Toni Leistner

Toni Andreas Leistner (born 19 August 1990) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln, on loan from Championship club Queens Park Rangers.

Toni Leistner
Leistner with Union Berlin in 2016
Personal information
Full name Toni Andreas Leistner[1]
Date of birth (1990-08-19) 19 August 1990
Place of birth Dresden, East Germany
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Central Defender
Club information
Current team
 1. FC Köln
Youth career
0000–2008 SC Borea Dresden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 SC Borea Dresden 26 (2)
2010–2014 Dynamo Dresden II 53 (3)
2010–2014 Dynamo Dresden 21 (0)
2013 → Hallescher FC (loan) 13 (0)
2014–2018 Union Berlin 115 (4)
2018– Queens Park Rangers 65 (2)
2020– → 1. FC Köln (loan) 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:23, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Career

Leistner began his career with Dynamo Dresden, who he joined in 2010 from SC Borea Dresden, primarily as a reserve team player. After a few appearances on the bench he made his first-team debut in April 2011, when he replaced Florian Jungwirth in a 3. Liga match against SpVgg Unterhaching.[2] Dynamo were promoted at the end of the 2010–11 season, and Leistner made three appearances in the 2. Bundesliga the following year. In January 2013 he signed for Hallescher FC on a six-month loan. He returned to Dynamo for the 2013–14 season, and became a first-team regular after the winter break, but was unable to prevent the club being relegated to the 3. Liga. At the end of the season he signed for Union Berlin.

Queens Park Rangers

On 1 July 2018, Leistner signed for Queens Park Rangers on a three-year deal following the expiry of his contract in Germany.[3] He scored his first goal for the club in a 1-0 win against Reading on 2 October 2018.[4]

Leinstner was everpresent in the Rangers defense in his first season at the club, appearing 45 times in all competitions and became a fans favourite, being giving the nickname of BFG, standing for "Big Friendly German" by the Rangers faithful, except the F doesn’t stand for friendly.

After being in and out of team under by new manager Mark Warburton on 30 January 2020, Leistner was loaned out to 1. FC Köln until the end of the 2019–20 season.[5]

Career statistics
As of match played 10 November 2018[6]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dynamo Dresden 2010–11 3. Liga 1000—0010
2011–12 2. Bundesliga 3000—0030
2012–13 2. Bundesliga 1000—0010
2013–14 2. Bundesliga 16000—00160
Total 21000—00210
Hallescher FC (loan) 2012–13 3. Liga 13000—00130
Union Berlin 2014–15 2. Bundesliga 30110—00311
2015–16 2. Bundesliga 26100—00261
2016–17 2. Bundesliga 30120—00321
2017–18 2. Bundesliga 29110—00301
Total 115440—001194
Queens Park Rangers 2018–19 EFL Championship 1610010—171
Career total 16544010001705

Personal life

During the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020, Leistner donated one-month salary to his youth team SC Borea Dresden.[7]

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. "Dynamo Dresden – SpVgg Unterhaching 4:0, 3. Liga, Saison 2010/11, 35.Spieltag – Spielbericht". kicker sportmagazin (in German). 23 April 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  3. "QPR sign centre back Toni Leistner". www.qpr.co.uk. 1 July 2018.
  4. "Reading 0-1 QPR". BBC Sport. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  5. "FC leiht Toni Leistner aus" (in German). 1. FC Köln. 30 January 2020.
  6. Toni Leistner at Soccerway
  7. "SC BOREA DRESDEN: LEISTNER UND JANTSCHKE BEZAHLEN TRAINER". DFB (in German). 19 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.


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