Toni Kroos
Personal information
Full name	Toni Kroos
Date of birth	4 January 1990 (1990-01-04) (age 19)
Place of birth	Greifswald, East Germany
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bayer Leverkusen (on loan from Bayern Munich)
Number	39
Youth career
1997–2002 2002–2006 2006–2007	Greifswalder SC Hansa Rostock Bayern Munich
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007– 2007– 2009–	Bayern Munich II Bayern Munich → Bayer Leverkusen (loan)	13 0(4) 19 0(0) 22 0(4)
National team2
2004–2005 2005–2007 2009– 2008–	Germany U16 Germany U17 Germany U19 Germany U21	08 0(6) 36 (18) 05 0(4)0 09 0(2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:39, 7 November 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 03:39, 7 November 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Toni Kroos (born 4 January 1990 in Greifswald) is a German footballer who plays for Bayer 04 Leverkusen on loan from Bayern Munich as an attacking midfielder.^[1] He has a younger brother, Felix, who plays as a striker for Hansa Rostock.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Bayer Leverkusen 2 National team 3 Honours 4 Career statistics 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

Kroos first played for local club Greifswalder SC, and then transferred to the youth team of Hansa Rostock. Kroos - who plays as a midfielder - changed to Bayern Munich's youth setup in 2006. For the 2007–08 season and on, Kroos was named to the senior team, at the young age of 17. Bayern's manager Uli Hoeneß has stated that in the future Toni will play with the number 10 shirt in the Bayern Munich first team when he has more experience.^[2]

Kroos has made an astounding start to his Bayern career, making his Bayern Munich debut on 26 September 2007 in the 5-0 mauling of Energie Cottbus and instantly providing two assists for the two goals scored by Miroslav Klose within 18 minutes of his appearance.^[3] Kroos also earned Bayern an extremely valuable victory on his UEFA Cup debut away to Red Star Belgrade, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute and providing an assist for Miroslav Klose and then scoring the winning goal with practically the last shot of the match.

[edit] Bayer Leverkusen

He was loaned out to Bayer Leverkusen in 2009. On 18 April 2009 he scored his first goal in the Bundesliga against VfL Wolfsburg which Bayer Leverkusen lost 2-1. Kroos will return on 1 July 2010 to FC Bayern Munich.^[4]

[edit] National team

In the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Toni Kroos was awarded the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player and also won the bronze shoe after scoring five goals.^[5]

Kroos' debut for the national U-21 team came on 5 September 2008 in a 2009 Euro U-21 Championship Qualifier against Northern Ireland. He scored the opening goal in the 11th minute and set up Daniel Halfar in the 38th.^[6]

[edit] Honours

Club Titles

• German League-Cup: 2007
• German Cup: 2008
• Bundesliga: 2008

National Team

• FIFA U-17 World Cup: Third place 2007

Awards

• UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship Golden Player: 2006
• FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007 Golden Ball
• FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007 Bronze Shoe
• Fritz-Walter-Medal 2008 in Gold (Category U18)^[7]

[edit] Career statistics

As of 22 November 2008

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
2007–08	Bayern Munich II	Regionalliga Süd	12	3	-		-		12	3
2007–08	Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	12	0	2	0	6	1	20	1
2008–09	Bayern Munich II	3rd Liga	1	1	-		-		1	1
2008–09	Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	7	0	1	1	-		8	1
2008–09	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga	10	1	3	0	0	0	13	1
2009–10	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga	12	3	2	0	0	0	14	3
Career Total			54	8	8	1	6	1	68	10

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile at FCBayern.de (German)
• Profile at Kicker.de (German)
• Career stats at Fussballdaten.de (German)
• Profile at Transfermarkt.de (German)
• Profile and Videos (German)

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