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Francesco Totti & Top 10 Serie A Goalscorers Of All Time
Totti breaks more records as he joins Serie A's 200-plus elite...
Mar 21, 2011 9:00:00 AM
By Salvatore Landolina
It's been nearly two decades since he made his Serie A debut for Roma on March 28, 1993, and in 18 years of Serie A football, Francesco Totti has joined Italian football's history makers.
Romulus, the mythical founder of Rome was the first King of the city and Roman empire, but Totti has just been crowned the latest legendary monarch with his double strike against Fiorentina on Sunday. 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.
TOP 10 SERIE A ALL TIME SCORERS
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.
Brace: Two-tti, Roma Legend
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.
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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.
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 |
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.
Brace: Two-tti, Roma Legend
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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