Winning goal against Austria
Italy’s World Cup hero “Toto” Schillaci (59) is dead!
Italy mourns the death of Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci. According to local media reports, the former national team striker of the "Squadra Azzura" has died at the age of 59.
In 1990, Schillaci, who had just been called up to the national team, had scored Italy to bronze at the home World Cup. In his first World Cup appearance, the 175cm-tall joker headed Italy to a 1-0 final score against Austria, of all teams.
Six World Cup goals
The hosts were only beaten by Argentina in the semi-finals. However, a few days later, the then Juve professional scored a penalty to make it 2-1 - his sixth goal of the tournament - to secure the top scorer crown and Italy third place.
Toto had recently been hospitalized with acute pneumonia and had been suffering from bowel cancer for years. He died in a hospital in Sicily's capital Palermo; Schillaci is survived by three adult daughters.
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