Toni Kroos (born 4 January 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid. He plays mainly as a central midfielder, but has also been deployed as a deep-lying playmaker in his career. Regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, he is known for his vision, passing, creativity, crossing and set-piece ability.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Toni Kroos

Personal information
Full name
Toni Kroos[1]
Date of birth
4 January 1990 (age 33)[2]
Place of birth
Greifswald, East Germany
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s)
Midfielder

Team information
Current team
Real Madrid
Number
8
Youth career
1997–2002
Greifswalder SC
2002–2006
Hansa Rostock
2006–2007
Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2007–2008
Bayern Munich II
13
(4)
2007–2014
Bayern Munich
130
(13)
2009–2010
→ Bayer Leverkusen (loan)
43
(10)
2014–
Real Madrid
291
(22)
International career
2005–2007
Germany U17
34
(17)
2009
Germany U19
5
(3)
2008–2009
Germany U21
10
(2)
2010–2021
Germany
106
(17)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Germany
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2014 
Third place 2010 
UEFA European Championship
Third place 2012 
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:04, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
Kroos began his senior club career playing for Bayern Munich, where he made his debut at age 17 in 2007. He was sparingly used, and opted for an 18-month loan spell at fellow Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, where he became a key contributor, and returned to his parent club with an increased profile in 2010. With Bayern, Kroos won two consecutive league titles (three titles in total), a UEFA Champions League title, two DFB-Pokal titles, and was voted into the league team of the season three times. In 2014, he joined Real Madrid in a transfer worth €25 million.[11]

In Madrid, Kroos won sixteen trophies, including three La Liga titles and four UEFA Champions League titles, three of which he won consecutively from 2016 to 2018, each time being selected in the competition's team of the season. He has been selected in the FIFPro World11 and UEFA Team of the Year three times, and the league's team of the season twice.[12][13] He was voted the IFFHS World's Best Playmaker in 2014 and German Footballer of the Year in 2018.

Kroos won Golden Player at the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where he also finished as top goalscorer, and won the Golden Ball at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He made his senior debut for Germany in 2010, at age 20, and appeared in five major tournaments. Kroos helped Germany win the 2014 FIFA World Cup, where he was top assist provider and voted to the All-Star Team, Dream Team, and German Player of the Year. At UEFA Euro 2016, he was selected to the Team of the Tournament. He announced his international retirement after his team's elimination from Euro 2020 in 2021.