Luca Toni

Luca Toni is exactly my kind of striker. A towering target man from a small town in Modena, he scored over 300 career goals and stands among the most prolific Italians ever, just behind Del Piero. His 2006 European Golden Shoe season was a force of nature, and yet what I appreciate most is the unglamorous grind behind it, a late bloomer who clawed his way up the divisions. The famous ear-cupping celebration sticks in the memory, but so does the craft, a giant who was surprisingly clever with the ball at his feet. I have a soft spot for that kind of honest poacher.

Name (English)

Luca Toni

Name (Japanese)

ルカ・トーニ

Reading

るか・とーに

Born

May 26, 1977 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Snake

Origin

Pavullo nel Frignano, Province of Modena, Italy

Height

193 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• Gold Collar for Sports Merit
• 2006 Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• 2006 European Golden Shoe

• Official sitehttp://www.lucatoni.com
• Xhttps://x.com/_Luca_Toni_
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca%20Toni
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q186478

Tags

• Province of Modena
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.