been discovered yet who can do the same things as Totti does with ball ..Never Really liked him..Wow!!! Powerful words! Quote
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