Tony Kurbos

Zvonko Kurbos
Personal information
Date of birth	20 October 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth	Maribor, FPR Yugoslavia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1972–1979	Stuttgarter Kickers
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–1981	Stuttgarter Kickers
1981–1982	Tongeren
1982–1985	Metz
1985–1986	Saint-Étienne
1986–1987	Mulhouse
1987–1989	Nice
1989	Monaco
1989–1990	Nice
1990–1991	Dunkerque
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zvonko "Toni" Kurbos, better known as Tony Kurbos (born 20 October 1960) is a German-French former professional footballer who played as a forward. He scored 84 goals in his professional career.

He scored a hat-trick against Barcelona in Camp Nou, eliminating them in the first round of the 1984–85 Cup Winners' Cup with Metz. The match was described in the British Guardian as the biggest European football upset ever.^[2]

In that same year, Kurbos assisted and scored in extra time of the Coupe de France final. Metz won the match against Monaco 2–0, claiming their first major trophy ever.

Honours[edit]

Metz

Coupe de France: 1983–84

Individual

Ligue 2 top scorer: 1986–87

References[edit]

^ Tony Kurbos at WorldFootball.net
^ "The Joy of Six: Great European upsets". The Guardian. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

External links[edit]

Tony Kurbos at the German Football Association
Tony Kurbos at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Tony Kurbos at L'Équipe (in French)
Tony Kurbos at WorldFootball.net
Tony Kurbos at FC Metz (in French)

[1] Tony Kurbos at WorldFootball.net

[2] "The Joy of Six: Great European upsets". The Guardian. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

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