If for nothing else, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Francesco-Totti-c13940 has achieved legendary status for the loyalty he has shown to AS Roma throughout his career which started from the early 90s.
Few would argue the inclusion of the Roman skipper into the lists of legendary stars in the Serie A. The long standing captain of the Serie A outfit, AS Roma, Totti is a household name all around http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926. A player born in the Italian capital, Rome, and brought
up in the streets of Porta Metronia, he was exceptionally talented from the beginning and played consistently with children older than him.
Young Totti was initiated into a youth team squad at the tender age of eight years old, and showed great signs, and he was later snapped up by Fortitudo, and went to different clubs before ending at Lodigiani. His potential was eminent for everyone to see
and he quickly came in the eyes of various scouts. Despite an extremely lucrative offer by Milan, the mother of Francesco Totti, Fiorella Totti refused the move as she wanted her son to remain in Rome. Later on in the summers of 1989, Totti moved to the AS
Roma youth team; and so began the love affair between Francesco Totti and AS Roma.
It did not take long for Totti to break into the senior squad at Roma as he was promoted from the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775 region.
A lot can be written on the career and life of Francesco Totti, and in particular the facts that make him such a great player and a legend of the Serie A. He has been at the helm and the centre stage of the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 outfit for quite a long while and even though
there have been coaching regiments where he has not gotten along with teams, he still has managed to overcome those issues for the love he has for the Roman outfit.
There were countless offers for the Roman player, however, he rejected all of them to stay at the club. There were no shortage of suitors for the immensely talented player, and there were far more lucrative offers on the table for the individual as well.
It is testament to the character and the genuine love that Totti has for the club which is why he has said no to all the teams that have approached him during his time at the club.
He has become a huge following all around the globe, and in a world where players leave any club if they get the opportunity to earn mega bucks, Totti has gone on to epitomise what is still right in the beautiful game.
The striker is the fourth highest goal scorer in the Lega, having scored 217 goals for the Giallorossi outfit. Furthermore, he is also the highest active (individuals who are still playing) goal scorer in the Serie A. And along with these accolades he is
the all time leading goal scorer for AS Roma with 272 goals.
He has not won all the accolades that he might have wanted to win, but he has lifted the Serie A Championship, Scudetto, for his boyhood club. A single feature is not enough to mark the importance and the impact that the player has had on the Italian football,
but it must be said that Francesco Totti is the living example of Italian football: classy, elegant, full of flair and emotional.
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