12 Facts About Toni Polster

Anton "Toni" Polster was born on 10 March 1964 and is an Austrian professional football coach and former player.

Toni Polster 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 in Serie A with Torino.

That made him join Borussia Monchengladbach next year but they got relegated at the end of the season and Toni Polster returned to Austria to play a final season at Austria Salzburg.

Toni Polster was chosen in Austria's Team of the Century in 2001 and as Austrian Sportsman of the Year in 1997.

In 1983, Toni Polster was selected for the Austria U20 to play at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Toni Polster participated at the 1990 and 1998 World Cups.

Toni Polster overtook the previous goalscoring record, set by Hans Krankl, in November 1996, scoring his 35th goal against Latvia.

Toni Polster began his coaching career in January 2010 as the reserve-team coach at LASK Linz.

Toni Polster returned to SC Wiener Viktoria on 13 January 2014.

Toni Polster has two children named Anton and Lisa-Marie from his first marriage with Elisabeth Toni Polster.

The couple divorced in 2008 due to Toni Polster's alleged relationship with other women.

Toni Polster got married for the second time to a woman named Birgit in 2018.