Michael Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Salvatore Schillaci, the 1990 World Cup leading scorer has sadly died aged 59. Schillaci was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2022 and he has now sadly lost his battle for life to the disease. Schillaci, also known as 'Toto' Schillaci, was an iconic figure of the 1990 World Cup, a tournament that Italy hosted and where the diminutive forward would end up as the leading scorer of the competition. Italy would make the semi-finals of Italia 90, eventually losing to Argentina on penalties. Despite his 6 goals at Italia 90, Schillaci would end up playing only 16 times for the Italian national team throughout his entire international career, and he would only score a total of 7 international goals for Italy(which included the 6 he scored at Italia 90). At club level, Schillaci would play for Juventus and Inter Milan, after starting his club career at hometown club Messina. Towards the end of his footballing career, he had a spell in Japan, with club side Jubilo Iwata. Schillaci will however always be remembered for his exploits at the 1990 World Cup in Italy. I didn't realise that he was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2022, before reading today's sad news and the details of his death. It's another sad death of a player who was an iconic figure of a World Cup. It's sad to hear another famous footballer has passed away so early. R.I.P. Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci Salvatore Schillaci: Italy's World Cup icon dies aged 59 - BBC Sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Remember him very well, was elected best player of the tournament, if I remember correctly. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted September 19 Author Share Posted September 19 16 hours ago, Rucksackfranzose said: Remember him very well, was elected best player of the tournament, if I remember correctly. RIP Yes, Schillaci won both the Golden Boot award(top scorer of the World Cup) and the Golden Ball award(best player of the World Cup) in 1990. He won those awards ahead of the great Lothar Matthaus. However, Matthaus would go on to win the Ballon d'Or in 1990, as the best player in the world for that year, among many other awards that he won that year. But it's sad to hear this news of Schillaci passing away so early. To think that both Schillaci and Vialli, two iconic Italian forwards of the 1990's have both passed away early, is a very sobering thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 RIP knew about him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUFC Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Was 11 during Italia 90. It is the most watched WC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 On 26/09/2024 at 16:00, MUFC said: Was 11 during Italia 90. It is the most watched WC? one of the most boring from what I've heard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 1 hour ago, Azeem said: one of the most boring from what I've heard Well. I remember it very well and can tell as spectator that 94, 2002 and every single one afterwards were much more boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 38 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said: Well. I remember it very well and can tell as spectator that 94, 2002 and every single one afterwards were much more boring. Isn't this the one after which they applied the backpass rule bcz everyone was using backpasses negatively as fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 (edited) 3 hours ago, Azeem said: Isn't this the one after which they applied the backpass rule bcz everyone was using backpasses negatively as fuck Yes. it was. Still not as boring as that sounds, although I'm of course biased. Edited October 10 by Rucksackfranzose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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