Tony Kurbos

Zvonko Kurbos
Personal information
Full nameZvonko Kurbos
Date of birth20 October 1960
Place of birthMaribor, FPR Yugoslavia
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
1972–1979Stuttgarter Kickers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1981Stuttgarter Kickers24(3)
1981–1982K.S.K. Tongeren27(5)
1982–1985FC Metz96(38)
1985–1986AS Saint-Étienne28(10)
1986–1987FC Mulhouse31(21)
1987–1989OGC Nice40(6)
1989AS Monaco FC5(0)
1989–1990OGC Nice15(1)
1990–1991USL Dunkerque17(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Zvonko "Toni" Kurbos, better known as Tony Kurbos (born 20 October 1960) is a retired Slovenian-German football player who was a prolific striker, scoring almost 100 goals in his relatively short career.

He is perhaps most famous for scoring a hat-trick against Barcelona on Camp Nou, eliminating them in the first round of 1984 European competition with Metz, something that has been described in British Guardian as the biggest European football upset ever.[1]

In that same year, Kurbos assisted and scored in the extra time of the Coupe de France final. In front of 45.000 spectators Metz won the match against Monaco 2–0, claiming their first major trophy ever.

References

  1. "The Joy of Six: Great European upsets". The Guardian. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

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