Salvatore Schillaci, better player of the world cups in 1990
Salvatore Schillaci more known by his nickname like Totó, is a born Italian ex-player on December 1, 1964.
His reputation owes, principally, to his participation in the Cup of the World of 1990, in his country, going out of reservation and turning into one of the best players of the party. He stood out for his strong and accurate square.
It entered to 36 seconds of the time substituting Carnevale. Passed exactly two minutes, the forward of the Juventus scored the goal of the victory in favor of the Italian team.
The Italian press was not late in proclaiming him a champion with holders so explosive as: "Totó, you make us dream”, “Con Totó the holiday does not end” or “Totó the genius of the goal”. These were some of the epithets given by the press of the epoch.
Also, more than 20.000 persons came closer his house, of a quarter of Palermo, to admire to his new idol. He was the gunner of the Cup of the World of 1990, with 6 goals in whole.
In 1994 he decided to begin to play in Japan. There it received the pseudonymic one of “Totó-San“, as it was re-baptized playing for Exhilaration Iwata. His it hired finished in 1998, date in which it finished his career as professional sportsman.
At present he is a trainer in a school of soccer of his city, in addition to presenting the sports program in the RAI.
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