Born in San Giovanni neighborhood, Totti joined the youth team of AS Roma in 1989, at the age of 13, and never left the club. In May 1993, he debuted in the major League at 16, playing with the so-called Giallorossi --Italian for Yellow-Reds from the club's home colors -- through 25 seasons, 786 matches, and 307 goals.

Totti ranked second in terms of caps (615) in the Serie A League, after AC Milan's Paolo Maldini and before Juventus' Gigi Buffon.

He also marked the third highest figure in the history of Italy's soccer in terms of number of matches played with the same team (786), again following Paolo Maldini (902 matches) and Inter-Milan's Javier Zanetti (858).

In his long carrier with the club, he helped AS Roma win one Italian Serie A League title, two domestic Coppa Italia titles, and two Supercoppa Italiana titles.

After leading his team to its third and last Serie A title in 2001 (the previous one dating 18 years back) Totti was acclaimed by an estimated one million fans at the Circus Maximus and across the streets of Rome during a night of emotional celebrations.