Totti confirms end of Roma career, set for new challenge


Football Soccer - AS Roma v Lazio - Italian Cup - Olympic Stadium, Rome, Italy - 4/04/17 AS Roma's Francesco Totti leaves at the end of the match. REUTERS/Max Rossi

ROME (Reuters) - AS Roma's talismanic playmaker Francesco Totti confirmed that Sunday's Serie A match at home to Genoa will be his last after 25 years at the club, but left his future shrouded in mystery by saying he was ready for a "new challenge".

The 40-year-old gave no clues as to whether the new challenge would be a director's role at Roma or playing at a different club, something which has always been considered unthinkable for one of soccer's most loyal players.

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