Toni Polster is an Austrian professional footballer who represented the Austrian national team between 1982 and 2000. Polster scored 44 goals in 95 international appearances.
Upon scoring his 35th international goal against Latvia on 9 November 1996, Polster became Austria's all-time top scorer, overtaking Hans Krankl. However, he was surpassed by Marko Arnautović on 9 October 2025, when the latter reached 45 goals.
List of international goals + List of international goals scored by Toni PolsterNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 17 November 1982 Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna, Austria 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying2 7 May 1985 Liebenau Stadium, Graz, Austria 2–0 4–0 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification3 26 March 1986 Stadio Friuli, Udine, Italy 1–0 1–2 Friendly4 27 August 1986 Tivoli, Innsbruck, Austria 1–0 1–1 Friendly5 15 October 1986 Liebenau Stadium, Graz, Austria 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying629 October 1986 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria 1–0 4–1 Friendly7 2–18 1 April 1987 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria 2–2 2–3 Euro 1988 qualifying9 29 April 1987 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania 1–0 1–0 Euro 1988 qualifying10 2 November 1988 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria 1–0 3–2 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification11 20 May 1989 Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany 1–0 1–1 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification1215 November 1989 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria 1–0 3–0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification13 2–014 3–015 28 March 1990 Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga, Spain 2–2 3–2 Friendly16 25 March 1992 Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary 1–0 1–2 Friendly17 14 April 1992 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria 3–0 4–0 Friendly18 27 May 1992 De Baandert, Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands 1–2 2–3 Friendly19 2 September 1992 Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria 1–0 1–1 Friendly20 28 October 1992 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria 3–0 5–2 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification21 14 April 1993 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria 3–1 3–1 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification22 2 June 1994 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria 1–4 1–5 Friendly237 September 1994 Sportpark, Eschen, Liechtenstein 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying24 3–025 4–026 12 October 1994 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria 1–1 1–2 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying2729 March 1995 Stadion Lehen, Salzburg, Austria 4–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying28 5–02926 April 1995 Stadion Lehen, Salzburg, Austria 2–0 7–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying30 4–03111 June 1995 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland 1–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying32 3–133 16 August 1995 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia 1–2 2–3 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying34 24 April 1996 Népstadion, Budapest 1–0 2–0 Friendly35 9 November 1996 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria 1–0 2–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification36 8 June 1997 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia 2–0 3–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification3720 August 1997 Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 1–0 3–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification38 2–039 3–04011 October 1997 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria 1–0 4–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification41 3–0422 June 1998 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria 1–0 6–0 Friendly43 6–044 11 June 1998 Stadium Municipal, Toulouse, France 1–1 1–1 1998 FIFA World Cup
Statistics + Caps and goals by year Year Goals 1982 1 1 1983 0 0 1984 3 0 1985 4 1 1986 6 5 1987 6 2 1988 6 1 1989 6 4 1990 10 1 1991 2 0 1992 8 5 1993 7 1 1994 7 5 1995 7 7 1996 6 2 1997 8 6 1998 7 3 1999 0 0 2000 1 0 Total 95 44
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