#2 Francesco Totti
Another wonderful no.10 to grace our list, Francesco Totti is the eternal man in the eternal city – and he has always provided us with entertainment, joy and pure drama.
That’s because Totti is a favourite among so many football fans, not just for his style, grace, panache and vivacity but for the way he has remained loyal to AS Roma for the entirety of his club career, helping them win five honours since joining them as a fresh-faced teenager in 1993.
With over 250 Serie A strikes to his name, he will retire as the second-highest all-time leading goalscorer in the competition’s history, behind Silvio Piola.
Real Madrid and Barcelona were once said to have been enormously interested in bringing Il Bimbo d’Oro on board back when he was 26 and at the peak of his powers, but the money they were offering him didn’t at all interest him (which says a great deal about how humble and proud he was to be representing Roma).
He could have been a La Liga legend, but the rapport he’s built with his fans means a hell of a lot more as a one-club star.
