Zvonko Kurbos

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Zvonko Kurbos (called Toni or Tony, born October 20, 1960 in Maribor ) is a German - Slovenian football player and coach . He now has French citizenship.

career

Zvonko Kurbos began his career as a youth player at SV Prag Stuttgart and from 1972 played in the youth team of the Stuttgarter Kickers . In 1979 he won there on the side of players like Guido Buchwald , the A-Youth Championship of the DFB . From 1979 he played for two years for Kickers in the 2nd Bundesliga before moving to Belgium for the first division club SK Tongeren for the 1981/82 season. He then went to France in Ligue 1 . He stayed for three years at his first stop, FC Metz , with whom he won the French Cup in 1984 . With his six goals in the game against Olympique Nîmes , he has been one of the post-war record holders in Ligue 1 since 1984. Furthermore, Kurbos was instrumental in the sensational 4-1 victory of FC Metz at Camp Nou against FC Barcelona with three goals and helped him Team after a 2: 4 defeat in the first leg to a completely unexpected qualification.

Then followed two years with the lower class teams of AS Saint-Étienne and FC Mulhouse . In 1987 he returned to the top division, this time to OGC Nice . For the 1988/89 season he was loaned to AS Monaco , but where he could not prevail and went back to Nice during the season. In 1990 he moved to the second French division for another year at USL Dunkerque and then to JS Saint-Pierre on Réunion .

In 1992 he returned to Germany as a player- coach for the Leonberger district club TSV Eltingen , where he also ended his active career. In the 1996/97 season he coached the amateur club. In 1998 Kurbos turned his back on Germany and settled near Nice.

successes

  • 1979 German A youth champion with the Stuttgarter Kickers
  • 1984 French cup winner with FC Metz

Games

  • 1st division France: 157 games, 46 goals
  • 1st League Belgium 35 games, 17 goals
  • 2. Bundesliga Germany: 24 games, 3 goals
  • 2nd division France: 67 games, 33 goals

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personal data
SURNAME Kurbos, Zvonko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Slovenian soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Maribor , Yugoslavia