Toni Polster

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Toni Polster

Full name	Anton Polster
Date of birth	March 10, 1964 (1964-03-10) (age 44)
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1982–1987 1987–1988 1988–1991 1991–1992 1992–1993 1993–1998 1998–1999 2000	FK Austria Wien Torino Sevilla FC CD Logroñés Rayo Vallecano 1. FC Köln Borussia Mönchengladbach SV Austria Salzburg	147 (119) 027 00(9) 102 0(55) 038 0(14) 031 0(14) 151 0(79) 038 0(15) 012 00(2)
National team²
1982-2000	Austria	095 0(44)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Anton ("Toni") Polster (born March 10, 1964 in Vienna) is a former Austrian football (soccer) striker and the all-time leading goalscorer for Austria.

Polster was capped 95 times for Austria, scoring a record 44 goals between 1982 and 2000. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and 1998 FIFA World Cup. On the club level, he played for FK Austria Wien (1982–87), Torino (1987–88), Sevilla FC (1988–91), CD Logroñés (1991–92), Rayo Vallecano (1992–93), 1. FC Köln (1993–98), Borussia Mönchengladbach (1998–99), and SV Austria Salzburg (2000).

He was known to fans as "Doppelpack" Polster - "Twinpack" Polster, because of his reputation for scoring two goals in many matches.^{[citation needed]}

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v • d • e Austria squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 Lindenberger • 2 Aigner • 3 Pecl • 4 Pfeffer • 5 Schöttel • 6 Zsak • 7 Russ • 8 Artner • 9 Polster • 10 Linzmaier • 11 Hörtnagl • 12 Baur • 13 Ogris • 14 Rodax • 15 Keglevits • 16 Reisinger • 17 Pfeifenberger • 18 Streiter • 19 Glatzmeyer • 20 Herzog • 21 Konsel • 22 Konrad • Coach: Hickersberger

v • d • e Austria squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 Konsel • 2 Schopp • 3 Schöttel • 4 Pfeffer • 5 Feiersinger • 6 Kogler • 7 Haas • 8 Pfeifenberger • 9 Vastić • 10 Herzog • 11 Amerhauser • 12 Hiden • 13 Cerny • 14 Reinmayr • 15 Wetl • 16 Wohlfahrt • 17 Mählich • 18 Stöger • 19 Polster • 20 Heraf • 21 Knaller • 22 Kühbauer • Coach: Prohaska

Awards
Preceded by Herbert Prohaska	Austrian Footballer of the Year 1986	Succeeded by Heribert Weber
Preceded by Michael Konsel	Austrian Footballer of the Year 1997	Succeeded by Ivica Vastić
Preceded by Andreas Goldberger	Austrian Sportsman of the year 1997	Succeeded by Hermann Maier