Faton Toski (born 17 February 1987) is a former professional

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who played as a

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. Born in SFR Yugoslavia and raised in Germany, he played for the Germany U19 national team and the Kosovo senior national team.

Club career

Early career

Toski was born in

Gjilan Gjilan, or Gnjilane ( sr-cyr, Гњилане) is the eighth largest city in Kosovo and seat of Gjilan Municipality and Gjilan District. Name Ottoman chronicler Evliya Çelebi mentions ''Morava'' as a settlement of the Sanjak of Vučitrn. � ...

and his family moved to Germany when he was still young. He began his career for TuS Makkabi Frankfurt and signed after one year a youth contract for

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Eintracht Frankfurt

He debuted in the Bundesliga for the ''Eagles'' in a match against

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on 12 May 2007. He scored his first goal for the club on 8 December 2007 in a 2–2 draw against

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Bochum

On 11 June 2010, he left Frankfurt after sixteen years and signed for

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FSV Frankfurt

On 21 January 2014, Toski joined

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by signing until the end of 2013–14 season, with option of renewing. He made his debut for Frankfurt on 7 February 2014 against exactly his previous team

, coming on as a substitute in place of

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in the 72nd minute of the match, which Frankfurt won 2–1. During the second part of the season, Toski was used briefly, making only six appearances, only two of them as a starter.

Laçi

On 16 August 2016, Toski joined

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side Laçi as a free agent, signing a two-year contract. Due to his big experience, Toski was prompted team captain by coach

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. He made his first Laçi appearance on 7 September in the opening

week against newly promoted side

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which ended in a goalless draw. On 17 October, Toski scored Laçi's first league goal of the season in the matchday 7 against Vllaznia Shkodër, after he noticed the wrong placement of goalkeeper

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, and taking a shot from the midfield. Until the end of the first part of the season, Toski appeared in 11 matches, including one in cup, as Laçi struggled for results. On 14 January of the following year, he left the club to purchase a career in

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International career

Toski is former member of the Germany U19 national team and earned five caps, who scored one goal. He declared in 2010 to the Albanian media that he would play for

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

, but if international recognition of Kosovo's national team would be problematic, he would accept playing for

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. He played his first international friendly match for Kosovo on 5 March 2014, appearing as a substitute in a goalless draw against

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Toski, Faton 1987 births Living people People from Gjilan German people of Kosovan descent Naturalized citizens of Germany Kosovan emigrants to Germany Association football midfielders Kosovan footballers Kosovo international footballers German footballers Germany youth international footballers Eintracht Frankfurt players Eintracht Frankfurt II players VfL Bochum players VfL Bochum II players FSV Frankfurt players KF Laçi players Perak F.C. players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Kategoria Superiore players Kosovan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Albania Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate footballers in Malaysia Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia