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Salvatore Schillaci

1964 - 2024

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Salvatore Schillaci (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre skilˈlaːtʃi]; 1 December 1964 – 18 September 2024), commonly known as Totò Schillaci, was an Italian professional footballer who played as a striker. During his club career, he played for Messina (1982–1989), Juventus (1989–1992), Internazionale (1992–1994) and Júbilo Iwata (1994–1997). At the international level, Schillaci was the surprise star of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, as he helped Italy to a third-place finish on home soil. Coming on as substitute in Italy's first game, Schillaci went on to score six goals throughout the World Cup, claiming the Golden Boot as the leading goalscorer, and received the Golden Ball as player of the tournament ahead of Lothar Matthäus and Diego Maradona, who placed second and third respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Salvatore Schillaci is the 234th most popular soccer player (up from 299th in 2019), the 1,182nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,423rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Italian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Salvatore Schillaci ranks 234 out of 21,273. Before him are José Luis Chilavert, Kevin De Bruyne, Arawa Kimura, Tokizo Ichihashi, Kylian Mbappé, and Claude Makélélé. After him are Yoshio Okada, Hifuyo Uchida, Tadao Takayama, Yozo Aoki, Francisco Varallo, and Samuel Eto'o.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Salvatore Schillaci ranks 37. Before him are Jack Ma, Michelle Obama, Ernesto Valverde, Eric Peterson, Oleksandr Turchynov, and Tom Morello. After him are Courteney Cox, Lee Jae-myung, Gitanas Nausėda, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Guillermo del Toro, and Chris Cornell. Among people deceased in 2024, Salvatore Schillaci ranks 72. Before him are Bernard Hill, Renato Martino, Carl Weathers, Kurt Hamrin, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, and Nikolai Ryzhkov. After him are Dikembe Mutombo, Andrew Schally, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, Angelo Amato, Marcello Gandini, and Daniel Dennett.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Salvatore Schillaci ranks 1,182 out of 5,161. Before him are Saverio Mercadante (1795), Catherine of Valois–Courtenay (1301), Saint Maurus (512), Sergio Corbucci (1926), Caesar Baronius (1538), and William III of Sicily (1185). After him are Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498), Francesco Morosini (1619), Giuliano Amato (1938), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Carlo Carrà (1881), and Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1500).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Salvatore Schillaci ranks 21. Before him are Sandro Mazzola (1942), Simone Inzaghi (1976), Antonio Conte (1969), Alessandro Del Piero (1974), Luigi Riva (1944), and Andrea Pirlo (1979). After him are Gaetano Scirea (1953), Giampiero Boniperti (1928), Vittorio Pozzo (1886), Angelo Schiavio (1905), Gianpiero Combi (1902), and Gianluca Vialli (1964).

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