Salvatore 'Toto' Schillaci RIP

[Manuel]

Italian icon Salvatore Schillaci, the top scorer at the 1990 World Cup, has died aged 59.Schillaci, better known as 'Toto', scored six goals to win the Golden Boot at the 1990 World Cup on home soil.Italy lost in the semi-finals, but Schillaci was also awarded the Golden Ball as the best player and gained hero status.Capped 16 times for his country, scoring seven goals, he represented Italian giants Juventus and Inter Milan after beginning his club career at Messina.

[Full Rug]

There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do.
 

[Manuel]

You feel mortal every time someone near your age dies? Don't be a fanny, MPI fellla. As for a decade ago? It was 34 years.

[Moncurs Putting Iron]

cup of tea - Why would you be ''genuinely shocked'' that a 59 year old that you don't know from adam had died? Proper sensationalist pillock.

In other news,  Roma have sacked manager Daniele de Rossi just four matches into the new Serie A season.

I think I sort of get where CoT is coming from Manners. its partly because in my minds eye it was only a decade ago that he was coming from nowhere to perform miracles and partly because his age is not far away from mine so it really makes me feel mortal.

[ragingbull]

RIP TOTO.

[goose]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... 3y72wne2lo

good write up 

[zico]

Saw him in a World Cup Documentary not long ago and he looked in good shape so quite a surprise to hear this news.  What a tournament he had in 90, still a great tournament from memory.  RIP.

[Manuel]

cup of tea - Why would you be ''genuinely shocked'' that a 59 year old that you don't know from adam had died? Proper sensationalist pillock.

In other news,  Roma have sacked manager Daniele de Rossi just four matches into the new Serie A season.

[cholo]

RIP

A big part of my personal favourite world cup.
 

[Far Cough UKunt]

Was he the one with the awful Mullet and earings?

RIP 

[Sh1t 4 BrainZ]

RIP Toto, from a generation of football when people gave a shit. He was the type of person who you felt you would be if you had the chance to play football. 
Will say though, of topic. The 82 World Cup was the greatest ever

[Sh1t 4 BrainZ]

RIP Toto, from a generation of football when people gave a shit. He was the type of person who you felt you would be if you had the chance to play football. 

[Fauxstralian]

Was reading he was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2022

[Fauxstralian]

I think everyone related to the player who was hardly known who exploded in a home World Cup & became a national hero overnight. 
RIP Toto, far too young

[cup of tea]

Brilliant passionate player and a standout from Italia 90 which for me is still my favourite WC ever. May be something to do with being 16 at the time and the start of a fantastic era of music, decent 'Es' and summers of fun with good friends.

Genuinely shocked, 59 is too young.

RIP 'Toto'

[the coming of gary]

Played in the same team as Baggio, Maldini, and Baresi, and stole the show

RIP Toto
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[goose]

gutted.
he was Sicilian as well.

Italia '90 was (for me) the best world cup even though the stats dont back that up. Toto was one the standout memories of that tournament.

RIP Toto.

[ludo21]

Remember the 1990 WC like it was yesterday... hard to believe Schillaci is gone!