Alin Toșca

Alin Dorinel Toșca (Romanian pronunciation: [aˈlin doriˈnel ˈtoʃka]; born 14 March 1992) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left back or central defender for Turkish club Gaziantep F.K..

Alin Toșca
Personal information
Full name Alin Dorinel Toșca[1]
Date of birth (1992-03-14) 14 March 1992
Place of birth Alexandria, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Gaziantep
Number 6
Youth career
2000–2007 Florea Voicilă Alexandria
2007–2009 Steaua București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Steaua II București 14 (0)
2010–2011 → Unirea Urziceni (loan) 18 (0)
2011–2012 Săgeata Năvodari 23 (0)
2012–2014 Viitorul Constanța 54 (0)
2014–2017 FCSB 65 (0)
2017–2019 Betis 23 (0)
2018 → Benevento (loan) 13 (0)
2018–2019 → PAOK (loan) 7 (0)
2019– Gaziantep 53 (0)
National team‡
2012–2014 Romania U21 10 (0)
2016– Romania 23 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2020

Club career

Early years

Born in Alexandria, Teleorman County, Toșca came through FC Steaua București's youth system and made his professional debut with its reserve team. He was loaned out to Unirea Urziceni where he played his first Liga I match on 11 September 2010, against Steaua.[2]

Toșca also had a brief spell with Săgeata Năvodari before joining Viitorul Constanța in 2012, with whom he made over 50 appearances.

Steaua București

In March 2014, it was announced that FC Steaua București signed Toșca for an undisclosed fee, with the player due to join the squad in the summer.[3] He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 14 December 2014, contributing to a 3–0 away win over Politehnica Iași for the season's Cupa Ligii.[4]

Real Betis

On 24 January 2017, Toșca moved to Spanish side Real Betis on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[5] He made his La Liga debut five days later, featuring the full 90 minutes against Barcelona in a 1–1 home draw.[6]

After falling down the pecking order, Toșca agreed to a five-month loan deal with Italian club Benevento on 31 January 2018.[7][8] On 24 August 2018, he was loaned to Greek first division club PAOK for the 2018–19 campaign with a purchase option.[9]

Gazişehir Gaziantep

On 21 July 2019, after being released by Real Betis, he signed a two-year contract with Turkish side Gazişehir Gaziantep.[10]

International career

Toșca earned his first cap for Romania on 23 March 2016, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 friendly win against Lithuania, in Giurgiu.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of 8 October 2020[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Steaua II București 2009–10 Liga II 13000–––130
2010–11 1000–––10
Total 14000––––––140
Unirea Urziceni (loan) 2010–11 Liga I 18010–––190
Săgeata Năvodari 2011–12 Liga II 23000–––230
Viitorul Constanța 2012–13 Liga I 25000–––250
2013–14 29020–––310
Total 54020––––––560
Steaua București 2014–15 Liga I 15050410000241
2015–16 34010205010430
2016–17 160202090–290
Total 650808114010961
Betis 2016–17 La Liga 170––––170
2017–18 6020–––80
Total 23000––––––250
Benevento (loan) 2017–18 Serie A 130––––130
PAOK (loan) 2018–19 Super League 7020–50–140
Gaziantep 2019–20 Süper Lig 34020–00–360
2020–21 15000–––150
Total 49020––––––510
Career total 266015081190103091

International
As of 8 October 2020[13]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Romania
201640
201760
201850
201930
202010
Total190

Honours

Steaua București

PAOK

References
  1. "Alin Dorinel Toşca". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. "Surpriză! Steaua, învinsă de Unirea Urziceni" [Shock! Steaua, defeated by Unirea Urziceni]. România Liberă (in Romanian). 11 September 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. "Primul transfer al Stelei: Alin Toşca revine în Ghencea din vară. Povestea emoţionantă a fundaşului stânga" [First transfer of Steaua: Toșca returns to Ghencea in the summer. The heartwarming story of the left back] (in Romanian). ProSport. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. "Alin Toşca a marcat pentru Steaua București în Cupa Ligii" [Alin Toșca scored for Steaua București in the League Cup] (in Romanian). Teleorman Sport. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  5. "Real Betis signs Alin Tosca for the next five seasons". Real Betis. 24 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  6. "Late Luis Suarez strike earns Barcelona a point at Real Betis". ESPN FC. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  7. "Official: Tosca to Benevento". Football Italia. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  8. "Alin Tosca al Benevento" [Alin Toșca to Benevento] (in Italian). Benevento Calcio. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  9. Παίκτης του ΠΑΟΚ ο Αλίν Τόσκα [Alin Toșca, new PAOK player] (in Greek). PAOK FC. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  10. "Alin Tosca, Gazişehir Gaziantep'te" [Alin Tosca in Gazişehir Gaziantep] (in Turkish). Haber turk. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  11. "România – Lituania 1–0. "Tricolorii" au câştigat primul amical din 2016. Gol superb al lui Stanciu" [Romania – Lithuania 1–0. "The Tricolours" won the first friendly of 2016. Wonder goal by Stanciu] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  12. Alin Toșca at Soccerway
  13. "Alin Toșca". European Football. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
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