Luca Toni on Sunday will play the last match in his career.
Point in the career of a professional footballer Tony put in the upcoming match with Juventus striker, “Verona” decided to say goodbye to football in front of fans of his latest club.
“Sunday’s match will be the last in my professional career. It was a painful decision. But I will be pleased to share this moment with the fans at the stadium in Verona,” said 38-year-old forward.
Luca Toni was widely considered one of the top football travelers of his generation – over 22 years, the striker has managed to change 15 clubs (“Modena”, “Empoli”, “Fiorenzuola”, “Lodigiani”, “Treviso”, “Piacenza”, Brescia, Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern, Genoa, Juventus, “al-Nasr” and “Verona”).
Tony was twice top scorer of Serie A, led the scoring race in the Bundesliga and UEFA Cup. The Italian was twice German champion, took the Cup and the super Cup.
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At the international level, Luca Toni in the Italian national team played 47 matches and scored 16 goals. Ukrainian fans well remember Tony’s quarterfinal victory for Italy’s 2006 world Cup – then ramming forward twice defeated Alexander Shovkovsky, while Italy defeated Ukraine with the score 3:0.
