Toni Polster
Polster in 2015
Personal information
Full name Anton Polster
Date of birth (1964-03-10) 10 March 1964
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1973–1981 Austria Wien
1982 1. Simmeringer SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1987 Austria Wien 146 (119)
1987–1988 Torino 27 (9)
1988–1991 Sevilla 102 (55)
1991–1992 Logroñés 38 (14)
1992–1993 Rayo Vallecano 31 (14)
1993–1998 1. FC Köln 150 (79)
1998–1999 Borussia Mönchengladbach 38 (15)
1999–2000 Austria Salzburg 12 (2)
Total 544 (307)
International career
1982–2000 Austria 95 (44)
Managerial career
2010 LASK Linz (reserve-team)
2011–2013 Wiener Viktoria
2013 Admira Wacker
2014– Wiener Viktoria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Polster's top flight coaching debut at Admira Wacker lasted just three league games before he was sacked on 10 August 2013.[1]

Club career

Polster came through the Austria Wien youth system to make his professional league debut in August 1982, at 18 years of age. 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. He 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.[2] 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.[3]

He was known to fans as "Toni Doppelpack" – "Toni Brace", because of his reputation for scoring two goals in many matches.[4][5]

Polster was chosen in Austria's Team of the Century in 2001 and as Austrian Sportsman of the Year 1997.

International career

In 1983, Polster was selected for the Austria U20's to play at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.[6]

He had already made his senior debut for Austria in November 1982 against Turkey, immediately scoring his first goal, and was a participant at the 1990 World Cup and 1998 World Cup.[7] He earned 95 caps, scoring a record 44 goals.[8] He overtook the previous goalscoring record, set by Hans Krankl, in November 1996, scoring his 35th goal against Latvia.[8][9]

His final (and record-breaking 94th) international 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,[10] in which he was substituted in the 21st minute by Christian Mayrleb.[11] His appearances record was surpassed by Andreas Herzog in May 2002.[12]

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 in Austrian football. During his first season at Wiener Viktoria, the team promoted to the fourth-tier and consequently a year after to the third division, the so-called 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.[13] 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.[14] Polster returned to SC Wiener Viktoria on 13 January 2014.[15]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Austria Wien 1982–83 Austrian Bundesliga 2611128[lower-alpha 2]5—3518
1983–84 23138108[lower-alpha 3]1—3924
1984–85 2924696[lower-alpha 4]3—4136
1985–86 3432444[lower-alpha 4]4—4240
1986–87 3439444[lower-alpha 4]31[lower-alpha 5]14347
Total 1461192329301611200165
Torino 1987–88 Serie A 279125—1[lower-alpha 6]04014
Sevilla 1988–89 La Liga 329———329
1989–90 3533———3533
1990–91 3513414[lower-alpha 3]1—4315
Total 102554141—11057
Logroñés 1991–92 La Liga 381477——4521
Rayo Vallecano 1992–93 La Liga 311400——3114
1. FC Köln 1993–94 Bundesliga 251712——2619
1994–95 321752——3719
1995–96 2811104[lower-alpha 7]3—3314
1996–97 322110——3321
1997–98 3313105[lower-alpha 7]2—3915
Total 150799495—16888
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1998–99 Bundesliga 311143——3514
1999–2000 2. Bundesliga 7410——84
Total 381553——4318
Austria Salzburg 1999–2000 Austrian Bundesliga 12243——165
Career total 5443076452432221653382
  1. ↑ Includes Austrian Cup, Coppa Italia, Copa del Rey and DFB-Pokal
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. 1 2 3 Appearances in European Cup
  5. ↑ Appearance in Austrian Supercup
  6. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Cup play-off
  7. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[16]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 198211
198430
198541
198665
198762
198861
198964
1990101
199120
199285
199371
199475
199577
199662
199786
199873
200010
Total9544
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Polster goal.
List of international goals scored by Toni Polster
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
117 November 1982Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna, Austria Turkey1–04–0UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
27 May 1985Liebenau Stadium, Graz, Austria Cyprus2–04–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification
326 March 1986Stadio Friuli, Udine, Italy Italy1–01–2Friendly
427 August 1986Tivoli, Innsbruck, Austria  Switzerland1–01–1Friendly
515 October 1986Liebenau Stadium, Graz, Austria Albania2–03–0UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
6 29 October 1986Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria West Germany1–04–1Friendly
72–1
81 April 1987Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Spain2–22–3Euro 1988 qualifying
929 April 1987Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania Albania1–01–0Euro 1988 qualifying
102 November 1988Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Turkey1–03–21990 FIFA World Cup qualification
1120 May 1989Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany East Germany1–01–11990 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 15 November 1989Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria East Germany1–03–01990 FIFA World Cup qualification
132–0
143–0
1528 March 1990Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga, Spain Spain2–23–2Friendly
1625 March 1992Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary Hungary1–01–2Friendly
1714 April 1992 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Lithuania3–04–0Friendly
1827 May 1992De Baandert, Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands Netherlands1–22–3Friendly
192 September 1992Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria Portugal1–01–1Friendly
2028 October 1992Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Israel3–05–21994 FIFA World Cup qualification
2114 April 1993Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Bulgaria3–13–11994 FIFA World Cup qualification
222 June 1994Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria  Germany1–41–5Friendly
23 7 September 1994Sportpark, Eschen, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein1–04–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
243–0
254–0
2612 October 1994Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Northern Ireland1–11–2UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
27 29 March 1995Stadion Lehen, Salzburg, Austria Latvia4–05–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
285–0
29 26 April 1995Stadion Lehen, Salzburg, Austria Liechtenstein2–07–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
304–0
31 11 June 1995Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Republic of Ireland1–13–1UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
323–1
3316 August 1995Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia Latvia1–22–3UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
3424 April 1996Népstadion, Budapest Hungary1–02–0Friendly
359 November 1996Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Latvia1–02–11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
368 June 1997Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia Latvia2–03–11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
37 20 August 1997Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia1–03–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
382–0
393–0
40 11 October 1997Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Belarus1–04–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
413–0
42 2 June 1998Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Liechtenstein1–06–0Friendly
436–0
4411 June 1998Stadium Municipal, Toulouse, France Cameroon1–11–11998 FIFA World Cup

Managerial

As of 15 May 2014
Managerial record by club and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref.
LASK Linz (A)1 4 January 2010[17] 29 November 2010[17] 16 8 1 7 29 26 +3 050.00 [18]
SC Wiener Viktoria2 1 July 2011[19] 17 June 2013[13] 33 22 6 5 88 32 +56 066.67 [20]
Admira Wacker Mödling 17 June 2013[13] 9 August 2013[14] 4 1 0 3 4 11 −7 025.00 [21]
SC Wiener Viktoria 13 January 2014[15] Present 51 19 6 26 16 34 −18 037.25 [22]
Total 104 50 13 41 137 103 +34 048.08
  • 1.^ Only 2010–11 season matches are included. Matches before 4 January 2010 – 6 August 2010 not included.
  • 2.^ Only 2012–13 season matches are included. Matches from the 2011–12 season not included.

Honours

Club

Austria Wien

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Football: Polster sacked by struggling Admira". globalpost.com. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente (28 September 2000). "Spain, Final Tables 1989-1999". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Matthias Arnhold (31 July 2014). "Anton Polster - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Metzger, Josef (1998). Doppelpack : Fußball mit Herz und Schmäh. Wien: Pichler. ISBN 9783854311461.
  5. ↑ Polster, Toni. "Toni "Doppelpack" Polster". Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "1983 Austria U20 squad". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Toni Polster – FIFA competition record (archived)
  8. 1 2 Mamrud, Roberto Mamrud (29 January 2009). "Anton "Toni" Polster - Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  9. ↑ Daley, Kieran (10 November 1996). "French record falls to Pedersen". The Independent. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "5:1 – Erfolg im Freundschaftsspiel gegen den Iran: Polster sagt laut "Servus"". Rheinische Post (in German). 2 September 2000. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  11. ↑ "Länderspiele von März 2000" (PDF). Austrian Football Association (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Österreich in BayArena chancenlos". Der Standard (in German). 20 May 2002. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  13. 1 2 3 "Admira give Polster first shot at the top flight". UEFA.com. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  14. 1 2 "Admira tritt gegen Toni Polster nach". Österreich (in German). 11 August 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  15. 1 2 "Fix! Polster kehrt zu Wiener Viktoria zurück" (in German). 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  16. ↑ "Toni Polster - Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  17. 1 2 "LASK Linz (A) » Trainerhistorie". Worldfootball. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  18. ↑ "LASK Linz (A) » Dates & results 2010/2011". Worldfootball. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  19. ↑ "SC Wiener Viktoria » Trainerhistorie". Worldfootball. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  20. ↑ "SC Wiener Viktoria » Dates & results 2012/2013". Worldfootball. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  21. ↑ "FC Admira Wacker" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  22. ↑ "SC Wiener Viktoria » Dates & results 2013/2014". Worldfootball. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  23. ↑ "Österreichs Torschützenkönige". www.oberliga-a.at. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
  24. ↑ "ESM Golden Shoe: Makaay crowned". UEFA. 23 June 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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