Toto Schillaci breathed his last at the age of 59

Manos Staramopoulos • 18 de septiembre de 2024

The Italian former breathed his last at the age of 59 on Wednesday morning, spreading death across the football planet.

Toto Schillaci  also left.  Here with Italy in FIFA World Cup 1990. The cancer (in the intestine) this time defeated him.

Lament for Italian and world football. Toto Schilacci breathed his last at the age of 59 on Wednesday morning, spreading death across the football planet.


Toto Schillaci also left. The cancer (in the intestine) this time defeated him. The old smart striker had been selected by the head coach of the Italian national team, to compete in the 1990 World Cup that would be held in the country. His acquisition by Juventus, who had followed him closely with the greyhounds, had played an important role in this. her in Messina and had found that he could help her significantly, as he did. In the summer of 1990, she included him in her team and he showed his class in scoring.


In fact, in the 1990 World Cup, scoring 6 goals, he was named the tournament's top scorer as well as the tournament's most valuable player.


After Juventus he moved to Inter winning the UEFA Cup in 1993-94 but fell short of expectations and eventually left for Japan where he won a league title in 1997 with Jubilo Iwata.  Salvatore Schillaci born December 1, 1964.


At club level he played with Messina (1982-1989), Juventus (1989-1992), Inter Milan (1992-1994) and Jubilo Iwata (1994-1997). He was the first Italian player to compete in the Japanese Championship.


In the 1988-89 season he was the top scorer of the Italian second division league (Serie B) with 23 goals. Moving to Juventus he had a very good first year scoring 15 league goals and 21 in all competitions, a period that ended with Juventus winning the 1989–90 Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup titles.


At international level, he was the surprise of the 1990 World Cup, helping Italy with decisive goals to finish third in the host tournament. Having only one international cap before the start of the tournament, coming on as a substitute in the first two matches, Schillaci scored six times, winning the Golden Boot as top scorer and winning the tournament's Ballon d'Or as best player, ahead of Lothar Matthaus (2nd). and Diego Maradona (3rd).  In total, with the Italian national team, he made 16 appearances, scoring 7 times. He married twice and had three children…


Manos Staramopoulos

Journalist and Analyst of International Football and Affairs

Chief Editor English Zone of Discoveryfootball.com

Athens (Greece)


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