Michael Tönnies
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{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Michael Tönnies
| fullname =
| height = 1.82 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1959|12|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Essen, West Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2017|1|26|1959|12|19}}
| death_place =
| position = Striker
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1978–1981
| clubs1 = Schalke 04
| caps1 = 7
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1981–1982
| clubs2 = SpVgg Bayreuth
| caps2 = 24
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 1982–1985
| clubs3 = FC Bocholt
| caps3 = 64
| goals3 = 46
| years4 = 1985–1987
| clubs4 = Rot-Weiss Essen
| caps4 = 45
| goals4 = 31
| years5 = 1987–1992
| clubs5 = MSV Duisburg
| caps5 = 179
| goals5 = 101
| years6 = 1992–1994
| clubs6 = Wuppertaler SV
| caps6 = 45
| goals6 = 17
| totalcaps = 364
| totalgoals = 200
| nationalyears1 = 1977–1978
| nationalteam1 = West Germany U-18
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 5
}}
Michael Tönnies (19 December 1959 – 26 January 2017) was a German professional footballer who played as a striker.{{Cite web | url = http://www.n-tv.de/sport/der_sport_tag/Donnerstag-26-Januar-2017-article19650127.html | title = Michael Tönnies - Death announced by MSV via Twitter | date = 26 January 2017 | accessdate = 26 January 2017 | publisher = N-TV}}
Club career
Tönnies played in the (West) German top-flight for FC Schalke 04 and MSV Duisburg and scored in 40 matches 13 goals.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/toenniesdata.html | title = Michael Tönnies - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | author = Matthias Arnhold | date = 10 May 2013 | accessdate = 8 July 2013 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}
Personal life and death
Tönnies was known as a chainsmoker and was diagnosed with lung damage in 2005 and had a lung transplant in April 2013. He died in January 2017, aged 57, of unknown causes.[http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga-michael-toennies-im-alter-von-57-jahren-gestorben-a-1131904.html Ex-Bundesligaspieler Michael Tönnies verstorben] - Der Spiegel {{in lang|de}}
Honours
- Scorer of the second fastest hat-trick in Bundesliga history: six minutes (10th, 11th and 15th minute, 27 August 1991 in a 6–2 win against the Karlsruher SC, he scored five goals overall in that game). The performance was beaten by Robert Lewandowski on 22 September 2015.{{Cite web | url =https://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-five-goal-lewandowski-scores-fastest-bundesliga-hat-201105768--sow.html|title =Soccer-Five-goal Lewandowski nets fastest Bundesliga hat-trick| author = Reuters| date = 22 September 2015 | accessdate = 23 September 2015 | publisher =yahoo.com}}
- Second Fußball-Bundesliga 1990–91 top scorer: 29 goals.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Fussballdaten|toenniesmichael}}
{{German Cup top scorers}}
{{2. Bundesliga top scorers}}
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Category:Footballers from Essen
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Germany men's youth international footballers
Category:FC Schalke 04 players
Category:SpVgg Bayreuth players
Category:1. FC Bocholt players
Category:Rot-Weiss Essen players
Category:Wuppertaler SV players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:West German men's footballers
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