Michael Tönnies (19 December 1959 – 26 January 2017) was a German professional footballer who played as a striker.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 December 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Essen, West Germany | ||
Date of death | 26 January 2017 | (aged 57)||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1981 | Schalke 04 | 7 | (0) |
1981–1982 | SpVgg Bayreuth | 24 | (5) |
1982–1985 | FC Bocholt | 64 | (46) |
1985–1987 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 45 | (31) |
1987–1992 | MSV Duisburg | 179 | (101) |
1992–1994 | Wuppertaler SV | 45 | (17) |
Total | 364 | (200) | |
International career | |||
1977–1978 | West Germany U-18 | 3 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Club career
editTönnies played in the (West) German top-flight for FC Schalke 04 and MSV Duisburg and scored in 40 matches 13 goals.[2]
Personal life and death
editTönnies was known as a chainsmoker and was diagnosed with lung damage in 2005 and had a lung transplant in April 2013. He died in January 2017, aged 57, of unknown causes.[3]
Honours
edit- Scorer of the second fastest hat-trick in Bundesliga history: six minutes (10th, 11th and 15th minute, 27 August 1991 in a 6–2 win against the Karlsruher SC, he scored five goals overall in that game). The performance was beaten by Robert Lewandowski on 22 September 2015.[4]
- Second Fußball-Bundesliga 1990–91 top scorer: 29 goals.
References
edit- ^ "Michael Tönnies - Death announced by MSV via Twitter". N-TV. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Matthias Arnhold (10 May 2013). "Michael Tönnies - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ Ex-Bundesligaspieler Michael Tönnies verstorben - Der Spiegel (in German)
- ^ Reuters (22 September 2015). "Soccer-Five-goal Lewandowski nets fastest Bundesliga hat-trick". yahoo.com. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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External links
edit- Michael Tönnies at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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