| Alin Toșca | |
| Fullname: | Alin Dorinel Toșca |
| Birth Date: | 14 March 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Alexandria, Romania |
| Height: | 1.81 m |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Benevento |
| Youthyears1: | 2000–2007 |
| Youthclubs1: | Școala de Fotbal Florea Voicilă |
| Youthyears2: | 2007–2009 |
| Youthclubs2: | Steaua București |
| Years1: | 2009–2011 |
| Clubs1: | Steaua II București |
| Caps1: | 14 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs2: | → Unirea Urziceni (loan) |
| Caps2: | 18 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs3: | Săgeata Năvodari |
| Caps3: | 23 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2012–2014 |
| Clubs4: | Viitorul Constanța |
| Caps4: | 54 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2014–2017 |
| Clubs5: | Steaua București |
| Caps5: | 65 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs6: | Betis |
| Caps6: | 23 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2018 |
| Clubs7: | → Benevento (loan) |
| Caps7: | 13 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs8: | → PAOK (loan) |
| Caps8: | 7 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2019–2023 |
| Clubs9: | Gaziantep |
| Caps9: | 105 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2023– |
| Clubs10: | Benevento |
| Caps10: | 16 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs11: | → Al-Riyadh (loan) |
| Caps11: | 11 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2012–2014 |
| Nationalteam1: | Romania U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2016–2022 |
| Nationalteam2: | Romania |
| Nationalcaps2: | 30 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 5 November 2023 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 29 March 2022 |
Alin Dorinel Toșca (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /aˈlin doriˈnel ˈtoʃka/; born 14 March 1992) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a centre-back for Italian club Benevento.
Born in Alexandria, Teleorman County, Toșca came through FC Steaua București's youth system and made his professional debut with its reserve team. He was loaned out to Unirea Urziceni where he played his first Liga I match on 11 September 2010, against Steaua.[1]
Toșca also had a brief spell with Săgeata Năvodari before joining Viitorul Constanța in 2012, with which he made over 50 appearances.
In March 2014, it was announced that FC Steaua București signed Toșca for an undisclosed fee, with the player due to join the squad in the summer.[2] He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 14 December 2014, contributing to a 3–0 away win over Politehnica Iași for the season's Cupa Ligii.[3]
On 24 January 2017, Toșca moved to Spanish side Real Betis on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[4] He made his La Liga debut five days later, featuring the full 90 minutes against Barcelona in a 1–1 home draw.[5]
After falling down the pecking order, Toșca agreed to a five-month loan deal with Italian club Benevento on 31 January 2018.[6] [7] On 24 August 2018, he was loaned to Greek first division club PAOK for the 2018–19 campaign with a purchase option.[8]
On 21 July 2019, after being released by Betis, he signed a two-year contract with Turkish side Gazişehir Gaziantep.[9]
On 30 January 2023, Toșca signed with Benevento in Italy once again.[10]
On 20 July 2023, Toșca joined newly promoted Pro League side Al-Riyadh on loan.[11] [12]
Toșca earned his first cap for Romania on 23 March 2016, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 friendly win against Lithuania, in Giurgiu.[13]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Steaua II București | 2009–10 | Liga II | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| Unirea Urziceni (loan) | 2010–11 | Liga I | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Săgeata Năvodari | 2011–12 | Liga II | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Viitorul Constanța | 2012–13 | Liga I | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 31 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 56 | 0 | |||
| Steaua București | 2014–15 | Liga I | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 65 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 1 | |||
| Betis | 2016–17 | La Liga | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | |||||
| 2017–18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 0 | |||
| Benevento (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie A | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||||
| PAOK (loan) | 2018–19 | Super League | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| Gaziantep | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021–22 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| 2022–23 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 105 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 115 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Serie B | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| Al-Riyadh (loan) | 2023–24 | Saudi Pro League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 349 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 405 | 1 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | ||||
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 30 | 1 | ||
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Toșca goal.
| scope=col | No. | scope=col data-sort-type=date | Date | scope=col | Venue | scope=col | Cap | scope=col | Opponent | scope=col | Score | scope=col | Result | scope=col | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 September 2021 | Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania | align=center | 26 | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||||||
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