Rome marked Francesco Totti’s 50th birthday on Sunday 27 September with two new murals in Trastevere, adding another pair of public tributes to a captain whose bond with the club remains part of the city’s daily landscape.
Key takeaways
- Totti reached his 50th birthday on Sunday 27 September.
- Two new works dedicated to the former Roma captain appeared in the Trastevere district.
- Alessandra Francesca Coppola, known as Sagomato66, created a portrait in San Callisto.
- Harry Greb produced a second mural in Via della Lungaretta.
- Both paintings draw on Roma shirts from the 2001/02 campaign, the season after the club’s third Scudetto.
Trastevere adds another chapter to Totti’s Roman story
For Roma, Totti has never been confined to the archive of former players. His image has long occupied walls across the capital, alongside the memories of the 2001 title, European nights and nearly a quarter-century spent representing the club’s first team. His birthday brought fresh evidence of that attachment in one of Rome’s most recognisable neighbourhoods.
At San Callisto, Coppola painted Totti in Roma’s white 2001/02 kit, complete with the Champions League badge on the right sleeve. Beside the former No. 10 is the phrase “Eternal Love”, while the artist’s own birthday message reads: “Happy birthday, Capità.”
Coppola had previously created murals celebrating both Totti and Daniele De Rossi, making this latest work another contribution to the visual history Roma supporters have built around their modern captains.
Two shirts, one enduring connection
The other tribute, in Via della Lungaretta, was painted by Harry Greb. It presents Totti in the Scudetto shirt associated with 2001/02, recalling in particular Roma’s famous 3-0 victory over Barcelona at the Olimpico.
In Greb’s image, Totti holds a football and the club’s old crest. A number 50 patch has been placed on his sleeve, joining the birthday occasion to symbols from the player’s years in yellow and red.
The murals take different visual routes, but arrive at the same point: Rome still sees Totti not simply as a retired footballer, but as a captain whose story remains inseparable from the club and the city around it.
