Anton Fink

{{short description|German professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Anton Fink

| image = Anton Fink.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Fink with Karlsruher SC in 2009

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|7|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dachau, West Germany

| height = 1.71 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub = SSV Ulm 1846

| clubnumber = 11

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1996

| youthclubs1 = SC Maisach

| youthyears2 = 1996–2005

| youthclubs2 = 1860 Munich

| years1 = 2008–2009

| clubs1 = 1860 Munich

| caps1 = 61

| goals1 = 9

| years2 = 2008–2009

| clubs2 = SpVgg Unterhaching

| caps2 = 38

| goals2 = 21

| years3 = 2009–2012

| clubs3 = Karlsruher SC

| caps3 = 55

| goals3 = 11

| years4 = 2011

| clubs4 = → VfR Aalen (loan)

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 6

| years5 = 2011–2012

| clubs5 = Karlsruher SC II

| caps5 = 2

| goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2012–2017

| clubs6 = Chemnitzer FC

| caps6 = 197

| goals6 = 86

| years7 = 2017–2020

| clubs7 = Karlsruher SC

| caps7 = 96

| goals7 = 26

| years8 = 2020–2022

| clubs8 = SSV Ulm 1846

| caps8 = 25

| goals8 = 3

| years9 = 2022–

| clubs9 = FC Nöttingen

| caps9 = 15

| goals9 = 3

| club-update = 18 November 2022

}}

Anton Fink (born 30 July 1987) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Oberliga Baden-Württemberg club FC Nöttingen. He has scored the most 3. liga goals of all time (136).

Career

After playing youth football with SC Maisach and TSV 1860 Munich,{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/anton-fink/spieler/2-bundesliga/2011-12/karlsruher-sc|title=Profile|access-date=23 January 2017|language=German|publisher=Kicker}} Fink has played senior football for SpVgg Unterhaching, Karlsruher SC, VfR Aalen and Chemnitzer FC.{{soccerway|anton-fink/38315|accessdate=30 July 2017}}

Between 2017 and 2020 he had second, three-year spell with Karlsruher SC at the end of which he helped the club avoid relegation from the 2. Bundesliga, scoring 3 goals in 22 appearances.

On 1 July 2020, Fink joined Regionalliga Südwest side SSV Ulm 1846 having agreed a two-year contract.{{cite web |title=SSV Ulm 1846 Fußball: Anton Fink kommt vom Karlsruher SC nach Ulm |url=https://www.swp.de/sport/fussball-lokal/donau-iller/ssv-ulm-1846-fussball-anton-fink-kommt-vom-karlsruher-sc-nach-ulm-47463720.html |website=Südwest Presse Online |accessdate=1 July 2020 |language=German |date=1 July 2020}}{{cite web |title="Vollblutfußballer" Fink wechselt von Karlsruhe nach Ulm |url=https://www.kicker.de/_vollblutfussballer_fink_wechselt_von_karlsruhe_nach_ulm-778776/artikel |website=kicker |access-date=1 July 2020 |language=German |date=1 July 2020}}

On 4 July 2022 FC Nöttingen announced that Fink will join them.

Career statistics

{{Updated|1 July 2020}}{{cite web |title=Anton Fink » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/anton-fink/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |accessdate=4 November 2018}}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cup !colspan="2"\|League Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="4"\|1860 Munich II \|2005–06 \|rowspan="3"\|Regionalliga Süd \|7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
2006–07 \|25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	2
2007–08 \|29	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	6
colspan="2"\|Total !61	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	9
SpVgg Unterhaching \|2008–09 \|3. Liga \|38	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	39	21
rowspan="4"\|Karlsruher SC \|2009–10 \|2. Bundesliga \|32	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	34	8
2010–11 \|2. Bundesliga \|13	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	3
2011–12 \|2. Bundesliga \|10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
colspan="2"\|Total !55	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	59	11
VfR Aalen (loan) \|2010–11 \|3. Liga \|14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	6
Karlsruher SC II \|2011–12 \|Regionalliga Süd \|2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
rowspan="7"\|Chemnitzer FC \|2011–12 \|3. Liga \|17	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	10
2012–13 \|3. Liga \|36	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	37	20
2013–14 \|3. Liga \|36	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	12
2014–15 \|3. Liga \|38	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	40	19
2015–16 \|3. Liga \|35	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	36	15
2016–17 \|3. Liga \|35	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	12
colspan="2"\|Total !197	86	4	2	0	0	0	0	201	88
rowspan="4"\|Karlsruher SC \|2017–18 \|rowspan="2"\|3. Liga \|36	8	1	0	0	0	2	0	39	8
2018–19 \|38	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	39	15
2019–20 \|2. Bundesliga \|22	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	3
colspan="2"\|Total !96	26	4	0	0	0	2	0	102	26
SSV Ulm ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
FC Nöttingen ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
colspan="3"\|Career totals !363	163	13	2	0	0	2	0	478	165