Michael Tönnies (19 December 1959 – 26 January 2017) was a German professional footballer who played as a striker.[1]
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
- ^ "Michael Tönnies - Death announced by MSV via Twitter". N-TV. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Matthias Arnhold (10 May 2013). "Michael Tönnies - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ Ex-Bundesligaspieler Michael Tönnies verstorben - Der Spiegel (in German)
- ^ Reuters (22 September 2015). "Soccer-Five-goal Lewandowski nets fastest Bundesliga hat-trick". yahoo.com. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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External links
- Michael Tönnies at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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