Totò Schillaci(1964-2024)
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Salvatore Schillaci is an Italian football player, forward of the Italian national team in 1990-1991. Top scorer and best player in the 1990 World Cup. Schillaci began playing for his hometown amateur team, Amat Palermo. He then signed a contract in 1982 with Sicilian club Messina, where he played until 1989 and showed scoring ability, also becoming the top scorer in Serie B in the 1988/1989 season with 23 goals. Before the 1990 home World Cup, Schillacci was not considered as Italy's main striker, but, having scored a goal in his first match as a substitute, he subsequently established himself in the squad and became the tournament's top scorer with six goals. After the World Cup, he played only 8 matches for the national team and scored one goal. The striker last played for the Italian national team on September 25, 1991. From 1989 to 1992, Schillaci played for Juventus F.C., after which he moved to Inter Milan. In 1994, he went to the Japanese club Jubilo Iwata, for which he played until 1997, where he ended his career.
