Toni Polster

Anton Polster 2013

Anton " Toni" Polster ( born March 10, 1964 in Vienna ) is a retired Austrian football player and coach.

Anton Polster was a three time with Austria Wien Austrian champion (1984-1986) and in the 1980s and 1990s, one of the most successful and popular Austrian football player.

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6.2 Advertising
6.3 Music
6.4 Literature

Career as a player

Cushion began his career in 1973 in the youth team of Austria Wien, changed in 1982 briefly 1 Simmering SC, but returned in the same year returned to Austria, where he played very successfully until 1987.

In 1987, he was about 39 goals scored to win the Golden Boot UEFA, the then but got 44 in part manipulated outside the Romanian Rodion Cămătaru. 2007 upholstery was awarded subsequently also the Golden Boot for that year.

After he had become three times top scorer in the Austrian Bundesliga and won three league titles with Austrian Austria Wien, he played in the 1987/88 season for Torino Calcio. In 1988 the header strong center forward in the Spanish first division for FC Sevilla, where he become one of the most prolific players in the league advanced ( second in the scoring charts in 1990/91 ). His other stations in Spain were Logroñés CD (1991 /92) and Rayo Vallecano (1992 /93). From 1993 to 1998 cushion played in the German Bundesliga at the 1 FC Cologne, where he in 1994/95 together with Bruno Labbadia formed the most successful strike duo the league and the 1996/97 second scorer was. After the descent of Cologne in 1998 he played in the first and in the second league for Borussia Mönchengladbach, before he moved on loan in January 2000, Austria Salzburg, where he ended his career.

Between 1982 and 2000, graduated cushion 95 caps for the Austrian national team, in which he scored 44 goals. He is in Austria's national statistics in second place behind Andreas Herzog ( 103 inserts ) and before Gerhard Hanappi who brought it to 93 missions. He is also the most successful Austrian National team scorer. The key play in the national team was the qualifier on 15 November 1989 against the GDR, as a cushion was booed by the home crowd. In this game, he scored three goals and was celebrated at the end of the game. Nevertheless, he went immediately after the final whistle in the cab and did not celebrate with the audience and the rest of the team reaching the World Cup finals. Since this game pad is a celebrated hero in his homeland. In 1990 he took part in the World Cup in Italy in 1998 at the World Cup finals in France; at both tournaments the Austrian team failed to qualify for the knockout stages. Pad was elected in 1997 in Austria and Athlete of the Year for the second time after 1986 also Footballer of the Year.

Career as a manager, consultant, trainer

In January 1997 cushion took over the presidency at the Cologne district division side SV Weiden, for which he was employed in October 2000 again. From 2001 to 2004 Anton Polster worked in marketing for Borussia Mönchengladbach. In the winter of 2004 upholstery returned as team manager back to his original club Austria Wien back and could make you listen internationally by reaching the UEFA Cup quarter- finals. On 1 June 2005 upholstery was released after differences with Frank Stronach of this without notice. From cushion view the dismissal was unjustified, so he sued successfully to loss of earnings.

In early 2010 cushion adviser of the Austrian Bundesliga LASK Linz. He also coached the amateur team of the club in the fourth division Upper Austrian league and promotion to the Regionalliga. In order to obtain the license in 2011, saved the LASK and also had to part of upholstery.

Since autumn 2011 cushion coached SC Wiener Viktoria. In the first year the Wiener Viktoria managed to climb from the 5th league (Oberliga A) in the Vienna City League and the second year they threw the Serie A club Kapfenberg from the OFB Cup.

For the 2013/14 season cushion came over from Didi Kühbauer as coach of the Austrian Bundesliga Admira Wacker and was discharged after three defeats and a goal difference of 2:11 goals in the first three league games already on 9 August 2013.

On 13 January 2014 it was announced that Toni Polster was again obliged as coach of SC Wiener Viktoria. He solved thus from Andreas Reisinger as a coach.

Stations in Management

2001-2004: Borussia Moenchengladbach (Marketing)
2004-2005: FK Austria Wien (General Manager)

Statistics as a player

Successes as a player

Title

3 x Austrian Champion: 1984, 1985, 1986
1 x Austrian Cup winner: 1986
3 x Austrian Cup Final: 1984, 1985, 2000
1 x Super Cup Final: 1986

Personal Awards

Media figure

TV

In 2005 he achieved in the first edition of the ORF - show series Dancing with the Stars with his dance partner Michaela Heintzinger the final. Cushion moderated in Premiere Austria as a football expert and was during the 2008 European Championship co-commentator at the SRG. He has his own column in the newspaper Austria. In the German private television, he was seen as a candidate in Boarding or Capsizing (RTL) and Extreme Activity ( ProSieben). In June 2008, he won the Perfect Celebrity Dinner on VOX and donated the profits to a children's charity.

Advertising

Anton Polster advertises numerous products: News for Volkswagen, source, Wettstudio.at, Moeller and the recruiter Trenkwalder and, since December 2011 for C7 ( Club7 poker).

Music

After a Cup defeat in Ulm Anton Polster had the Cologne Ring festival in 1997 a ten- minute performance with the "scene band" fabulous Thekenschlampen ( " Toni, please let bolster " ) whereupon him his club, the 1st FC Cologne, with a fine and a warning had threatened. However, the sporting director Rühl had to admit that he loudly License player contract private public appearances can not forbid, as long as technical and organizational processes of the club will not be disturbed.

Together with the band Achtung Liebe published cushion the albums Toni Walk on 9 (2006 ) and 12 league titles (2008).

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