Roma legend Francesco Totti this week make another headline when he hits 200 goal marks in Italian football and become among the all time goal scorer.
The moment came when he helps his one and only club, AS Roma holds Fiorentina 2-2 in Florence. It's been almost 2 decades for him since he made a debut for Roma on March 28, 1993 at the age of 18. It was his 37th career brace which saw him break the boundaries and took him beyond the 200-plus goal barrier, four behind the legendary Roberto Baggio on 205.
His record breaking achievement will soothe the pain of a turbulent season, but, more importantly, it bears testament to Totti's leadership, determination and capacity to overthrow adversity in the toughest of circumstances, and perhaps in one of the Lupi's hardest seasons.
Totti has taken it all in his stride; labelled as finished with the constant threat of injury, caught up in the middle of the Claudio Ranieri - Vincenzo Montella battle for the bench, blamed for his side's Champions League exit... it's been tough at Trigoria.
TOP 10 SERIE A ALL TIME SCORERS
Player | Goals | Club | Nationality |
| Silvio Piola | 274 | Lazio, Torino, Juventus, Novara | Italy |
| Gunnar Nordahl | 225 | Milan, Roma | Sweden |
| Giuseppe Meazza | 216 | Inter, Milan, Juventus, Varese, Atalanta | Italy |
| Jose Altafini | 216 | Milan, Napoli, Juventus | Italy/Brazil |
| Roberto Baggio | 205 | Vicenza, Fiorentina, Juventus, Milan, Bologna, Inter, Brescia | Italy |
| Francesco Totti | 201 | Roma | Italy |
| Kurt Hamrin | 190 | Juventus, Padova, Fiorentina, Milan, Napoli | Sweden |
| Giuseppe Signori | 188 | Foggia, Lazio, Sampdoria, Bologna | Italy |
| Gabriel Batistuta | 184 | Fiorentina, Roma, Inter | Argentina |
| Alessandro Del Piero | 180 | Juventus | Italy |
But tough times call for tough measures, and there's no one better - has there ever been? - to take a leading role at Roma than 'Er Pupone'. And he responded in the way he knows best against the Viola, a typical Totti penalty first, and classic strike second to rescue his side, the result.
A fine man, and a player who has always been in love with the ball - his best friend, just like Baggio before him. The former Juventus ace took 19 years to score his 205, but he did it with different clubs. Not Totti. A one club man, or one man club if you like - a claim he is entitled to
A fine man, and a player who has always been in love with the ball - his best friend, just like Baggio before him. The former Juventus ace took 19 years to score his 205, but he did it with different clubs. Not Totti. A one club man, or one man club if you like - a claim he is entitled to
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