Italy match issued / worn by Francesco Totti for a Euro2000 competition match, 2000 season.

Francesco Totti wore the number 20 shirt for Italy at Euro 2000, and within that shirt lived all the innocence and power of a destined star. He wasn’t yet the number 10, nor the captain, just 23 years old, no armband on his sleeve, no official title to define him. But in that seemingly “temporary” kit, the spark of a legend was already visible. Euro 2000 became his true international stage: the springboard that launched him into the heart of European football, revealing to the world a rare and instinctive brilliance shaped by vision and velvet feet.

Italy, under Dino Zoff, played a stunning tournament: sweeping the group stage, overcoming Romania in the quarter-finals, then defeating the Netherlands in an epic semi-final decided by penalties, a night forever etched in Azzurri history. Totti delivered one of the most iconic moments of the tournament: a cheeky penalty, cool as you like. That audacious shot, struck with the swagger of a seasoned champion, in truth came from the feet of a boy wearing number 20, but playing with the soul of a 10.

In the final against France, Italy surrendered only to David Trezeguet’s golden goal, but Totti was one of the best on the pitch. He had already scored against Romania and was named in UEFA’s Team of the Tournament, alongside legends like Maldini, Cannavaro, and Toldo.

That number 20 shirt, now a prized collector’s item, isn’t just a number on a lineup sheet. It’s a snapshot of a shifting era in Italian football, the precise moment when a raw talent began to rise. It was Totti’s first Azzurri skin, a shirt worn before the iconic 10 and long before the captain’s armband. With number 20 on his back, Totti symbolized the beauty of becoming, the magic of “almost,” the tension of “something’s about to happen.

And in truth, all of it would happen, just a few years later. But it all began here: with that simple shirt, the number 20 on his back, and a determined gaze paired with burning talent in his boots. The shirt now on display bears the signed of the man who would soon come to be known simply as “Il Capitano.” A relic that doesn’t just tell the story of a tournament, but the beginning of one of the most beloved chapters in Italian football history.

This memorabilia is part of the match supply made available to players during official competitions and is different in its features in relation to the ones sold in fanshops, it could have been worn during the match and washed after the end of the match or prepared for the match but then not used.

Technical details:

• Model Home
• Made in Italy
• Euro2000 patch applied on the right sleeve
• FairPlay patch applied on the left sleeve