.jpg) Polster in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anton Polster | ||
| Date of birth | (1964-03-10)10 March 1964 (age 61) | ||
| Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | 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 (reserves) | ||
| 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 professionalfootball coach and former player. He was known to fans as "Toni Doppelpack" – "ToniBrace" because of his tendency to score twice in a match.[1][2] He is one of the all-time goalscorers for theAustria national team.
Polster came through theAustria Wien youth system to make his professional league debut in August 1982, at 18 years of age.[3] 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 inSerie A withTorino.[3] Polster then spent the five following years at Spanish teamsSevilla,Logroñés andRayo 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 theSpanish goalscoring chart.[4] In 1993, he moved to Germany to spend five years atKöln, again ending up in mid-table every season except for the last one in which he experienced relegation. That made him joinBorussia Mönchengladbach next year but they got also relegated at the end of the season and Polster returned to Austria to play a final season atAustria Salzburg.[5] Polster was chosen in Austria's Team of the Century in 2001 and asAustrian Sportsman of the Year in 1997.[citation needed]
In 1983, Polster was selected for the Austria U20 to play at the1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.[6] In November 1982, Polster debuted for theAustria in a 4–0 victory againstTurkey, immediately scoring his first goal.[3] He participated at the1990 and1998 World Cups.[7] Polster earned 95 caps, scoring a record 44 goals.[8] He overtook the previous goalscoring record, set byHans Krankl, in November 1996, scoring his 35th goal againstLatvia.[8][9]
His final (and record-breaking 94th) international appearance was thought to be a1998 FIFA World Cup match againstItaly in June, but he was given an official farewell match in September 2000 againstIran,[10] in which he was substituted in the 21st minute byChristian Mayrleb.[11] His appearances record was surpassed byAndreas Herzog in May 2002.[12]
Polster began his coaching career in January 2010 as the reserve-team coach atLASK. In June 2011, he became the head coach of SC Wiener Viktoria in theAustrian 2. Landesliga, the fifth tier league inAustrian football. During his first season at Wiener Viktoria, the team promoted to the fourth tier and consequently one year afterwards to theAustrian Regional League. On 17 June 2013, he accepted his first coaching role in theAustrian Bundesliga, taking over as the head coach of the top-flight sideAdmira 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][15] Polster returned to SC Wiener Viktoria on 13 January 2014.[16]
Polster has two children named Anton and Lisa-Marie from his first marriage with Elisabeth Polster.[17] The couple divorced in 2008 due to Polster's alleged relationship with other women.[18] He got married for the second time to a woman named Birgit in 2018.[19]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Austria Wien | 1982–83 | Austrian Bundesliga | 26 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8[b] | 5 | — | 35 | 18 | |
| 1983–84 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 8[c] | 1 | — | 39 | 24 | |||
| 1984–85 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 6[d] | 3 | — | 41 | 36 | |||
| 1985–86 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 4[d] | 4 | — | 42 | 40 | |||
| 1986–87 | 34 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 4[d] | 3 | 1[e] | 1 | 43 | 47 | ||
| Total | 146 | 119 | 23 | 29 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 200 | 165 | ||
| Torino | 1987–88 | Serie A | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | — | 1[f] | 0 | 40 | 14 | |
| Sevilla | 1988–89 | La Liga | 32 | 9 | — | — | — | 32 | 9 | |||
| 1989–90 | 35 | 33 | — | — | — | 35 | 33 | |||||
| 1990–91 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4[c] | 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 | 4[g] | 3 | — | 33 | 14 | |||
| 1996–97 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 21 | ||||
| 1997–98 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5[g] | 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 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref. | |||
| LASK (A)1 | 4 January 2010[21] | 29 November 2010[21] | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 050.00 | [22] |
| SC Wiener Viktoria2 | 1 July 2011[23] | 17 June 2013[13] | 33 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 88 | 32 | +56 | 066.67 | [24] |
| Admira Wacker Mödling | 17 June 2013[13] | 9 August 2013[15] | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 025.00 | [25] |
| SC Wiener Viktoria | 13 January 2014[16] | Present | 51 | 19 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 34 | −18 | 037.25 | [26] |
| Total | 104 | 50 | 13 | 41 | 137 | 103 | +34 | 048.08 | |||
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