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National football teams

John Toshack scored one hat-trick in international matches

Football player John Toshack

John Benjamin Toshack

John Toshack

Born on 22 March 1949 (age 75)

National team appearances of John Toshack

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Wales	1969 - 1979	40	1	1	3	13		0.325
Total:		40	1	1	3	13		0.325

managing career of the player

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Goals/ Caps
Cardiff City FC, Cardiff	26 Mar 1969 - 04 Nov 1969	8				2	0.250
Liverpool FC, Liverpool	15 May 1971 - 16 Nov 1977	26	1		1	8	0.308
Swansea City AFC, Swansea	02 May 1979 - 17 Oct 1979	6		1	2	3	0.500

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Sub. in

Sub. off

Goals

Goals/ Caps

British Championship (BC)

0.400

European Championship qualifiers (QE)

0.417

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

0.222

Friendly matches and other tournaments

Total:

0.325

* - not considered 3 matches with unknown captains

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
26 Mar 1969	West Germany	debut	20 years 4 days
16 Apr 1969	East Germany	first goal	20 years 25 days
21 May 1975	England	first cap as captain	26 years 1 month 29 days
19 May 1979	Scotland	first hat-trick	30 years 1 month 27 days
17 Oct 1979	West Germany	last appearance	30 years 6 months 25 days

Record of John Toshack's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Scotland	5		3	2		1		1.667	7	0.714
Finland	2		2	2				1.000	2	1.000
Hungary	2		2	2				1.000	2	1.000
England	2		2	2				1.000	9	0.222
East Germany	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
Luxembourg	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
(+) other teams									16
Total:	13		11	10	0	1	0	1.182	40	0.325

Record of national team matches played by John Toshack

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Wales national football team	40	9	12	19	40	53	37.5

John Toshack's international caps

as player of Cardiff City FC, Cardiff:

debut age - 20 years 4 days

26 Mar 1969 20:00 (+1:00)

Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion

1-1

West Germany vs Wales

Friendly International

age when scoring first goal - 20 years 25 days

16 Apr 1969 16:30 (+1:00)

Dresden, Heinz Steyer Stadion

2-1

East Germany vs Wales

1970 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

1х

03 May 1969 15:00 (+1:00)

Wrexham, The Racecourse

3-5

Wales vs Scotland

British Championship 1969

1х

07 May 1969 19:45 (+1:00)

London, British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley)

2-1

England vs Wales

British Championship 1969

10 May 1969 15:00 (+1:00)

Belfast, Windsor Park

0-0

Northern Ireland vs Wales

British Championship 1969

28 Jul 1969 19:30 (+1:00)

Cardiff, Ninian Park

0-1

Wales vs Rest of the U.K.

Friendly International

22 Oct 1969 19:30 (+1:00)

Cardiff, Ninian Park

1-3

Wales vs East Germany

1970 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

04 Nov 1969 14:30 (+1:00)

Rome, Stadio Olimpico

4-1

Italy vs Wales

1970 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

as player of Liverpool FC, Liverpool:

15 May 1971 15:00 (+1:00)

Cardiff, Ninian Park

0-0

Wales vs Scotland

British Championship 1971

19 May 1971 19:45 (+1:00)

London, British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley)

0-0

England vs Wales

British Championship 1971

22 May 1971 15:00 (+1:00)

Belfast, Windsor Park

1-0

Northern Ireland vs Wales

British Championship 1971

26 May 1971 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

0-1

Finland vs Wales

UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 1

1х

13 Oct 1971

Swansea, Vetch Field

3-0

Wales vs Finland

UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 1

1х

20 May 1972 15:00 (+1:00)

Cardiff, Ninian Park

0-3

Wales vs England

British Championship 1972

15 Nov 1972 19:30

Cardiff, Ninian Park

0-1

Wales vs England

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 5

24 Jan 1973 19:45

London, British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley)

1-1

England vs Wales

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 5

1х

28 Mar 1973 19:30 (+1:00)

Cardiff, Ninian Park

2-0

Wales vs Poland

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 5

12 May 1973 15:00 (+1:00)

Wrexham, The Racecourse

0-2

Wales vs Scotland

British Championship 1973

15 May 1973 19:45 (+1:00)

London, British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley)

3-0

England vs Wales

British Championship 1973

04 Sep 1974 19:30 (+1:00)

Vienna, Praterstadion (Wiener Stadion)

2-1

Austria vs Wales

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 2

30 Oct 1974 19:30

Cardiff, Ninian Park

2-0

Wales vs Hungary

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 2

1х

20 Nov 1974 19:30

Swansea, Vetch Field

5-0

Wales vs Luxembourg

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 2

1х

16 Apr 1975 17:30 (+1:00)

Budapest, Népstadion

1-2

Hungary vs Wales

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 2

1х

01 May 1975 16:00 (+1:00)

Luxembourg City, Stade Municipal

1-3

Luxembourg vs Wales

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 2

17 May 1975 15:00 (+1:00)

Cardiff, Ninian Park

2-2

Wales vs Scotland

British Championship 1975

1х

21 May 1975 19:45 (+1:00)

London, British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley)

2-2

England vs Wales

British Championship 1975

1х

24 Apr 1976 17:30 (+1:00)

Zagreb, Stadion Maksimir

2-0

Yugoslavia vs Wales

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Quarterfinal

08 May 1976 15:00 (+1:00)

Cardiff, Ninian Park

0-1

Wales vs England

British Championship 1976

22 May 1976 15:00 (+1:00)

Cardiff, Ninian Park

1-1

Wales vs Yugoslavia

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Quarterfinal

17 Nov 1976 20:00

Glasgow, Hampden Park

1-0

Scotland vs Wales

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

06 Sep 1977 19:30 (+1:00)

Wrexham, The Racecourse

0-0

Wales vs Kuwait

Friendly International

20 Sep 1977

Kaifan, Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium

0-0

Kuwait vs Wales

Friendly International

12 Oct 1977 19:30 (+1:00)

Liverpool, Anfield Road

0-2

Wales vs Scotland

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

16 Nov 1977 17:00 (+1:00)

Prague, Letenský Stadion (Sparty)

1-0

Czechoslovakia vs Wales

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

as player of Swansea City AFC, Swansea:

02 May 1979 19:30 (+1:00)

Wrexham, The Racecourse

0-2

Wales vs West Germany

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 7

19 May 1979 15:00 (+1:00)

Cardiff, Ninian Park

3-0

Wales vs Scotland

British Championship 1979

3х

23 May 1979 19:45 (+1:00)

London, British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley)

0-0

England vs Wales

British Championship 1979

25 May 1979 19:00 (+1:00)

Belfast, Windsor Park

1-1

Northern Ireland vs Wales

British Championship 1979

02 Jun 1979 18:00 (+2:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

0-2

Malta vs Wales

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 7

17 Oct 1979 20:15 (+1:00)

Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadion (Kampfbahn)

5-1

West Germany vs Wales

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 7

Comments

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John Toshack's most often teammates

Rod Thomas (1969 - 1977) - 27 games
John Mahoney (1969 - 1979) - 26 games
Terry Yorath (1969 - 1979) - 26 games
Leighton Phillips (1971 - 1979) - 25 games
Gary Sprake (1969 - 1974) - 19 games

Wales players born on 28 April

Arthur Green (1881) - 8 caps, 3 goals
Len Davies (1899) - 23 caps, 6 goals