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Michael Tönnies (19 December 1959 – 26 January 2017) was a German professional footballer who played as a striker.[1]

Michael Tönnies

Personal information
Date of birth	(1959-12-19)19 December 1959
Place of birth	Essen, West Germany
Date of death	26 January 2017(2017-01-26) (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)
National team
1977–1978	West Germany U-18	3	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Tönnies 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

Tönnies 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

• 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

External links

• Michael Tönnies at fussballdaten.de (in German)

На других языках

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[it] Michael Tönnies

Michael Tönnies (Essen, 12 dicembre 1959 – Essen, 26 gennaio 2017) è stato un calciatore tedesco, di ruolo attaccante.

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