Toni Polster

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Playing careerEdit

Polster came through the Austria Wien youth system to make his professional league debut in August 1982, at 18 years of age.<ref name="Volksblatt">Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name="Volksblatt"/> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Polster was chosen in Austria's Team of the Century in 2001 and as Austrian Sportsman of the Year in 1997.Template:Citation needed

In 1983, Polster was selected for the Austria U20 to play at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In November 1982, Polster debuted for the Austria in a 4–0 victory against Turkey, immediately scoring his first goal.<ref name="Volksblatt"/> He participated at the 1990 and 1998 World Cups.<ref>Template:FIFA player</ref> Polster earned 95 caps, scoring a record 44 goals.<ref name="international">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He overtook the previous goalscoring record, set by Hans Krankl, in November 1996, scoring his 35th goal against Latvia.<ref name="international"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in which he was substituted in the 21st minute by Christian Mayrleb.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His appearances record was surpassed by Andreas Herzog in May 2002.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Coaching careerEdit

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.<ref name="Admira give Polster first shot at the top flight">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Admira tritt gegen Toni Polster nach">Template:Cite news</ref> Polster returned to SC Wiener Viktoria on 13 January 2014.<ref name="Fix! Polster kehrt zu Wiener Viktoria zurück">Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

Polster has two children named Anton and Lisa-Marie from his first marriage with Elisabeth Polster.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The couple divorced in 2008 due to Polster's alleged relationship with other women.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He got married for the second time to a woman named Birgit in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Career statisticsEdit

ClubEdit

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			CupTemplate:Efn		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Austria Wien	1982–83	Austrian Bundesliga	26	11	1	2	8Template:Efn	5	—		35	18
	1983–84		23	13	8	10	8Template:Efn	1	—		39	24
	1984–85		29	24	6	9	6Template:Efn	3	—		41	36
	1985–86		34	32	4	4	4Template:Efn	4	—		42	40
	1986–87		34	39	4	4	4Template:Efn	3	1Template:Efn	1	43	47
	Total		146	119	23	29	30	16	1	1	200	165
Torino	1987–88	Serie A	27	9	12	5	—		1Template:Efn	0	40	14
Sevilla	1988–89	La Liga	32	9	—		—		—		32	9
	1989–90		35	33	—		—		—		35	33
	1990–91		35	13	4	1	4Template:Efn	1	—		43	15
	Total		102	55	4	1	4	1	—		110	57
Logroñés	1991–92	La Liga	38	14	7	7	—		—		45	21
Rayo Vallecano	1992–93	La Liga	31	14	0	0	—		—		31	14
1. FC Köln	1993–94	Bundesliga	25	17	1	2	—		—		26	19
	1994–95		32	17	5	2	—		—		37	19
	1995–96		28	11	1	0	4Template:Efn	3	—		33	14
	1996–97		32	21	1	0	—		—		33	21
	1997–98		33	13	1	0	5Template:Efn	2	—		39	15
	Total		150	79	9	4	9	5	—		168	88
Borussia Mönchengladbach	1998–99	Bundesliga	31	11	4	3	—		—		35	14
	1999–2000	2. Bundesliga	7	4	1	0	—		—		8	4
	Total		38	15	5	3	—		—		43	18
Austria Salzburg	1999–2000	Austrian Bundesliga	12	2	4	3	—		—		16	5
Career total			544	307	64	52	43	22	2	1	653	382

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InternationalEdit

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National team	Year	Apps	Goals
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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
Total		95	44

ManagerialEdit

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Managerial record by club and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Template:Tooltip
1\|[1]}}	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	29 November 2010<ref name="LASK Linz (A) » Trainerhistorie"/> Template:WDL	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2\|[2]}}	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17 June 2013<ref name="Admira give Polster first shot at the top flight"/> Template:WDL	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Admira Wacker Mödling	17 June 2013<ref name="Admira give Polster first shot at the top flight"/>	9 August 2013<ref name="Admira tritt gegen Toni Polster nach"/> Template:WDL	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
SC Wiener Viktoria	13 January 2014<ref name="Fix! Polster kehrt zu Wiener Viktoria zurück"/>	Present Template:WDL	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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1.<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^{{#if:| }} Only 2010–11 season matches are included. Matches before 4 January 2010 – 6 August 2010 not included.
2.<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^{{#if:| }} Only 2012–13 season matches are included. Matches from the 2011–12 season not included.