Toni Vastić (; born 17 January 1993) is an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

n football forward who plays currently for

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. He has previously played for Bayern Munich and Blackburn Rovers.Vastic: English football is faster but technically poorer
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Club career

In January 2015, after two years with

SV Ried SV Ried, commonly known as SV Guntamatic Ried for sponsorship reasons, is an Austrian association football club based in Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. The t ...

, Vastić returned close to his native

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and joined

Admira Wacker Admira Wacker is an Austrian professional Association football, football club based in Maria Enzersdorf, a town in the Mödling District of Lower Austria. The team competes in the 2. Liga (Austria), 2. Liga, the second tier of the Football in Au ...

on a free transfer. He signed a contract until 31 May 2016.

Personal life

He is the son of former Austrian international

Ivica Vastić Ivica Vastić (; born 29 September 1969) is a Croatian-born Austrian retired professional footballer, who played as a midfielder and as a striker. He is currently the youth head coach of HNK Šibenik U19. Vastić represented Austria national ...

. His younger brother Tin plays for Admira Wacker's U14 team.

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* * 1993 births Living people Austrian people of Croatian descent Austrian men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Bayern Munich II players SV Ried players Admira Wacker players FK Austria Wien players VfR Aalen players Regionalliga players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austria men's youth international footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Footballers from Vienna Expatriate men's footballers in England Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Austrian expatriate sportspeople in England 21st-century Austrian sportsmen {{austria-footy-forward-stub