Former Italy and Juventus striker Salvatore Schillaci, a star of the 1990 World Cup on his home soil, has died at the age of 59, his former club Inter Milan said on Wednesday.

Italy’s Prime Minster has led tributes to Salvatore Schillaci after the ‘football icon’ and World Cup hero died at the age of 59. Ex-Italy striker Schillaci, better known as ‘Toto’, was the top scorer at the 1990 World Cup and also took home the Golden Ball award for the best player in the tournament.

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