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

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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 ''wild/crazy for ...

, Toșca came through

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's youth system and made his professional debut with its

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. He was loaned out to

Unirea Urziceni Fotbal Club Unirea Urziceni, commonly known as Unirea Urziceni (), was a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Urziceni, Ialomița County. Unirea became Divizia A Final Tables, national champions ...

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 before joining Viitorul Constanța in 2012, with which 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 Cupa Ligii.

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 PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

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.

Al-Riyadh

On 20 July 2023, Toșca joined newly promoted Pro League side Al-Riyadh on loan.

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 (; ; ) 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 of Ruse on the op ...

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 *

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: 2014–15 * Cupa Ligii: 2014–15, 2015–16 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), 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 Supe ...

runner-up:

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PAOK *

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: 2018–19 * Kypello Elladas: 2018–19

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tosca, Alin 1992 births Living people People from Alexandria, Romania Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players FCSB II players FC Unirea Urziceni players FC Viitorul Constanța players AFC Săgeata Năvodari players FCSB players La Liga players Real Betis players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Benevento Calcio players Super League Greece players PAOK FC players Süper Lig players Gaziantep F.K. footballers Saudi Pro League players Al-Riyadh SC players Romania men's under-21 international footballers Romania men's international footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Footballers from Teleorman County 21st-century Romanian sportsmen