Toni Polster
{{Short description|Austrian footballer (born 1964)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Toni Polster
| image = Polster Toni-7361-fmp (18560369719).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Polster in 2015
| fullname = Anton Polster
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|3|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Vienna, Austria
| height = 1.88 m
| currentclub =
| position = Striker
| youthyears1 = 1973–1981
| youthclubs1 = Austria Wien
| youthyears2 = 1982
| youthclubs2 = 1. Simmeringer SC
| years1 = 1982–1987
| clubs1 = Austria Wien
| caps1 = 146
| goals1 = 119
| years2 = 1987–1988
| clubs2 = Torino
| caps2 = 27
| goals2 = 9
| years3 = 1988–1991
| clubs3 = Sevilla
| caps3 = 102
| goals3 = 55
| years4 = 1991–1992
| clubs4 = Logroñés
| caps4 = 38
| goals4 = 14
| years5 = 1992–1993
| clubs5 = Rayo Vallecano
| caps5 = 31
| goals5 = 14
| years6 = 1993–1998
| clubs6 = 1. FC Köln
| caps6 = 150
| goals6 = 79
| years7 = 1998–1999
| clubs7 = Borussia Mönchengladbach
| caps7 = 38
| goals7 = 15
| years8 = 1999–2000
| clubs8 = Austria Salzburg
| caps8 = 12
| goals8 = 2
| totalcaps = 544
| totalgoals = 307
| nationalyears1 = 1982–2000
| nationalteam1 = Austria
| nationalcaps1 = 95
| nationalgoals1 = 44
| manageryears1 = 2010
| managerclubs1 = LASK Linz (reserve-team)
| manageryears2 = 2011–2013
| managerclubs2 = Wiener Viktoria
| manageryears3 = 2013
| managerclubs3 = Admira Wacker
| manageryears4 = 2014
| managerclubs4 = Wiener Viktoria
}}
Anton "Toni" Polster (born 10 March 1964) is an Austrian professional football coach and former player. He is the all-time leading goalscorer for the Austria national team with 44 goals and was known to fans as "Toni Doppelpack" – "Toni Brace" because of his tendency to score twice in a match.{{cite book|last=Metzger|first=Josef|title=Doppelpack: Fußball mit Herz und Schmäh|date=1998|publisher=Pichler|location=Vienna|language=de|isbn=9783854311461}}{{cite web|last=Polster|first=Toni|title=Toni "Doppelpack" Polster|url=http://tonipolster.at|access-date=17 May 2014|language=de}}
Playing career
Polster came through the Austria Wien youth system to make his professional league debut in August 1982, at 18 years of age.{{Cite news|first=Ronald|last=Korntner|title=Eine Fußball-Legende wird 60 oder Toni Polster von A bis Z|url=https://volksblatt.at/sport/eine-fussball-legende-wird-60-oder-toni-polster-von-a-bis-z-860825/|newspaper=Neues Volksblatt|date=6 March 2024|access-date=23 November 2024|language=de}} He scored his first Bundesliga goal three weeks later and went on to win three league titles and a domestic cup before moving abroad to play a season in Serie A with Torino. Polster then spent the five following years at Spanish teams Sevilla, Logroñés and Rayo Vallecano, ending up with these teams in mid-table as well except for one year, 1989–90, in which Sevilla FC ended in sixth place and played UEFA Cup the following year. In 1990, he finished runner-up in the Spanish goalscoring chart.{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spanhist8999.html | title = Spain, Final Tables 1989-1999 | date = 28 September 2000 | access-date = 28 December 2012 | first = José Vicente | website = RSSSF | last = Tejedor Carnicero}} In 1993, he moved to Germany to spend five years at Köln, again ending up in mid-table every season except for the last one in which he experienced relegation. That made him join Borussia Mönchengladbach next year but they got also relegated at the end of the season and Polster returned to Austria to play a final season at Austria Salzburg.{{Cite web|url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/polsterdata.html|first=Matthias|last=Arnhold|title = Anton Polster {{!}} Matches and Goals in Bundesliga|website=RSSSF|date = 31 July 2014 | access-date = 3 September 2014}} Polster was chosen in Austria's Team of the Century in 2001 and as Austrian Sportsman of the Year in 1997.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
In 1983, Polster was selected for the Austria U20 to play at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.{{cite web | url = https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191120/teams/team=1888244.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071123002903/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191120/teams/team=1888244.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 23 November 2007 | title = 1983 Austria U20 squad | publisher = FIFA| access-date = 28 December 2012}} In November 1982, Polster debuted for the Austria in a 4–0 victory against Turkey, immediately scoring his first goal. He participated at the 1990 and 1998 World Cups.{{FIFA player|174872}} Polster earned 95 caps, scoring a record 44 goals.{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/polster-intlg.html|first=Roberto|last=Mamrud|title = Anton "Toni" Polster - Goals in International Matches|publisher=RSSSF|date = 29 January 2009 | access-date = 28 December 2012}} He overtook the previous goalscoring record, set by Hans Krankl, in November 1996, scoring his 35th goal against Latvia.{{cite news |first=Kieran |last=Daley |title=French record falls to Pedersen |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/french-record-falls-to-pedersen-1351709.html |newspaper=The Independent |date=10 November 1996 |access-date=14 September 2014}}
His final (and record-breaking 94th) international appearance was thought to be a 1998 FIFA World Cup match against Italy in June, but he was given an official farewell match in September 2000 against Iran,{{cite news |title=5:1 – Erfolg im Freundschaftsspiel gegen den Iran: Polster sagt laut "Servus" |url=http://www.rp-online.de/sport/fussball/polster-sagt-laut-servus-aid-1.1535661 |newspaper=Rheinische Post |date=2 September 2000 |access-date=14 September 2014 |language=de}} in which he was substituted in the 21st minute by Christian Mayrleb.{{cite web |url=http://www.oefb.at/_uploads/_elements/3331_file1.pdf |title=Länderspiele von März 2000 |work=Austrian Football Association |access-date=14 September 2014 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606092842/http://www.oefb.at/_uploads/_elements/3331_file1.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2011}} His appearances record was surpassed by Andreas Herzog in May 2002.{{cite news |title=Österreich in BayArena chancenlos |url=http://derstandard.at/956123 |newspaper=Der Standard |date=20 May 2002 |access-date=14 September 2014 |language=de}}
Coaching career
Polster began his coaching career in January 2010 as the reserve-team coach at LASK Linz. In June 2011, he became the head coach of SC Wiener Viktoria in the Austrian 2. Landesliga, the fifth tier league in Austrian football. During his first season at Wiener Viktoria, the team promoted to the fourth tier and consequently one year afterwards to the Austrian Regional League. On 17 June 2013, he accepted his first coaching role in the Austrian Bundesliga, taking over as the head coach of the top-flight side Admira Wacker Mödling.{{cite web | url = https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/020a-0f887b0669ff-76b44d16acc1-1000--admira-give-polster-first-shot-at-the-top-flight/ | title = Admira give Polster first shot at the top flight | publisher = UEFA| date = 18 June 2013 | access-date = 22 July 2013}} After starting the season with three straight defeats, including a 7–1 defeat to newly promoted Scholz Grödig, Polster was fired by Admira on 9 August 2013.{{cite web | url = http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130810/football-polster-sacked-struggling-admira | title = Football: Polster sacked by struggling Admira |newspaper=Global Post|date = 10 August 2013 | access-date = 26 November 2013}}{{cite news|title=Admira tritt gegen Toni Polster nach|url=http://sport.oe24.at/fussball/fussball-national/Admira-tritt-gegen-Toni-Polster-nach/112803533|access-date=13 January 2014|newspaper=Österreich24|date=11 August 2013|language=de}} Polster returned to SC Wiener Viktoria on 13 January 2014.{{cite news|title=Fix! Polster kehrt zu Wiener Viktoria zurück|url=http://sport.oe24.at/fussball/Fix-Polster-kehrt-zu-Wiener-Viktoria-zurueck/127732828|newspaper=Österreich24|access-date=13 January 2014|date=13 January 2014|language=de}}
Personal life
Polster has two children named Anton and Lisa-Marie from his first marriage with Elisabeth Polster.{{Cite web|first=Lisa|last=Ulrich-Gödel|title=Toni Polster spricht über die Beziehung zu seinen Kindern|url=https://www.news.at/news/toni-polster-beziehung-kinder|website=news.at|date=23 March 2014|access-date=23 November 2024|language=de}} The couple divorced in 2008 due to Polster's alleged relationship with other women.{{Cite web|title=Irre Scheidungs-Schlacht|url=https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/scheidungs-schlacht-6121840.bild.html|website=Bild|publisher=Axel Springier AG|date=9 October 2008|access-date=23 November 2024|language=de}} He got married for the second time to a woman named Birgit in 2018.{{Cite news|title=Geheim-Hochzeit: Toni Polster hat sich getraut|url=https://www.oe24.at/leute/oesterreich/geheim-hochzeit-toni-polster-hat-sich-getraut/351521193|newspaper=Österreich24|date=9 October 2018|access-date=23 November 2024|language=de}}
Career statistics
=Club=
| 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"|Cup{{efn|Includes Austrian Cup, Coppa Italia, Copa del Rey and DFB-Pokal}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="6"|Austria Wien
|rowspan="5"|Austrian Bundesliga |26 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8{{efn|name=CWC|Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup}} | 5 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 18 | ||
| 1983–84
|23 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 8{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in UEFA Cup}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 39 | 24 | ||
| 1984–85
|29 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 6{{efn|name=EC|Appearances in European Cup}} | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 41 | 36 | ||
| 1985–86
|34 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 4{{efn|name=EC}} | 4 | colspan="2"|— | 42 | 40 | ||
| 1986–87
|34 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 4{{efn|name=EC}} | 3 | 1{{efn|name=ASC|Appearance in Austrian Supercup}} | 1 | 43 | 47 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!146 | 119 | 23 | 29 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 200 | 165 | |
| Torino
|27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=PO|Appearance in UEFA Cup play-off}} | 0 | 40 | 14 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Sevilla
|rowspan="3"|La Liga |32 | 9 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 9 | ||||
| 1989–90
|35 | 33 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 33 | ||||
| 1990–91
|35 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4{{efn|name=UC}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 43 | 15 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!102 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 110 | 57 | ||
| Logroñés
|La Liga |38 | 14 | 7 | 7 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 45 | 21 | |||
| Rayo Vallecano
|La Liga |31 | 14 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 14 | |||
| rowspan="6"|1. FC Köln
|rowspan="5"|Bundesliga |25 | 17 | 1 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 19 | |||
| 1994–95
|32 | 17 | 5 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 19 | |||
| 1995–96
|28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=IC|Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup}} | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 14 | ||
| 1996–97
|32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 21 | |||
| 1997–98
|33 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5{{efn|name=IC}} | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 39 | 15 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!150 | 79 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 5 | colspan="2"|— | 168 | 88 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Borussia Mönchengladbach
|Bundesliga |31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 14 | |||
| 1999–2000
|7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 4 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!38 | 15 | 5 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 43 | 18 | |||
| Austria Salzburg
|Austrian Bundesliga |12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 5 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!544 | 307 | 64 | 52 | 43 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 653 | 382 |
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=International=
{{main|List of international goals scored by Toni Polster}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/polster-intlg.html|title=Toni Polster - Goals in International Matches|publisher=RSSSF|access-date=23 November 2024}} | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="19"|Austria
|1982 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1985 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 6 | 5 | |
| 1987 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1988 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 6 | 4 | |
| 1990 | 10 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 8 | 5 | |
| 1993 | 7 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 7 | 5 | |
| 1995 | 7 | 7 | |
| 1996 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 8 | 6 | |
| 1998 | 7 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 95 | 44 |
= Managerial =
{{updated|15 May 2014}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by club and tenure |
| rowspan="2"| Team
!rowspan="2"| From !rowspan="2"| To !colspan="9"|Record |
|---|
| G
!W !D !L !GF !GA !GD !Win % !{{Tooltip|Ref.|References}} |
| LASK Linz (A){{ref|a|1}}
{{WDL|16|8|1|7|for=29|against=26|diff=yes}} |
| SC Wiener Viktoria{{ref|a|2}}
{{WDL|33|22|6|5|for=88|against=32|diff=yes}} |
| Admira Wacker Mödling
{{WDL|4|1|0|3|for=4|against=11|diff=yes}} |
| SC Wiener Viktoria
| Present {{WDL|51|19|6|26|for=16|against=34|diff=yes}} |
| colspan="3"| Total
{{WDLtot|104|50|13|41|for=137|against=103|diff=yes}} |
- 1.{{note|a}}Only 2010–11 season matches are included. Matches before 4 January 2010 – 6 August 2010 not included.
- 2.{{note|a}}Only 2012–13 season matches are included. Matches from the 2011–12 season not included.
Honours
Austria Wien
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86
- Austrian Cup: 1985–86
Individual
- Austrian Football Bundesliga Top scorer: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87{{cite web|url=http://www.oberliga-a.at/fussball_a/torschutzen_a.htm |title=Österreichs Torschützenkönige |publisher=Austrian Oberliga|access-date=14 August 2008|language=de|url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915044827/http://www.oberliga-a.at/fussball_a/torschutzen_a.htm |archive-date=15 September 2007 }}
- Austrian Footballer of the Year: 1985–86, 1996–97
- European Golden Shoe: 1986–87{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news/0192-0e6a622799e4-41161eeefe59-1000--esm-golden-shoe-makaay-crowned/?referrer=%2fmemberassociations%2fnews%2fnewsid%3d76255|title=ESM Golden Shoe: Makaay crowned|website=UEFA|date=23 June 2003|access-date=31 May 2020}}
- Kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1993-94{{cite web |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199394/startseite.html |title=Bundesliga Historie 1993/94 |language=de |publisher=kicker |access-date=6 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324155848/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199394/startseite.html |archive-date=24 March 2019}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://tonipolster.at/}}
- [http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=133 Toni Polster] at Austria Archive {{in lang|de}}
- {{NFT player|id=12677}}
- {{Fussballdaten|polstertoni}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|toni-polster}}
{{Austrian Sportsperson of the Year}}
{{1993–94 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season}}
{{Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorers}}
{{Copa del Rey top scorers}}
{{Austrian Footballer of the Year}}
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