Toni Leistner
{{short description|German footballer (born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| image = Tleistnerunionberlin (cropped).jpg
| caption = Leistner with Union Berlin in 2016
| fullname = Toni Andreas Leistner{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/general-news/efl-squad-numbering-06.09.2019.pdf |title=Notification of shirt numbers|publisher=English Football League |accessdate=15 October 2019}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|8|19}}
| birth_place = Dresden, East Germany
| height = 1.90 m
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Hertha BSC
| clubnumber = 37
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Verkehrsbetriebe Dresden
| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2008 | youthclubs2 = Borea Dresden
| years1 = 2008–2010 | clubs1 = SC Borea Dresden | caps1 = 26 | goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2010–2014 | clubs2 = Dynamo Dresden II | caps2 = 53 | goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2010–2014 | clubs3 = Dynamo Dresden | caps3 = 21 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2013 | clubs4 = → Hallescher FC (loan) | caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2014–2018 | clubs5 = Union Berlin | caps5 = 115 | goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2018–2020 | clubs6 = Queens Park Rangers | caps6 = 65 | goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2020 | clubs7 = → 1. FC Köln (loan) | caps7 = 13 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2020–2021 | clubs8 = Hamburger SV | caps8 = 19 | goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2021–2023 | clubs9 = Sint-Truiden | caps9 = 49 | goals9 = 2
| years10 = 2023– | clubs10 = Hertha BSC | caps10 = 37 | goals10 = 0
| club-update = 24 December 2024
}}
Toni Andreas Leistner (born 19 August 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for {{German football updater|HerthaBe}} club Hertha BSC.{{WorldFootball.net|toni-leistner}}
Career
Leistner began his career with Dynamo Dresden, who he joined in 2010 from Borea Dresden, primarily as a reserve-team player. After a few appearances on the bench he made his first-team debut in April 2011, when he replaced Florian Jungwirth in a 3. Liga match against SpVgg Unterhaching.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/dresden-gegen-unterhaching-2011-liga-1015884/analyse|title=Dynamo Dresden – SpVgg Unterhaching 4:0, 3. Liga, Saison 2010/11, 35.Spieltag – Spielbericht|work=kicker sportmagazin|language=German|date=23 April 2011|access-date=24 April 2011}} Dynamo were promoted at the end of the 2010–11 season, and Leistner made three appearances in the 2. Bundesliga the following year. In January 2013 he signed for Hallescher FC on a six-month loan. He returned to Dynamo for the 2013–14 season, and became a first-team regular after the winter break, but was unable to prevent the club being relegated to the 3. Liga. At the end of the season, he signed for Union Berlin.
=Queens Park Rangers=
On 1 July 2018, Leistner signed for Queens Park Rangers on a three-year deal following the expiry of his contract in Germany.{{cite press release|url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/club-news/qpr-sign-centre-back-toni-leistner/|title=QPR sign centre back Toni Leistner|publisher=QPR|date=1 July 2018}} He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win against Reading on 2 October 2018.{{cite news
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45634935|title=Reading 0-1 QPR |publisher=BBC Sport|date=2 October 2018|accessdate=7 October 2018}}
Leistner was ever-present in the Rangers defense in his first season at the club, appearing 45 times in all competitions.
After being in and out of team under by new manager Mark Warburton on 30 January 2020, Leistner was loaned out to 1. FC Köln until the end of the 2019–20 season.{{cite press release|url=https://fc.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/fc-leiht-toni-leistner-aus/|title=FC leiht Toni Leistner aus|language=de|publisher=1. FC Köln|date=30 January 2020}}
On 28 August 2020, Leistner had his contract terminated by mutual consent.{{cite press release|url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/club-news/toni-leistner-departs/|title=Toni Leistner departs|publisher=QPR|date=28 August 2020|accessdate=28 August 2020}} The same day he became a new Hamburger SV player.{{cite press release|url=https://www.hsv.de/news/toni-leistner-wechselt-zum-hsv|title=Toni Leistner wechselt zum HSV|publisher=Hamburger SV|date=28 August 2020|accessdate=28 August 2020}}
=Hertha=
On 7 July 2023, Leistner signed a two-year deal with Hertha BSC.{{cite web|publisher=Hertha BSC|url=https://www.herthabsc.com/en/news/2023/07/transfer-toni-leistner-2324|title=Hertha BSC sign Toni Leistner|date=7 July 2023}}
Personal life
During the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020, Leistner donated one-month salary to his youth team SC Borea Dresden.{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/sc-borea-dresden-leistner-und-jantschke-bezahlen-trainer-214966/|title=SC BOREA DRESDEN: LEISTNER UND JANTSCHKE BEZAHLEN TRAINER|website=DFB|date=19 April 2020|accessdate=1 June 2020|language=German}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 10 November 2018}}{{soccerway|toni-leistner/156996}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|Dynamo Dresden
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12
|3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13
|2. Bundesliga |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14
|2. Bundesliga |16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|—||0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Hallescher FC (loan)
|3. Liga |13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="5"|Union Berlin
|2. Bundesliga |30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16
|2. Bundesliga |26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17
|2. Bundesliga |30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18
|2. Bundesliga |29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!115 | 4 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|—||0 | 0 | 119 | 4 | |||
| Queens Park Rangers
|43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 44 | 2 | ||
| Queens Park Rangers
|22 |0 |3 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |25 |0 | ||||||||||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!165 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 6 |
References
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External links
- {{fussballdaten|leistnertoni|Toni Leistner}}
{{Hertha BSC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leistner, Toni}}
Category:Footballers from Dresden
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Dynamo Dresden players
Category:Dynamo Dresden II players
Category:Hallescher FC players
Category:1. FC Union Berlin players
Category:Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Category:Sint-Truidense V.V. players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:German expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England
Category:German expatriate sportspeople in England
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Category:21st-century German sportsmen
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