UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has chosen to honour Francesco Totti with the 2017 UEFA President's Award.

Ceferin said in a statement: "The President's award recognises outstanding achievements, professional excellence and exemplary personal qualities. These attributes are personified by Francesco Totti -- a man who has given around a quarter of a century of his life playing for his beloved AS Roma. Congratulations, Francesco, for a fantastic career and for your extraordinary loyalty and dedication, to Roma and to football."