Luca Toni

Luca Toni
Luca Toni (2017)
Personnel
birthday	May 26, 1977
place of birth	Pavullo nel Frignano ,  Italy
size	194 cm
position	Storm
Juniors
Years	station
1990-1995	Modena FC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1994-1996	Modena FC	34 0(8)
1996-1997	FC Empoli	3 0(1)
1997-1998	US Fiorenzuola 1922	25 0(2)
1998-1999	AS Lodigiani	31 (15)
1999-2000	FBC Treviso	35 (15)
2000-2001	Vicenza Calcio	31 0(9)
2001-2003	Brescia Calcio	44 (15)
2003-2005	US Palermo	80 (51)
2005-2007	AC Florence	67 (47)
2007-2009	FC Bayern Munich	60 (38)
2009	FC Bayern Munich II	2 0(0)
2010	→  AS Roma  (loan)	15 0(5)
2010-2011	CFC genoa	16 0(3)
2011–2012	Juventus Turin	14 0(2)
2012	Al-Nasr	8 0(3)
2012-2013	AC Florence	27 0(8)
2013-2016	Hellas Verona	95 (48)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2004-2009	Italy	47 (16)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career 2 Status: end of career

Luca Toni (born May 26, 1977 in Pavullo nel Frignano ) is a former Italian football player . He was last active from 2013 to 2016 for the Italian first division club Hellas Verona . He became world champion in 2006 with the senior national team and played a. a. at FC Bayern Munich , with whom he won the German championship and the DFB Cup twice. He was the top scorer in both the Italian and German professional leagues.

Career

societies

Luca Toni's breakthrough came rather late after initially playing for clubs in the second and third Italian leagues.

Time as a "wandering bird" (2000-2005)

At the age of 23 he made the leap to Serie A when he played for the clubs Vicenza Calcio and Brescia Calcio (at the side of Roberto Baggio ) for the next three years without attracting attention as a goal scorer. At Brescia he lost his regular place in the end and so his move to the then second division US Palermo initially seemed like a step backwards, but it turned out to be decisive in his football development. With 30 goals in 45 games, Luca Toni played an important role in Palermo's rise to Serie A and was at the top of the top scorers' list the following year with 20 goals.

AC Florence (2005-2007)

Luca Toni
in the AC Florence jersey

At the beginning of the 2005/06 season he was signed by the up-and-coming traditional club AC Florence for around ten million euros. With 31 goals unattained for decades, he was immediately top scorer in Serie A and winner of the Golden Shoe for Europe's best striker.

His club Fiorentina would have reached the qualifying round for the Champions League 2006/07 in the 2005/06 season, thanks in part to his goals . However, due to the alleged involvement in match-fixing in the 2004/05 season , the club was moved back behind the European Cup ranks. As a result, Luca Toni was repeatedly associated with Inter Milan , also because of his ambitions to play in the Champions League. Toni also ran for Fiorentina in the 2006/07 season .

FC Bayern Munich (2007-2009)

Toni wanted to leave Florence for the 2007/08 season . On May 28, 2007, Fiorentina announced the separation from Toni and the move to FC Bayern Munich . On May 30, 2007, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge confirmed the change to dpa . According to Rummenigge, the transfer was “exactly 11 million euros”, and his annual salary was estimated at 5.7 million euros net. In March 2015, a church tax claim against Luca Toni in the amount of 1.7 million euros for the years 2007 to 2009 became known. From this, a gross income of approx. EUR 28 million for this period can be calculated. Luca Toni signed a contract valid until June 30, 2011. On June 7th, he was presented at a press conference of FC Bayern Munich. In his first three Bundesliga games against Hansa Rostock , Werder Bremen and Hannover 96 , he scored one goal each for his new club. He also marked his first two goals (both 1-0) on the European stage in his first two international appearances, the UEFA Cup matches against Belenenses Lisbon on September 20, 2007 and October 4, 2007. Toni scored his first two goals in the DFB Cup on October 31, 2007 in the third round match against Borussia Mönchengladbach (final score: 3: 1). On February 17, 2008 he managed a hat-trick in the 3-0 away win at Hannover 96 . It was the first three -goal success of a Bayern player since April 29, 1989, when Hans Dorfner scored three times in one half in the 4-0 win against Hannover 96.

On April 19, 2008 Toni scored 1-0 in the DFB Cup final against Borussia Dortmund and scored the decisive goal in extra time to make it 2-1. Thus he contributed to his first title win with a club team. With this double goal success and the three double goals in the previous competitive games Toni set a new Bundesliga record.

Ultimately, Toni was the top scorer in the Bundesliga with 24 goals in 31 games. He scored a total of ten goals in eleven games in the UEFA Cup and five goals in four games in the DFB Cup, making a total of 39 goals in 46 competitive games. In addition, he had scored more goals in his first year in the Bundesliga than any other Bundesliga striker in his first year. Toni was involved in the 1-0 win 26 times in his 46 competitive games (16 goals, 10 assists). He thus caught up with Gerd Müller , who was the sole record holder with 16 goals to make it 1-0.

Luca Toni in
the FC Bayern Munich jersey
(with Miroslav Klose )

The 2008/09 season was as successful at the beginning as the previous season. In 13 league games he scored nine goals; he scored an important goal in the game against his first rival TSG 1899 Hoffenheim when he scored the winning goal shortly before the end. In the second half of this season Toni had to struggle with an Achilles tendon injury for a long time, but still finished the championship with 14 goals in 25 games as the club's top scorer.

The 2009/10 season did not go well for Toni. After several disagreements with his coach Louis van Gaal , Toni only made ten appearances for Bayern, two of them for the second team in the 3rd division , in the DFB Cup and in the Champions League, and four in the Bundesliga. He scored his only goal in the DFB Cup against Eintracht Frankfurt . In the Bundesliga he didn't get a hit in his four appearances. Toni announced his intention to move back to Italy early this season , but this did not materialize until mid-December 2009, when many clubs were interested in the “bargain of the year” because he was allowed to move free. In June 2010 Toni terminated his contract with Bayern Munich.

AS Roma, CFC Genoa, Juventus Turin (2010–2012)

Via a loan deal made during the winter break of the 2009/10 season , Luca Toni was eligible to play for the Italian first division club AS Roma from January 2010 until the end of the season , with which he was initially to receive a two-year contract. FCB initially paid its salary for six months.

He made his debut for Roma on January 6, 2010 against Cagliari Calcio , but after his substitution in the 80th minute, Rome had to accept two hits to make it 2-2. On January 17, Toni scored his first two goals in a 3-0 home win against CFC Genoa in the third game for AS Roma. In the final of the Coppa Italia 2009/10 on May 5, 2010 Toni and Roma lost 1-0 to Inter Milan . In the league, the runner-up championship was reached behind Inter. At the end of the season, Rome took the plans at the beginning of the loan due to the high transfer fee distance from a transfer.

Toni switched to CFC Genoa during the 2010 summer break . On August 28, he made his debut on the first day of the season for the Genoese in a 1-0 win in the away game against Udinese Calcio . On September 19 - in the 1-1 draw against AC Parma - he scored with a penalty to temporarily lead.

Luca Toni
in the jersey of Juventus Turin

During the winter break of the 2010/11 season , Juventus signed Toni. He was supposed to replace Fabio Quagliarella , who had torn a cruciate ligament after the winter break . Toni signed a contract valid until June 30, 2012 and made his debut on January 9, 2011 in the 3-0 defeat in the away game against SSC Napoli . Shortly afterwards he tore his anterior ligament, but made his comeback after three weeks against Cagliari Calcio . Although he was only substituted in in the closing stages, he scored the goal to make it 3-1. It was his first goal for Juventus and also his 100th goal in Serie A.

Al-Nasr (2012)

On January 30, 2012 Toni's transfer to the Al-Nasr Sports Club coached by Walter Zenga in the United Arab Emirates was announced. On February 9, 2012 Toni made his debut in the UAE Arabian Gulf League and crowned his debut in the 2-1 away win at Ajman with the winning goal in the 78th minute.

AC Florence, Hellas Verona (2012-2016)

At the beginning of the 2012/13 season , Luca Toni returned to Italy when he signed with the first division club Fiorentina . With his first league appearance on September 16, 2012 (3rd matchday) and two minutes after being substituted on, he scored his first goal in Serie A since May 22 with the goal to make it 2-0 in the 65th minute 2011. After one season, his expiring contract in Florence was not extended, after which he moved to Serie A promoted Hellas Verona . On the first match day of the 2013/14 season Toni scored both goals for Verona in a 2-1 home win over AC Milan . Toni scored a total of 20 goals this season, finishing second behind Ciro Immobile (22 goals) on the Italian top scorer list.

He finished the 2014/15 season with Hellas Verona in 13th place, with 22 goals - together with the 16 years younger Mauro Icardi from Inter Milan - the title of top scorer. Toni became the oldest top scorer in Serie A. On May 8, 2016 (37th matchday), one week before the end of the 2015/16 season , he played his last league game in the home game against Juventus Turin and ended his active football career, like he had announced in advance. For his club, the bottom of the table prematurely relegated to Serie B, he scored his 48th and last goal in his 95th game with the penalty to make it 1-0 in the 43rd minute and thus contributed to the 2-1 victory against the 2016 champion; in the 85th minute he was substituted on for Juan Gómez.

National team

Toni made his senior national team debut on August 18, 2004 in an international test against Iceland . He scored his first goal for the Squadra Azzurra on September 4, 2004 in Palermo in the qualifying match for the 2006 World Cup in a 2-1 win over Norway . In a friendly match against the selection of Ecuador on 11 June 2005 Toni led the national team because of the absence of the actual captain Fabio Cannavaro and other experienced player for the first time in his career as captain of. On September 7, 2005, he managed a hat trick in the 4-1 win over Belarus .

Luca Toni in the 2006 World Cup final

At the 2006 World Cup in Germany , Toni played six of his team's seven games and was world champion with the Squadra Azzurra . In addition, he was elected to the All-Star Team of the World Cup. Toni scored his only World Cup goals in the quarter-final match against Ukraine on June 30, 2006.

During the qualification for the EM 2008 , Luca Toni scored five goals in six qualifying games. In the decisive game against Scotland in Glasgow on November 17, 2007, which Italy won 2-1, he scored once.

After Toni's strong performances in the 2007/08 season and winning the top scorer rankings, Roberto Donadoni appointed him to the squad for the European Championship , where he failed to score.

He played his last international match on June 21, 2009 at the 2009 Confederations Cup against the selection of Brazil . Toni was not nominated for the Italian squad at the 2010 World Cup by national coach Marcello Lippi .

successes

title

• World Champion : 2006
• German champion : 2007/08 , 2009/10
• DFB Cup winner: 2007/08 , 2009/10
• DFL League Cup winner: 2007
• Italian second division champions : 2003/04

Awards

• Top scorer :
  • Europe : 2006 (62 points)
  • Serie A : 2005/06 (31 hits), 2014/15 (22 hits)
  • Serie B : 2003/04 (30 hits)
  • UEFA Cup : 2007/08 (10 hits)
  • Bundesliga : 2007/08 (24 hits)
• Italy's Footballer of the Year : 2006
• Italy's striker of the year : 2006
• All-Star Team World Championship 2006
• Kicker Striker of the Year : 2008
• Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic : 2006

Others

Luca Toni's special trademark was celebrating the goal, when he seemed to "unscrew" his ear with his right hand. The implied message of this hand movement is: “Avete capito” (“Did you understand that?”). In Italy it was often called "il Bomber" (the bomber, based on Gerd Müller ) or "l'armadio" ("the closet"); Another nickname was "Tonigol".

After the Italian Ruggiero Rizzitelli , who also moved to FC Bayern Munich, Toni was only the second football player of Italian nationality to switch from Serie A to the Bundesliga. He is the first Italian to play an A international as a Bundesliga player.

Toni played a guest role in the sequel to the Italian cult comedy L'allenatore nel pallone ( The Trainer in Chaos ) alongside star comedian Lino Banfi .

Private

Toni is engaged to the Italian model and presenter Marta Cecchetto . Their son was born dead on June 1, 2012 ; their daughter was born in June 2013.

In December 2015, the professional soccer player drew attention to himself with a lawsuit: Since he had to pay millions in church taxes for his time at FC Bayern Munich, he sued his tax advisors. They were accused of not having adequately informed their clients about the amount and existence of the German church tax. The court partially decided in favor of Toni.

Web links

Commons : Luca Toni  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website Tonis
• Luca Toni in the weltfussball.de database
• Luca Toni in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Mission data at the Italian Association (Italian)
• Profile on FootballDatabase.com (English)
• Detailed interview with Giovanni di Lorenzo , Die Zeit, August 21, 2008
• Luca Toni's league games and goals season after season in the RSSSF archive, accessed on July 20, 2011

Individual evidence

1. ^ Cessione Toni: ora è ufficiale. Gazetta dello Sport, March 28, 2007, accessed May 16, 2010 (Italian). 
2. ↑ Ex-professional of FC Bayern arguing about one million euros church tax , Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 23, 2015
3. ↑ Footballer Luca Toni receives church tax reimbursement , religion.org.at
4. ↑ 'Il Bomber' receives its 'cannon'. fcb.de, May 17, 2008, accessed May 16, 2010 . 
5. ↑ Luca Toni is leaving FCB on fcb.de for good.
6. ↑ Perfect! The Roma borrows Toni. kicker-online, December 31, 2009, accessed January 1, 2010 . 
7. ↑ FC Bayern Munich pays Luca Toni a salary of 600,000 euros in Rome. (No longer available online.) Europolitan.de, January 2, 2010, archived from the original on June 4, 2015 ; Retrieved December 4, 2013 . 
8. ↑ Luca Toni leaves AS Roma. (No longer available online.) Rp-online, May 14, 2010, archived from the original on May 26, 2010 ; Retrieved May 16, 2010 . 
9. ↑ Toni's presentation at the museum on genoacfc.it.
10. ↑ Juventus Turin website ( Memento from January 3, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
11. ↑ Kicker from January 7, 2011
12. ↑ Luca Toni screwed herself to the 100th goal ( memento from January 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), augsburger-allgemeine.de.
13. ↑ UAE League 2011/2012 - Schedule
14. ↑ Luca Toni's debut ( Memento from June 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ Article on focus.de.
16. ^ Website of the association
17. ↑ List of goalscorers on weltfussball.com
18. ↑ goal.com from June 1, 2015
19. ↑ Acknowledgments on the association's website.
20. ↑ Report on weltfussball.de.
21. ↑ Luca Toni does not have to pay church tax in full , December 23, 2015, accessed on December 12, 2016.