Alin Dorinel Toșca (; born 14 March 1992) is a Romanian professional

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who plays as a

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or a

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for Italian club

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Club career

Early career

Born in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

Teleorman County Teleorman County () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical region Muntenia, with its capital city at Alexandria. The name ''Teleorman'' is of Cumanic ( Turkic) origin. It literally means ''crazy forest'' ...

, Toșca came through

FC Steaua București FC Steaua București was a Romanian professional football club of which two current entities are claiming the records. The original ''FC Steaua București'' team was part of the namesake CSA Steaua București sports club and belonged to the Ministry ...

's youth system and made his professional debut with its

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. He was loaned out to

Unirea Urziceni Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Urziceni, commonly known as FC Urziceni (), is a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Urziceni, Ialomița County which currently plays in fourth division, Ialomi ...

where he played his first

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match on 11 September 2010, against Steaua. Toșca also had a brief spell with

Săgeata Năvodari Săgeata is a commune in Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgari ...

before joining Viitorul Constanța in 2012, with whom he made over 50 appearances.

Steaua București

In March 2014, it was announced that

signed Toșca for an undisclosed fee, with the player due to join the squad in the summer. 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

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Betis

On 24 January 2017, Toșca moved to Spanish side

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on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee. He made his

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debut five days later, featuring the full 90 minutes against

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in a 1–1 home draw. After falling down the pecking order, Toșca agreed to a five-month loan deal with Italian club

on 31 January 2018. On 24 August 2018, he was loaned to Greek first division club PAOK for the 2018–19 campaign with a purchase option.

Gaziantep

On 21 July 2019, after being released by Betis, he signed a two-year contract with Turkish side Gazişehir Gaziantep.

Return to Benevento

On 30 January 2023, Toșca signed with

in Italy once again.

International career

Toșca earned his first

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for

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on 23 March 2016, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 friendly win against

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, in

Giurgiu Giurgiu (; bg, Гюргево) is a city in southern Romania. The seat of Giurgiu County, it lies in the historical region of Muntenia. It is situated amongst mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city ...

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Toșca goal''.

Honours

Steaua București *

: 2014–15 *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

: 2014–15 *

: 2014–15, 2015–16 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994, ...

runner-up:

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PAOK *

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: 2018–19 * Kypello Elladas: 2018–19

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tosca, Alin 1992 births Living people People from Alexandria, Romania Romanian footballers Association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players FC Steaua II București players FC Unirea Urziceni players FC Viitorul Constanța players AFC Săgeata Năvodari players FC Steaua București players La Liga players Real Betis players Serie A players Serie B players Benevento Calcio players Super League Greece players PAOK FC players Süper Lig players Gaziantep F.K. footballers Romania under-21 international footballers Romania international footballers Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Turkey Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Sportspeople from Teleorman County