Anton Polster
Polster with 1. FC Köln
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Anton Polster | ||
| Date of birth | 10 March 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1981 | Austria Wien | ||
| 1982 | 1. Simmeringer SC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1987 | Austria Wien | 147 | (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 | 151 | (79) |
| 1998–1999 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 38 | (15) |
| 1999–2000 | Austria Salzburg | 12 | (2) |
| Total | 546 | (307) | |
| National team | |||
| 1982–2000 | Austria | 95 | (44) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010 | LASK Linz (reserve-team) | ||
| 2011–2013 | Wiener Viktoria | ||
| 2013 | Admira Wacker | ||
| 2014– | Wiener Viktoria | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Anton "Toni" Polster (born 10 March 1964) is a retired Austrian footballer and current coach. He is the all-time leading goalscorer for Austria and the singer of the Austrian band Achtung Liebe.
Polster's top flight coaching debut at Admira Wacker lasted just three league games before he was sacked 10 August 2013.
Polster came through the Austria Wien youth system to make his professional league debut in August 1982, at 18 years of age. 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 for Serie A mid-table side Torino. He then spent the five following years at Spanish teams Sevilla, Logroñés and Rayo 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 the Spanish goalscoring chart. In 1993, he moved to Germany to spend five years at Köln, again ending up in mid-table every season except for the last one in which he experienced relegation. That made him join Borussia Mönchengladbach next year but they got also relegated at the end of the season and Polster returned to Austria to play a final season at Austria Salzburg.
He was known to fans as "Doppelpack" Polster – "Twinpack" Polster, because of his reputation for scoring two goals in many matches.
Polster was chosen in Austria's Team of the Century in 2001 and as Austrian Sportsman of the Year 1997.
In 1983, Polster was selected for the Austria U20's to play at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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