The former captain of Roma reunites with an old acquaintance from Italian football, who has long since returned to their home country.
TOKYO (Japan) – Sometimes they return, or rather, reappear. It took a trip to Japan for Francesco Totti to reunite with an old acquaintance from Italian football, we are talking about Hidetoshi Nakata. He had arrived in Serie A, thanks to the intuition of Perugia’s president, Luciano Gaucci, who then moved on to Fabio Capello’s Roma, with whom he won the 2001 Serie A title. He continued his Italian football journey by playing for Parma, Bologna, and Fiorentina.
Totti’s Surprise Encounter with Nakata
Francesco Totti, after a very long time, had the opportunity to reunite with Hidetoshi Nakata, the former Japanese footballer who had concluded his career with the English team Bolton. Nakata had played a crucial role during the championship-winning year, scoring the equalizing goal against Juventus in Turin after coming on as a substitute for the Giallorossi captain.
