One was born in Soncino, Lombardy, in 1935. The other was born in Rimini, Emilia Romagna, in 1947. Both of them were born on September 10 of those years and both of them, in the fullness of time, would go on to be Roma legends.

Giacomo Losi was the elder of the two; the man nicknamed 'Core di Roma' ('Heart of Roma') for his performances and his passion in 455 appearances for the club.

Sergio Santarini then came after him, making 431 appearances for the club in total as he too earned his place among the Curva Sud with his leadership and charisma.

Born on the same day, the duo seemed to share so much more: leadership, determination, a natural ease that seemed to draw people to them. The armband felt natural on them; Losi wearing it for much of the 1960s, Santarini in the decade that followed.

Losi and Santarini are two of the 11 players to have captained Roma on 100 occasions or more.

Here is the complete list, as compiled by the club's archive department.

11. Amedeo Amadei: 100 games as Roma captain

He made 234 appearances for the club in total, exactly 100 of them as captain. Amadei was also the club's youngest ever player at 15 years of age (and remains so to this day), while his 111 goals for the club still have him third on the all-time scoring charts. He was the team's No. 9 during the first Scudetto of 1941-42.

10. Guido Masetti: 102

A total of 364 games for the club for the goalkeeper, 102 of them with the captaincy. Another champion of Italy in 1942, he and Amadei are also firmly ensconced in the club's Hall of Fame.

9. Arcardio Venturi: 102

Another player to captain the side on 102 occasions, this time from 290 competitive appearances. A midfielder of class and generosity, he has the dubious distinction of being the captain for the club's only season in Serie B (1951-52) as well. Of course, he helped the club win promotion immediately. "We've brought it back where it should always be."

8. Francesco Cordova: 139

More than half his games at Roma were spent as the captain: 139 of 265 in total. A player of unquestionable quality and technique, he often wore the No. 10 shirt too. He scored 17 gols for the club between 1967 and 1976, eventually returning after a three-year spell elsewhere. "I left just so I could come back," he would later explain.

7. Fulvio Bernardini: 142

The man whose name adorns the club's training ground at Trigoria, Bernardini captained the club 142 times in 303 appearances for the club. One of the greatest midfielders in the history of Italian football, he was also one of the most influential - with his style of play eventually being widely imitated.

6. Agostino Di Bartolomei: 146

One of the club's most iconic leaders of all. Captain for 146 of his 310 games for the club, Di Bartolomei led the team to the Scudetto in 1983 and then to the final of the European Cup a year later. He was not a man of grea words; often a look was enough for him to make his feelings known. On top of all that he was a brilliant all-round midfielder; combative and tactically aware yet dangerous around the opposition box too.

5. Sergio Santarini: 148

As mentioned above, he made 431 appearances for the club and did so as captain on 148 occasions. A centre-back with a bit of licence to roam who invariably did so with class, he was perhaps unlucky enough to play in one of the less heralded Roma teams of that period - even if he won the Coppa Italia on three separate occasions.

4. Daniele De Rossi: 207

An incredible 207 games as captain, from the 616 appearances he made in total for his boyhood club. He was loved by the fans almost from the off for the aggression and determination inherent in his play - but he was cultured and capable of exceptional quality at the same time. Rome-born and raised, he was nevertheless a player of world-class ability. He could have captained the club many more times too, were it not for another famous teammate...

3. Giuseppe Giannini: 282

Another to play more than half of his games for the club as captain: 282 of 437, to be absolutely precise. He was the club's poster-boy around the turn of the 1990s, with his flowing locks and his flamboyant interpretation of the No. 10 role. A total of 75 goal for the club showed he was not all about creativity, either.

2. Giacomo Losi: 305

Between 1954 and 1969 - a staggering period, given the era - Losi made 455 appearances for the Giallorossi, with 305 of them coming as captain. Arriving in Rome as a kid from the north, the city eventually would become his own. Core de Roma. A defender who was hard to get past, he nevertheless only picked up one yellow card in the entirety of his career.

1. Francesco Totti: 568

Is it any surprise? Yet another category that the No. 10 leads all others in: 568 games as captain of his boyhood club (out of 786 in total). He was barely out of his teens when Aldair - a World Cup winner - passed the armband on to him, believing he was better suited to the needs of the squad. And Totti never looked back, carrying everything on his shoulders at times in a club career that will forever be lauded by all fans of football.