Alin Toșca

Alin Toșca
Personal information
Full name Alin Dorinel Toșca[1]
Date of birth (1992-03-14) 14 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Alexandria, Romania
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Benevento
Number 13
Youth career
2000–2007 Școala de Fotbal Florea Voicilă
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 Steaua București 65 (0)
2017–2019 Betis 23 (0)
2018 → Benevento (loan) 13 (0)
2018–2019 → PAOK (loan) 7 (0)
2019–2023 Gaziantep 105 (0)
2023– Benevento 29 (1)
2023–2024 → Al-Riyadh (loan) 11 (0)
International career‡
2012–2014 Romania U21 10 (0)
2016–2022 Romania 30 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2022

Alin Dorinel Toșca (Romanian pronunciation: [aˈlin doriˈnel ˈtoʃka]; born 14 March 1992) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a centre-back for Italian Serie C Group C club Benevento.

Club career

Early career

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 which 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]

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]

Gaziantep

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

Return to Benevento

On 30 January 2023, Toșca signed with Benevento in Italy once again.[11]

Al-Riyadh

On 20 July 2023, Toșca joined newly promoted Pro League side Al-Riyadh on loan.[12][13]

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.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 December 2024[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Steaua II București 2009–10 Liga II 13 0 0 0 – – – 13 0
2010–11 1 0 0 0 – – – 1 0
Total 14 0 0 0 – – – – – – 14 0
Unirea Urziceni (loan) 2010–11 Liga I 18 0 1 0 – – – 19 0
Săgeata Năvodari 2011–12 Liga II 23 0 0 0 – – – 23 0
Viitorul Constanța 2012–13 Liga I 25 0 0 0 – – – 25 0
2013–14 29 0 2 0 – – – 31 0
Total 54 0 2 0 – – – – – – 56 0
Steaua București 2014–15 Liga I 15 0 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 24 1
2015–16 34 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 43 0
2016–17 16 0 2 0 2 0 9 0 – 29 0
Total 65 0 8 0 8 1 14 0 1 0 96 1
Betis 2016–17 La Liga 17 0 – – – – 17 0
2017–18 6 0 2 0 – – – 8 0
Total 23 0 2 0 – – – – – – 25 0
Benevento (loan) 2017–18 Serie A 13 0 – – – – 13 0
PAOK (loan) 2018–19 Super League 7 0 4 0 – 5 0 – 16 0
Gaziantep 2019–20 Süper Lig 34 0 2 0 – – – 36 0
2020–21 32 0 1 0 – – – 15 0
2021–22 31 0 4 0 – – – 15 0
2022–23 8 0 3 0 – – – 11 0
Total 105 0 10 0 – – – – – – 115 0
Benevento 2022–23 Serie B 16 0 – – – – 16 0
2024–25 Serie C 13 1 1[a] 0 – – – 14 1
Total 29 1 1 0 – – – – – – 30 1
Al-Riyadh (loan) 2023–24 Saudi Pro League 11 0 1 0 – – – 12 0
Career total 362 1 29 0 8 1 19 0 1 0 419 2
  1. ^ Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C

International

As of match played 29 March 2022[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Romania
2016 4 0
2017 6 0
2018 5 0
2019 3 0
2020 5 0
2021 5 1
2022 2 0
Total 30 1
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Toșca goal.
List of international goals scored by Alin Toșca
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 September 2021 Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania 26  Liechtenstein 1–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Steaua București[15]

PAOK[15]

References

  1. ^ Alin Toșca at the Turkish Football Federation
  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. ^ "#CALCIOMERCATO: ALIN TOSCA E' UN CALCIATORE DEL BENEVENTO" (in Italian). Benevento Calcio. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  12. ^ "نادي الرياض يعلن التوقيع مع المدافع الروماني ألين توسكا" (in Arabic).
  13. ^ "Oficial: Alin Toșca a semnat cu Al-Riyadh, nou-promovată în prima ligă saudită".
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ a b c Alin Toșca at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Alin Toșca". European Football. Retrieved 26 March 2017.