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.

Salvatore Schillaci, the scoring hero of Italia 90. As for “Notti Magiche”, or magical nights, that was the official song of that tournament and it lives on as shorthand in Italy for a summer when the country hosted the World Cup and a Sicilian with a wild look in his eyes made millions of Italians dream.

Totò Schillaci is dead. The former footballer remembered by the entire Italian population for his goals in the 1990 World Cup, was hospitalized in serious condition at the Civico Hospital