Michael Tönnies
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Michael Tönnies (19 December 1959 – 26 January 2017) was a German professional footballer who played as a striker.[1]
Club career
Tönnies played in the (West) German top-flight for FC Schalke 04 and MSV Duisburg and scored in 40 matches 13 goals.[2]
Personal life and death
Tönnies was known as a chainsmoker and was diagnosed with lung damage in 2005 and had a lung transplant in April 2013. He died in January 2017, aged 57, of unknown causes.[3]
Honours
- Scorer of the second fastest hat-trick in Bundesliga history: six minutes (10th, 11th and 15th minute, 27 August 1991 in a 6–2 win against the Karlsruher SC, he scored five goals overall in that game). The performance was beaten by Robert Lewandowski on 22 September 2015.[4]
- Second Fußball-Bundesliga 1990–91 top scorer: 29 goals.
References
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External links
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- 1959 births
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- Footballers from Essen
- Men's association football forwards
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- FC Schalke 04 players
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- Rot-Weiss Essen players
- MSV Duisburg players
- Wuppertaler SV players
- Bundesliga players
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- West German men's footballers