Colin Toal

{{Short description|English footballer and manager (born 1948)}}

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| fullname = Colm Joseph Toal{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/focus-is-to-produce-a-competitive-national-team-toal|title=Focus is to produce a Competitive National Team: Toal|website=www.the-aiff.com|publisher=All India Football Federation|date=14 June 2013|access-date=7 June 2024|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/aiff-thanks-colm-toal-for-his-contribution|title=AIFF THANKS COLM TOAL FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION|website=www.the-aiff.com|publisher=All India Football Federation|date=30 April 2014|access-date=5 June 2024|language=en}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|7|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = South London, England

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| position = Forward

| currentclub = Kunming City (manager)

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| clubs1 = Tonbridge Angels

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| clubs2 = Gravesend & Northfleet

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| years3 = 1970–1971

| clubs3 = Wimbledon

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| years4 = 1971–1973

| clubs4 = Maidstone United

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| years5 = 1973–????

| clubs5 = Berea Park

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| manageryears1 = 1978 | managerclubs1 = Halmstad (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 1990–1994 | managerclubs2 = Trelleborg

| manageryears3 = 1996–1997 | managerclubs3 = Norrköping

| manageryears4 = 1998–1999 | managerclubs4 = China (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 2000–2001 | managerclubs5 = Copenhagen (assistant)

| manageryears6 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs6 = Udinese (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 2002–2004 | managerclubs7 = Shanghai 2000

| manageryears8 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs8 = Uzbekistan U20

| manageryears9 = 2006 | managerclubs9 = Panathinaikos (assistant)

| manageryears10 = 2007–2014 | managerclubs10 = India (technical director)

| manageryears11 = 2007–2013 | managerclubs11 = India U20

| manageryears12 = 2015 | managerclubs12 = Shanghai Football School (advisor)

| manageryears13 = 2017 | managerclubs13 = Minerva Punjab (technical director)

| manageryears14 = 2024– | managerclubs14 = Kunming City

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Colm Joseph Toal (born 6 July 1948), often referred to as Colin Toal, is an English football administrator, manager, and former player who is the manager of Chinese Champions League club Kunming City. In his playing career, he was most prominently a forward for the English club Wimbledon, and also played at Tonbridge Angels, Gravesend & Northfleet, Maidstone United, and played with Roy Hodgson at South African club Berea Park.{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicaldons.com/player.php?od=4&id=789|title=Players: Colin Toal|website=www.historicaldons.com|access-date=20 June 2017|archive-date=6 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306102400/http://historicaldons.com/player.php?od=4&id=789|url-status=live}} He managed IFK Norrköping in 1996.{{Cite news|url=http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/colin-toal_prs238038/person.shtml|title=Colin Toal - Player Profile - Football|work=Eurosport British|access-date=20 June 2017|archive-date=25 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825193534/http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/colin-toal_prs238038/person.shtml|url-status=live}} He became the technical director of Indian Football.{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1116/interviews/2009/10/26/1584633/exclusive-interview-with-the-technical-director-of-indian|title=Exclusive Interview With The Technical Director Of Indian Football - Colin Toal - Goal.com|date=26 October 2009|publisher=|access-date=11 June 2017|archive-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830062341/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1116/interviews/2009/10/26/1584633/exclusive-interview-with-the-technical-director-of-indian|url-status=live}} He also worked with Halmstad in 1978,{{cite web|url=https://www.hbk.se/nyheter/2022/juli/hbk-quiz-del-3|title=HBK-Quiz - del 3|website=www.hbk.se|publisher=Halmstads BK|date=7 July 2022|access-date=5 June 2024|language=sv}} and Trelleborg, the China national football team, Copenhagen, Udinese, the Uzbekistan national under-20 football team, and Panathinaikos in the 1990s and 2000s.

In 2024, he was appointed as manager of Chinese Champions League club Kunming City.{{cite web|url=https://www.douyin.com/video/7376634359148858624|title=【第一集】昆明城市足球俱乐部主教练专访来了！在13个国家执教过的 Colm Toal说，他和昆明有个约定。|trans-title=[Episode 1] Kunming City Football Club Head coach interview! According to Colin Toal, who managed in 13 different countries, he has a promise with Kunming.|website=www.douyin.com|publisher=Kunming City F.C.|date=4 June 2024|access-date=5 June 2024|language=zh}}