Some time ago he would have been 78 and while waiting to learn more about the Giallorossi Pupone’s father in the documentary “My name is Francesco Totti” airing on Rai 1, one thing is for sure: Enzo Toti Everyone in the family is missing, so much so that he wasn’t just a fundamental figure in the career of most important Italian footballer from the times of Piola and Meazza first and then Rivera, but also important for that Ilary Blasi who haven’t been a steady couple with Francesco for a while.
ENZO TOTTI, WHO WAS FRANCIS’ FATHER?
But who was Enzo Totti? and what do we know about Francesco’s father who died in October 2020 at the age of 76 in the roughest phase of the Pandemic of Covid-19 in our country? Admitted at the time to the “Spallanzani” hospital in Rome because he tested positive for coronavirus, the pupone’s parent had been struggling with other pathologies for some time, including apparently not only a heart problem dating back a few years but also a form of diabetes: That was also the reason why the one who was no longer just “Totti’s father” but a family member at the Trigoria sports center had started to reduce visits. He was known to everyone, former players and those who were still playing in Rome at the time nice nickname of “Sheriff” and thanks to him, an idea was born that later became a staple in the wardrobe, namely to bring white pizza and mortadella to every occasion every birthday by Francesco.
ENZO TOTTI, A TRIGORIA WAS FOR ALL ‘SHERIFF’ AND…
The origin of the nickname “Sheriff,” to tell the truth, didn’t refer to a strictly rugged character or to specific episodes, but had been coined within the house from his children and has been with him ever since. However, as he once said the most famous heir During an interview, Enzo’s father was still not used to receiving compliments: “He never gave them to me, on the contrary, he always hit me… When I scored two goals, he told me I should have scored four,” Totti joked to Gazzetta dello Sport.
But this relationship is definitely not tender full of affection everything private between father and son is also the reason for the tender and certainly addresses with a smile that Totti addressed his father Enzo last June 3rd through a story on Instagram. “Wherever you are, Happy Birthday, Sheriff” wrote Francesco, attaching a photo of the sea as a child and in the arms of his parents. And it is worth remembering, with the memory going back almost two years, also the moving memory of Ilary for her father-in-law: “You are never ready for the death of a parentthere isn’t a moment when you’re ready… But the way it happened to my father-in-law was certainly cruel and violent,” Ilary had said to ‘Verissimo’, adding: “Then you get these guilt feelings, I speak for Franz because I saw how much he suffered (…) For this reason one should say ‘I love you’ to one’s parents every day or almost every day.
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