Toni Kroos Biography
Toni Kroos is a German professional footballer who is playing for La Liga club Real Madrid (current team) and the Germany national team. His playing position for the team is Midfielder. He is most known for his vision, passing, creativity, and set-piece ability, though he is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world. He began his senior club career playing for Bayern Munich making his debut match at the age of 17 in the year 2007. With the team, he has won two consecutive league titles, a UEFA Champions League title, two DFB-Pokal titles, and was voted into the league team of the season three times. In the year 2014, he joined Real Madrid in a transfer worth €25 million. He became the ninth German player, after Gunter Netzer, Paul Breitner, Uli Stielike, Bernd Schuster, Bodo Illgner, Christoph Metzelder, Mesut Ozil, and Sami Khedira, to join Real Madrid. With Real Madrid, he won nine trophies, including two La Liga titles and three UEFA Champions League titles, which he won consecutively from 2016 and 2018, each time being selected in the competition's team of the season. In addition to this, he has also won Golden Player at the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where he also finished as top goalscorer and won the Golden Ball at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He made his senior debut for Germany in 2010, at age 20, and has appeared in five major tournaments. Scroll more to know more about Toni Kroos Full Biography, Untold Story, Interesting Facts, Personal Life, Birthday Celebration & more.
Toni Kroos is famous for being a German professional footballer who is playing for Real Madrid and the German national team. He is best known for his qualities as a midfielder and his capabilities to play as an attacking midfielder.
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Toni Kroos was born on 4th January 1990 which makes his age 31 as per his birthday as of 2021. He was born in his birthplace; Greifswald, Germany. He holds German nationality and his ethnic background is German-White. His race is White. His Zodiac sign falls under Capricorn and his religion is Christian. Talking about his family, he was born to his parents; Roland Kroos (father), football trainer for youth categories, and Birgit Kammer (mother), former badminton player. Additionally, he also has a sibling, a younger brother named Felix Kroos who is a professional footballer. His educational background has not been revealed by him yet. During his youth, he was a mediocre student and spent a lot of time practicing football, however, he was well-behaved in class and well-liked among his peers at school.
With an athletic body build, Toni Kroos stands tall at the height of 5 ft 11¾ in or 182 cm. His balanced bodyweight consists of 78.5 Kg or 173 lbs. He has a pair of blue eyes color and his hair color is blonde. He has also inked a lot of tattoos on his body. His chest size is 39.5 in or 100 cm, his arms size is 14 in or 35.5 in and his waist size is 32¼ in or 82 cm. He is very conscious about his food intake.
Toni Kroos Career
- Initially, Toni Kroos started his football career with the local club, Greifswalder SC. He then moved to Bayern Munich's youth setup in 2006.
- He was promoted to Bayern's senior team for the 2007-2008 season. He then made his debut for Bayern on 26 September 2007 in a 5-0 defeat of Energie Cottbus becoming the youngest player ever to represent Bayern in a professional match at 17 years, 265 days old later broken by David Alaba in the year 2010.
- He made his UEFA Cup debut on 25th October coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute and providing an assist for Miroslav Klose and then scoring the winning goal, his first for the club, in stoppage time. After that, he made his very first start for the club in a 3-1 defeat away at VfB Stuttgart.
- With 20 appearances for Bayern, including six starts, he ended his very first season; also by scoring three goals in twelve appearances for Bayern Munich II in the Regionalliga Sud.
- Later, he was selected to start in Bayern's opening 2008-2009 Bundesliga match against Hamburger SV. He then made his UEFA Champions League debut as a 79th-minute substitute against Fiorentina on 5th November 2008.
- Bayern then allowed him to join Bayer Leverkusen on 31st January 2009 on an 18-month loan. He made his debut match on 28th February against Hannover 96.
- He scored his first Bundesliga goal on 18th April 2009 with a loss score of 2-1 against VfL Wolfsburg.
- During the 2008-2009 season, he made 13 appearances for Leverkusen in all competitions, scoring once. He then ended the season with nine goals and 12 assists from 33 matches.
- He then returned to Bayern Munich in the summer of the year 2010 and started the match against Germania Windeck on 16th August 2010. He scored the first goal against SC Freiburg on 29th October 2010.
- He ended the 2010-2011 season with 37 appearances in all competitions.
- He played 51 matches in all competitions during the 2011-2012 season, including the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final, where Bayern was beaten on penalties by Chelsea at the Allianz Arena.
- In the 2012-2013 season, he was regarded as an important member. He scored three goals in the team's opening four Bundesliga matches. Not only this but also, he scored his first Champions League goal in Bayern's opening group match against Valencia.
- He suffered an injury in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Juventus and later missed several leagues.
- For the 2013-2014 season, he returned from the injury and played in the German Super Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. He scored his first goal on 4th October 2013 against Bayer Leverkusen after his injury.
- He then scored his second goal of the season against Arsenal in the Champions League on 19th February 2014.
- On 17th July 2014, Real Madrid announced that they had reached an agreement for the transfer of Kroos, signing a six-year deal for an undisclosed fee. Whereas, the press reported that Kroos had cost between €24 and €30 million. Greifswalder SV 04, the successor to his first youth team, received €60,000 from the transfer.
- He then made his debut match against Sevilla in the 2014 UEFA Super Cup on 12th August 2014. He scored his first goal for the team against Rayo Vallecano.
- Similarly, he helped the team win the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup, leading the tournament in assists. He was named to the FIFPro World XI and the UEFA Team of the Year.
- He was a regular starter when the team won the 2015-2016 Champions League, his second Champions League trophy.
- After that, he signed a new contract until 2022 on 12th October 2016. He was a regular starter when Madrid won the 2016-2017 La Liga and later defended their title in the 2016-2017 Champions League.
- He made twelve appearances when Madrid won their third consecutive and 13th overall Champions League title during the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League.
- He then won his record fifth FIFA Club World Cup after his team defeated Al Ain FC with a 4-1 margin in the final on 22nd December 2018.
- Again, he expanded his contract with the club on 20th May 2019 until 2023.
- In the beginning of the year 2020 on 12th January, he won the 2019-20 Supercopa de Espana with Real Madrid beating the local rivals Atletico Madrid on penalties.
- He was a regular starter during the league season, scoring four goals, as Real Madrid won the 2019-2020 La Liga.
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Toni Kroos International Career
- Moving towards his international career, he made his debut for the national U-21 team on 5th September 2008 in a 2009 Euro U-21 Championship Qualifier against Northern Ireland scoring the opening goal in the eleventh minute of the match.
- He was then called up to the senior Germany team for the first time, for a training session in Sindelfingen in January 2010 and was even named in the squad for the following match, a friendly against Argentina on 3rd March 2010, in which he made his debut for the national side.
- He was also selected to Joachim Low's 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. In addition to this, he made his FIFA World Cup debut in Germany's final group-stage match versus Ghana.
- He also made his appearance in Germany's qualification campaign for UEFA Euro 2012.
- During Germany's 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign, he scored his first two competitive international goals in a 6-1 win over the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.
- Later, he was named in Germany's squad for the 2014 World Cup. In the semi-final against the host nation Brazil, Kroos scored two goals two minutes apart (24' and 26') in Germany's 7-1 win.
- What's more, he was even included in Germany's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 4th June 2018.
- On 13th October 2020, he played his 100th match for Germany in a 3-3 draw against Switzerland in the 2020-2021 UEFA Nations League A.
Toni Kroos Awards, Achievements & Honors
Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga: 2007-08, 2012-13, 2013-14
- DFB-Pokal: 2012-13, 2013-14
- DFL-Supercup: 2012
- UEFA Champions League: 2012-13
- UEFA Super Cup: 2013
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2013
Real Madrid
- La Liga: 2016-17, 2019-20
- Supercopa de España: 2017, 2019-20
- UEFA Champions League: 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
- UEFA Super Cup: 2014, 2017
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
Germany
- FIFA World Cup: 2014
Individual
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Golden Player: 2006
- FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Ball: 2007
- FIFA U-17 World Cup Bronze Shoe: 2007
- Fritz-Walter-Medal U18 Gold Medal: 2008
- kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2009-10, 2011-12, 2013-14
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
- FIFA FIFPro World11: 2014, 2016, 2017
- FIFA FIFPro World11 2nd team: 2015, 2018
- FIFA FIFPro World11 nominee: 2019 (9th midfielder)
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2014, 2016, 2017
- IFFHS World's Best Playmaker: 2014
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2014
- FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2014
- Castrol Performance Index: 2014 FIFA World Cup Castrol Index Winner
- Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2014
- German Player of the Year: 2014
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016
- UEFA La Liga Team of the Season: 2016-17, 2019-20
- IFFHS World's Best Playmaker (Bronze): 2016
- IFFHS World's Best Playmaker (Silver): 2017
- IFFHS Men's World Team: 2017
- German Footballer of the Year: 2018
- GQ German Athlete of the Year: 2019
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Toni Kroos Wife, Jessica Farber
Toni Kroos is a married man. He married his beautiful girlfriend-turned wife, Jessica Farber on 13th June 2015. The duo is also blessed with a son named Leon who was born on 14th August 2013 and a daughter named Amelie who was born on 20th July 2016. The couple is enjoying their present life happily without any disturbances. His sexual orientation is straight and he is not gay.
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Toni Kroos Net Worth & Salary
By profession, Toni Kroos is a German professional soccer player. As of 2021, the net worth of Toni Kroos is estimated to have $25 Million. Without a doubt, he is receiving a cool amount of salary from his current team, Real Madrid. The exact salary amount of Kroos is still to get unfold yet but there is no doubt in the mind of his follower that he is receiving a considerable amount of money from his career. In 2014, he joined Real Madrid in a transfer worth €25 million. His major source of wealth comes from his football career. Whereas, his incomes also boost up from endorsement deals such as Addidas, Hugo Boss, and Nivia. He has also shown up in TV commercials for PlayStation, Sport 1, and VIVA Kuwait. He also owns a house on the island of Mallorca which worth $1.6 Million.
