Italian icon Salvatore Schillaci, the top scorer at the 1990 World Cup, has kicked the bucket at aged 59.
Schillaci, also called ‘Toto’, scored six goals to win the Golden Boot at the 1990 World Cup on home soil.
Italy lost in the semi-finals, however Schillaci was additionally granted the Brilliant Ball as the best player and acquired legend status.
Covered multiple times for his nation, scoring seven goals, he represented Italian beast Juventus and Inter Milan in the wake of starting his club career at Messina.
Schillaci scored his first goal of the 1990 World Cup as a substitute against Austria, and after one more substitute appearance against the US procured his initial beginning against the Czech Republic.
Collaborating Baggio front and center, Schillaci scored again as Italy’s campaign gathered momentum.
His legend status was confirm with additional strikes in the resulting knockout round matches against Uruguay and the Republic of Ireland in the quarter-finals.
In spite of opening the scoring in the semi-last against Argentina, Italy missed out on penalties in Naples – however Schillaci sealed the Golden Boot with his 6th goals of the competition in the third-place set up to against Britain.