SOCCER PLAYER

Salvatore Schillaci

1964 - 2024

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Salvatore Schillaci (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre skilˈlaːtʃi]; 1 December 1964 – 18 September 2024), commonly known as Totò Schillaci, was an Italian professional footballer who played as a striker. During his club career, he played for Messina (1982–1989), Juventus (1989–1992), Internazionale (1992–1994) and Júbilo Iwata (1994–1997). At the international level, Schillaci was the surprise star of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, as he helped Italy to a third-place finish on home soil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Salvatore Schillaci has received more than 1,609,016 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Salvatore Schillaci is the 300th most popular soccer player (up from 432nd in 2019), the 1,423rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,765th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Salvatore Schillaci ranks 300 out of 21,273. Before him are Alain Giresse, Hugo Meisl, Uli Stielike, Ricardo Quaresma, Dragoslav Šekularac, and Bo Larsson. After him are Brian Clough, Waichiro Omura, Wesley Sneijder, José Santamaría, Julen Lopetegui, and Valentino Mazzola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Salvatore Schillaci ranks 44. Before him are Andy Serkis, Mehriban Aliyeva, Dražen Petrović, Oleksandr Turchynov, Lady Sarah Chatto, and Giuseppe Conte. After him are Chris Cornell, C. C. Catch, Miguel Induráin, Abedi Pele, Uday Hussein, and Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg. Among people deceased in 2024, Salvatore Schillaci ranks 74. Before him are Caterina Valente, Norman Jewison, Daniel Dennett, Geneviève Grad, Issa Hayatou, and Yael Dayan. After him are John Mayall, Micheline Presle, Helena Rojo, Artur Jorge, Bob Newhart, and Sergio Sebastiani.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Salvatore Schillaci ranks 1,423 out of 5,161. Before him are Saint Sabina (100), Saverio Mercadante (1795), Calpurnia (-77), Tyrannius Rufinus (345), Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa (1750), and Giovanni Angelo Becciu (1948). After him are Louis I of Etruria (1773), Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (-220), Lella Lombardi (1941), Alesso Baldovinetti (1425), Ruggero Deodato (1939), and Giovanni il Popolano (1467).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Salvatore Schillaci ranks 30. Before him are Alessandro Costacurta (1966), Gaetano Scirea (1953), Lorenzo Buffon (1929), Alessandro Nesta (1976), Angelo Schiavio (1905), and Gennaro Gattuso (1978). After him are Valentino Mazzola (1919), Giovanni Ferrari (1907), Gianpiero Combi (1902), Marco Materazzi (1973), Simone Inzaghi (1976), and Mario Balotelli (1990).

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