Toni Kroos

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Personal information
Toni Kroos
Full name	Toni Kroos
Date of birth	January 4, 1990 (1990-01-04) (age 18)
Place of birth	Greifswald, East Germany
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bayern Munich
Number	39
Youth clubs
1997–2002 2002–2006 2006–2007	Greifswalder SC F.C. Hansa Rostock Bayern Munich
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007– 2007–	Bayern Munich II Bayern Munich	12 0(3) 12 0(0)
National team²
2004–2005 2005–2007	Germany Under-16 Germany Under-17	08 0(6) 34 (17)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 17, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 26, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Toni Kroos (born January 4, 1990 in Greifswald) is a German footballer who plays for Bayern Munich. He has a elder brother, whose name is Felix Kroos, who now plays as a striker for the youth team of Hansa Rostock.

Kroos first played for local club Greifswalder SC, and then transferred to the youth team of Hansa Rostock. Kroos - who plays as a midfield playmaker - changed to Bayern Munich's youth setup in 2006, and it has been announced that he will be made part of Bayern's first-team for the 2007-08 season, at the young age of 17. Recently Uli Hoeneß has said that in the future Toni will play with the number 10 shirt in the Bayern Munich first team when he has more experience.^[1]

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.^[2]

Kroos has made an astounding start to his Bayern career, making his Bayern Munich debut on September 26, 2007 in the 5-0 mauling of FC 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.

1 Honours
2 Career statistics
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Honours

Club Titles

National Team

FIFA U-17 World Cup: Third place 2007

Awards

[edit] Career statistics

**All-Time Club Performance**
Club	Season	Bundesliga		DFB Cup		UEFA		Total
Club	Season	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Bayern Munich
	07-08	12	0	2	0	6	1	20	1
	Total	12	0	2	0	6	1	20	1
	Career Totals	12	0	2	0	6	1	20	1

[edit] References

^ FCB vow to nurture and protect Kroos’ rare talent. FC Bayern (2007-09-19). Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
^ Shining Starlets Pocket Prizes. FIFA (2007-09-09). Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
^ Hitzfeld's Review. FC Bayern (2007-05-21). Retrieved on 2007-05-28.

[edit] External links

(German) Career stats at fussballdaten.de
(German) Profile at FCBayern.de
(German) Profile and Videos

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FC Bayern Munich – current squad

2 Sagnol • 3 Lúcio • 5 Van Buyten • 6 Demichelis • 7 Ribéry • 8 Altintop • 9 Toni • 11 Podolski • 15 Zé Roberto • 16 Ottl • 17 Van Bommel • 18 Klose • 20 Sosa • 21 Lahm • 22 Rensing • 23 Jansen • 27 Sikorski • 28 Celozzi • 30 Lell • 31 Schweinsteiger • 33 Kraft • 34 Wagner • 35 Breno • 36 Fürstner • 37 Saba • 39 Kroos • — Borowski • — Butt • Coach: Klinsmann

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FC Bayern Munich II – current squad

1 Kraft • 2 Celozzi • 3 Kokocinski • 4 Linke • 5 Saba • 6 Schwarz • 7 Stier • 8 Fürstner • 9 Nagorny • 10 Kroos • 12 Grün • 13 Haas • 14 Niedermeier • 15 Kopplin • 16 Rieß • 17 Görlitz • 18 Sikorski • 19 Wagner • 20 Höferth • 21 D. Yilmaz • 22 Rensing • 23 Heinze • 24 Curet • 25 Schütz • 26 Badstuber • 27 Bopp • 29 Rohracker • 44 Benede • 46 Y. Yilmaz • Coach: Gerland