Basic Information

•   ♦ Full Name: Toni Kroos

•   ♦ Date of Birth: 4 January 1990

•   ♦ Place of Birth: Grefswald, East Germany
  

•   ♦ Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
  

•   ♦ Position: Midfielder

•   ♦ Team: Real Madrid

•   ♦ Retirement: Kroos announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2023/24 season, having just won a UEFA Champions League and La Liga double with Los Blancos.

•   ♦ His Parents: The Toni Kroos family is arguably one with a sports history. His father, Roland Kroos, was a professional wrestler and later a football coach. His mother, Birgit Kammer, was a German badminton player who became a biology teacher. Toni also has a younger brother, Felix.

•   ♦ His Wife & Kids: In 2015, Toni Kroos married his girlfriend Jessica Farber. They currently have two sons and a daughter.

The Story of Toni Kroos

• I mentioned above that his parents are both sports enthusiasts. In such an environment, it was difficult for Toni not to be influenced by them, and he also developed a great interest in sports. Although his academic grades were not particularly good, he was a disciplined student at school and an important member of the school's football team. His father, Roland, was in charge of training him, and under his father's guidance, Tony gradually developed some amazing skills. Slowly, Tony began to put in a lot of time training himself.

• His first official football game was with the local football club "Greifswalder FC". He played for them until the age of 17 when he joined the youth team of "Bayern Munich". Although he neglected his studies because of football training, but fortunately his efforts in football paid off and he was selected to the "Bayern" senior team.

• He made his first appearance for Bayern Munich in September 2007 in the "Bundesliga" against "Energie Cottbus". He was only 17 at the time.

• In July 2014, "Real Madrid" officially announced the signing of Toni, mentioning that he would join their team until 2020. Finally, on August 12, 2014, he made his debut for Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla, which eventually won the game. He played an important role in this game. 
  

• In Madrid, Kroos won twenty-one trophies, including four La Liga titles and five UEFA Champions League trophies, three of which he won consecutively from 2016 to 2018.  He was named in the Champions League team of the season each time.  He was named in the FIFA FIFPRO World 11 and UEFA Team of the Year three times each, and the La Liga Team of the Season twice.  He was named the IFFHS World's Best Playmaker in 2014 and German Footballer of the Year in 2018 and 2024.

• His international record has also been excellent over the years. Also because of his outstanding performance he won a place in the German national team. He scored five goals in the 2007 Under-17 World Cup and won the Ballon d'Or at the end of the game. Anyone who knows this award should know that the Ballon d'Or is only awarded to the best player in the game.

• Kroos was included in the final Germany squad for the UEFA Euro 2024, which he announced in May that would be his final tournament as a professional footballer at home.  He went on to help the team reach the quarterfinals, where they lost against Spain by 2–1 after extra time. In 2024, Kroos retired from professional football.