Tony Kurbos
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 October 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Maribor, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1972–1979 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1981 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 24 | (3) |
| 1981–1982 | Tongeren | 27 | (5) |
| 1982–1985 | Metz | 96 | (38) |
| 1985–1986 | Saint-Étienne | 28 | (10) |
| 1986–1987 | Mulhouse | 31 | (21) |
| 1987–1989 | Nice | 40 | (6) |
| 1989 | Monaco | 5 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Nice | 15 | (1) |
| 1990–1991 | Dunkerque | 17 | (0) |
| Total | 283 | (84) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Zvonko "Toni" Kurbos, better known as Tony Kurbos (born 20 October 1960) is a German-French former professional footballer who played as a forward. He scored 84 goals in his professional career.
He scored a hat-trick against Barcelona in Camp Nou, eliminating them in the first round of the 1984–85 Cup Winners' Cup with Metz. The match was described in the British Guardian as the biggest European football upset ever.[2]
In that same year, Kurbos assisted and scored in extra time of the Coupe de France final. Metz won the match against Monaco 2–0, claiming their first major trophy ever.
Honours
[edit]Metz
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ Tony Kurbos at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "The Joy of Six: Great European upsets". The Guardian. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
External links
[edit]- Tony Kurbos at WorldFootball.net
- Tony Kurbos at kicker (in German)
- Tony Kurbos at the German Football Association
- Tony Kurbos at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Tony Kurbos at L'Équipe (in French)
- Tony Kurbos at FC Metz (in French)
