Totò Schillaci has died: the former champion was 59 years old

The illness, the improvement and then the collapse of his physical condition a few hours ago. Unfortunately a few minutes ago he passed away Toto Schillaci, who passed away at the civic hospital in Palermo following a serious colon cancer that he had been fighting for some time.

Here is a small tribute to a great champion.

Totò Schillaci has left us: the champion passed away at 59 years old

For days his physical condition had not given much hope and unfortunately a few minutes ago the former football champion passed away definitively Toto SchillaciThe footballer passed away at the civic hospital in Palermo where he had been undergoing treatment for some time to combat the spread of a colon cancer.

A few days ago the doctors had spoken of a slight improvementbut everything changed yesterday, when his physical condition drastically worsened. The footballer was hospitalised at the Pulmonology departmentas his illness had been tormenting him for several days.

Unfortunately, the disease had reached a stage that was very difficult to deal with, which is why even the doctors never had any great hopes. hopes in one of his recovery. He, however, never gave up and fought against his tumor until the last moment.

In memory of the footballer

There Death of Totò Schillaci has marked a great loss in the world of football, as he is a player who has truly given so much satisfaction to all the teams he has played for. We remember him, in the meantime, for the great deeds he accomplished in World of 1990.

The man leaves behind three children, Jessica, Mattia and Nicolewho are suffering greatly from his loss. In the past Schillaci played for very important teams such as Juve and Inter, before arriving in Italian National Team first as a reserve and then as a starter.

Totò then lived for several years in Japanbut in 1997 he decided to return to Italy. For a few years he then took part in various television programs such as The Island of the Famous and last year even to Beijing Express. We therefore join in the family’s grief.