Salvatore Toto Schillaci, the famous Italian football player, died at the age of 59.
In recent years, he suffered from a colon tumor. Schillaci’s health condition worsened after he fell ill with pneumonia, and a few days ago he was admitted to the hospital. Unfortunately, the best scorer of the World Cup played in Italy in 1990 died today, Italian media reported.
Schillaci played 16 games for the Italian national team, scoring seven goals.
The once great striker played for Messina, Juventus, Inter in his country, and Iwata from Japan. In his professional career, he played 433 matches and scored a total of 164 goals, AA writes.
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