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Salvatore Schillaci

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Salvatore Schillaci
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Headshot of Salvadore Schillaci.
Schillaci in 2009
Personal information
Full name Salvatore Schillaci[1]
Date of birth (1964-12-01)1 December 1964[2]
Place of birth Palermo, Italy
Date of death 18 September 2024(2024-09-18) (aged 59)
Place of death Palermo, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1981 AMAT Palermo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1989 Messina 219 (61)
1989–1992 Juventus 90 (26)
1992–1994 Internazionale 30 (11)
1994–1997 Júbilo Iwata 78 (56)
Total 417 (154)
International career
1989 Italy U21 1 (0)
1989 Italy B[3] 1 (0)
1990–1991 Italy 16 (7)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
FIFA World Cup
Third place1990 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Salvatore Schillaci (1 December 1964 – 18 September 2024) was an Italian football player. He played for Italy national team, until 1991.

Schillaci was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2022. In September 2024, he was hospitalised in Palermo, Italy with an atrial arrhythmia.[4] Schillaci died on the morning of 18 September 2024, at the age of 59.[5][6]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Messina 1982–83 Serie C2 263———263
1983–84 Serie C1 264———264
1984–85 Serie C1 314———314
1985–86 Serie C1 311161——3712
1986–87 Serie B 33332——365
1987–88 Serie B 371352——4215
1988–89 Serie B 352342——3925
Total 21961187——23768
Juventus 1989–90 Serie A 301582124—5021
1990–91 Serie A 295507310428
1991–92 Serie A 31691——407
Total 90262231971013236
Inter Milan 1992–93 Serie A 21621——237
1993–94 Serie A 951030—135
Total 30113130—3612
Júbilo Iwata 1994 J1 League 1891045—2314
1995 J1 League 343100——3431
1996 J1 League 23150083—3118
1997 J1 League 310021—52
Total 785610149—9365
Career total 4171544411361610498181

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Italy 1990126
199141
Total167
Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
19 June 1990Stadio Olimpico, Rome Austria1–01–01990 FIFA World Cup
219 June 1990Stadio Olimpico, Rome Czechoslovakia1–02–01990 FIFA World Cup
325 June 1990Stadio Olimpico, Rome Uruguay1–02–01990 FIFA World Cup
430 June 1990Stadio Olimpico, Rome Republic of Ireland1–01–01990 FIFA World Cup
53 July 1990Stadio San Paolo, Naples Argentina1–01–1 (aet, 3–4 pen.)1990 FIFA World Cup
67 July 1990Stadio San Nicola, Bari England2–12–11990 FIFA World Cup
75 June 1991Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Norway1–21–2UEFA Euro 1992 qualifier

Messina

Juventus

Internazionale

Júbilo Iwata

Italy

Individual

Orders

5th Class / Knight: Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 1991[19]

References

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  1. ↑ "Schillaci Sig. Salvatore" [Schillaci Mr. Salvatore]. Quirinale (in Italian). Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Salvatore Schillaci". FBref.com.
  3. ↑ Courtney, Barrie (22 May 2014). "England – International Results B-Team – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Italy great Schillaci hospitalized in Palermo". TSN.ca. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Salvatore Schillaci: Italy's World Cup icon dies aged 59". BBC Sport. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Totò Schillaci, Italy's goalscoring hero of 1990 World Cup, dies aged 59". The Guardian. 18 September 2024. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Salvatore Schillaci". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  8. 1 2 Bertè, Fabrizio (19 September 2024). "Messina ricorda il suo idolo: "Totò Schillaci adesso sorride lassù con il professore Scoglio"". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 "Totò Schillaci". Eurosport. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "UEFA Cup: All-time finals". Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  11. ↑ The European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (1958–1971) was a football tournament organized by foreign trade fairs in European seven cities (London, Barcelona, Copenhagen, and others) played by professional and—in its first editions—amateur clubs. Along these lines, that competition is not recognised by the Union of European Football Associations as an UEFA club competition; cf. "UEFA Europa League: History". Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 13 October 2005. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  12. ↑ "World Cup 1990 – Third Place Match". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  13. ↑ "Italy – Serie B Top Scorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "World Cup 1990 – Scorers' list". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  15. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (12 February 2015). "FIFA Awards: FIFA World Cup Golden Ball Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Awards: All-Star Team". Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  17. ↑ Moore, Rob; Stokkermans, Karel (21 January 2011). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  18. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (6 March 2012). ""Onze Mondial" Awards: Onze de Onze 1976–2011". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  19. ↑ "Onoreficenze". quirinale.it (in Italian). 30 September 1991. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.