He goes by many names:
Il Bimbo d'Oro (The Golden Boy), Il Re di Roma (The King of Rome), Er Pupone (The Big Baby), and Il Gladiatore (The Gladiator)...
He has won a plethora of individual honours:
Five 'Serie A Italian Footballer of the Years' awards; two 'Serie A Footballer of the Year' awards; two 'Serie A Goal of the Year' awards; one 'Serie A Goalscorer of the Year' award; one 'Serie A Young Footballer of the Year' award...
He has claimed a number of the game's most significant titles:
One Serie A title, two Coppa Italia titles, two Supercoppa Italiana titles, the FIFA World Cup with Italy in 2006...
Today is Roma legend Francesco Totti's 40th birthday and with 300 goals in 740 appearances, he is literally a living god to the people of Rome, not to mention millions of football fans around the world.
It would be easy to wax lyrical about his faultless technique, or highlight his unrivalled loyalty in a game that has long given way to selfishness and greed; but in truth, the only way to even BEGIN to do this magical, once-in-a-generation forward anything resembling justice is by simply letting the man's feet speak for himself.
Enjoy.