Name: Anton Turek



Country: Germany
Club: Fortuna Düsseldorf
Position: *GK
Side: RF/BS
Age: 31-35 years (18/01/1919)

Height: 181 cm
Weight: 80 kg

Attack: 30
Defence: 88
Balance: 81
Stamina: 62
Top Speed: 66
Acceleration: 67
Response: 95
Agility: 78
Dribble Accuracy: 48
Dribble Speed: 50
Short Pass Accuracy: 52
Short Pass Speed: 55
Long Pass Accuracy: 56
Long Pass Speed: 59
Shot Accuracy: 44
Shot Power: 78
Shot Technique: 44
Free Kick Accuracy: 42
Curling: 46
Header: 44
Jump: 84
Technique: 50
Aggression: 57
Mentality: 73
Goalkeeper Skills: 91
Team Work: 70

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 5
Weak Foot Accuracy: 4
Weak Foot frequency: 4
Consistency: 5
Growth Type: Late/Lasting

CARDS:
S12 - 1-on-1 Keeper

SPECIAL ABILITIES: 1-on-1 Stopper

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Defence Minded


INFO:

Toni Turek, (18 January 1919 – 11 May 1984) was a German football goalkeeper. Turek was born in Duisburg. Toni Turek is, together with Sepp Maier, Heiner Stuhlfauth and Radi Radenkovic, one of the most legendary and revered goalkeepers in German football history. His reflexes were outstanding and he was a supreme catcher of the ball in all possible situations. This was coupled with a steadfast calmness and made him the outstanding goalkeeper in Germany around 1950. Turek was already part of the national team roster in 1942. During World War 2 he was exceptionally lucky when a shell splinter crashed his helmet in combat but the resulting injury to his head proved far less severe than what would usually be expected in such an incident. While he was Germany's clear no. 1 goalkeeper in the first half of the 1950s, he was never fully undisputed because Sepp Herberger sometimes mistrusted his cheerful nature (typical for people from the Rhineland) which was sometimes interpreted by Herberger as a lack of seriousness. Also, Turek was no stranger to showboating for the gallery which resulted in a number of unnecessary goals against his team over the course of his career. Still, Herberger knew he could rely on Turek when the going got tough and thus there never really was much doubt who the no. 1 goalkeeper for Germany was. Turek started not very well during the 1954 World Cup and midway through the tournament Herberger intimated to Turek that his place was not as safe as he might have thought. This had the right effect on Turek and consequently Turek became one of the crucial factors in Germany winning the 1954 World Cup against all odds. Legendary is his save against Nandor Hidegkuti in the Berne final when he parried a shot from close range with an incredible reflex for the ages (which led radio reporter Herbert Zimmermann to the famous remark "Toni, you are a football god"). 1954 proved to be a pivotal year for Turek and from then on he was on the way down. By 1955, the 36 year old Turek had lost his place in the national team and his club career was also quickly approaching an end. He lost his starting place in Düsseldorf due to a severe injury in 1955 and he finally retired in 1957 after one unfulfilling year spent in Mönchengladbach. Turek died in Neuss in 1984. He had been paralyzed from the waist down since August 1973.