Salvatore Schillaci, the scoring hero of Italia 90. As for “Notti Magiche”, or magical nights, that was the official song of ...

FIFA look back on the magical 1990 World Cup campaign waged on home soil by former Italy striker Toto Schillaci, who passed ...

Some time in the autumn of 1989 it occurred to me that maybe, armed with an ability to get by in Italian and a standard addiction to football, I could land a gig at Italia ’90. Approaching an ...

Italy ’s Prime Minster has led tributes to Salvatore Schillaci after the ‘football icon’ and World Cup hero died at the age ...

This piece was originally published to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Italia 90*** The Italia 90 summer ... where he posed for photos with Ray Houghton and muttered a few complimentary ...

But he went from hot club striker to national hero that summer by scoring six times as Italy reached the semi-finals of Italia 90. “At Juve we were lucky to be excited by him before he did the ...

He was 59. The former Juventus striker scored six goals at Italia 90 as the host nation reached the semifinals. Schillaci finished the tournament with Golden Boot as top scorer and Golden Ball as ...

The world of football is in mourning for the loss of Salvatore Schillaci. Giancarlo Rinaldi pays tribute to the man who burned so brightly at Italy’s home World Cup. We’ve all lost a little ...

Absolute protagonist of the Magic Nights of Italia '90, Totò wrote indelible pages of the history of football with his goals, giving pure joy to Palermitans all over the world". Schillaci was ...

Totò Schillaci, the hero of the magical nights of Italia '90, has died at the age of 59. The Italian World Cup ended in Naples with the semi-final lost against Maradona's Argentina, a match in ...