Francesco Totti joins basketball team Maxima Roma as an adviser
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 8, 2026, 12:50 PM
Last updated Sep 8, 2026
Francesco Totti has declined potential roles with the Italian national football team and his former club Roma to join the new basketball organization Maxima. Totti will serve as an adviser for the Serie A side, which is led by president Paul Matiasic. The team, which was formed using a sporting licence from a former Brescia club, is part of a growing movement for professional basketball in Rome. Totti stated that the project's ambition convinced him to transition from football to basketball. Maxima is one of two clubs in Rome expected to compete in Serie A this season as the city prepares for a potential expansion of the NBA in Europe. Totti is set to debut in his new capacity on September 27, the date of the team’s first league match.
- •Francesco Totti turned down offers from the Italian football federation and Roma.
- •Maxima Roma will compete in Serie A starting this season.
- •The club is one of two new Roman teams targeting future NBA Europe participation.
- •Maxima Roma plays its first match of the season on September 27.
- •Luka Doncic holds a partial ownership stake in the rival club Roma SPQR.
- 12:50 PMYahoo Sports — Totti turns down Italy and Roma to join basketball club
"Francesco Totti, who won the 2006 World Cup with Italy and is adored in his home city where he played his entire career with Roma, on Tuesday said that he had turned down roles with the rebuilding Azzurri and with his old club to become an adviser to Maxima, a new Roman basketball team.Roma SPQR, using the licence of the former Cremona team and who are part-owned by Slovenian point guard Luka Doncic, who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA, will join Maxima in Serie A. Both Roman clubs h
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