Toni Andreas Leistner (born 19 August 1990) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Career

Leistner began his career with Dynamo Dresden, who he joined in 2010 from Borea Dresden, primarily as a reserve-team player. After a few appearances on the bench he made his first-team debut in April 2011, when he replaced

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in a

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match against SpVgg Unterhaching. Dynamo were promoted at the end of the 2010–11 season, and Leistner made three appearances in the

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the following year. In January 2013 he signed for Hallescher FC on a six-month loan. He returned to Dynamo for the 2013–14 season, and became a first-team regular after the winter break, but was unable to prevent the club being relegated to the

. At the end of the season, he signed for

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Queens Park Rangers

On 1 July 2018, Leistner signed for Queens Park Rangers on a three-year deal following the expiry of his contract in Germany. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win against Reading on 2 October 2018. Leistner was ever-present in the Rangers defense in his first season at the club, appearing 45 times in all competitions. After being in and out of team under by new manager

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on 30 January 2020, Leistner was loaned out to

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

until the end of the 2019–20 season. On 28 August 2020, Leistner had his contract terminated by mutual consent. The same day he became a new Hamburger SV player.

Hertha

On 7 July 2023, Leistner signed a two-year deal with

Personal life

During the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020, Leistner donated one-month salary to his youth team SC Borea Dresden.

Career statistics

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* Living people 1990 births Footballers from Dresden Men's association football defenders German men's footballers Dynamo Dresden players Dynamo Dresden II players Hallescher FC players 1. FC Union Berlin players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players 1. FC Köln players Hamburger SV players Sint-Truidense V.V. players Hertha BSC players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players English Football League players Belgian Pro League players German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England German expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium German expatriate sportspeople in Belgium {{Germany-footy-defender-1990s-stub