On May 26, he celebrated his 38th birthday and a week later, he shared the 2014-15 Serie A Golden Boot with Icardi with 22 goals – the second time the former had been named Serie A top scorer, the last time nine years ago. He is Luca Tony, the oldest Golden Boot winner in Serie A history, and to this day he has played in professional leagues for 16 clubs around the world, and in the year he began his career (1994), Icardi was just one year old. Yes, he is 16 years older than Icardi, and his teammate Guardiola During his time at Brescia has been in charge for 7 years.
Luca Tony's career trajectory is strange, at 30 to 33, which should be the most mature age for a striker, he traveled to three clubs (Bayern Munich, Roma, Genoa) and began to decline, not only did not have the main positions secured, but the number of goals scored in the season plummeted from 39 in 2007-08 to 7 in 2010-11. Now it seems that the 2009-10 season (which once played for the second team) that was abolished by Louis Van Gaal in Bayern Munich was a turning point in Luca Tony's brief blowout – where Di Maria should have a cold sweat?
However, in June 2012, Luca Tony suffered one of the biggest setbacks of his life, when his son died in the womb of his wife, Marta Cecito, before he could be born. For Tony, who sees his family as the source of life, the blow is too heavy. You know, just half a year ago, he was happily discussing with his wife what to name, "Marta and I both want to be a son, and every week we have new ideas, maybe call him Kalle (source Rummenigge)." "We couldn't empathize with Tony's pain, when he was depressed for a long time, he went to Dubai, he thought about retiring...
Luca Tony once said, "If the deceased can also bring anything positive to the living, I think it is the deceased who also wants the living to live better." What should have been my best day turned out to be the worst day, and my child died in his mother's womb before he could see the world. I've played very low-level tournaments and then I have to go to Dubai to play football, but the players are also ordinary people and the biggest setback I've experienced hasn't come from football. ”
After months of ups and downs, persuaded by her family, Luca Tony decided to continue to find happiness on the green field. In the summer of 2012, he returned to the familiar Fiorentina, where he got his first Serie A Golden Boot six years ago. Montella, who is only three years older than Tony, has given great trust to the former, and Tony has also fulfilled his mission, scoring eight goals in 27 league games – setting a record for the most league goals in a single season in three years. For Tony, Montella also quipped: "You ask me and Tony who is faster to run 100 meters?" I'll definitely be ahead of the first 20 meters, but neither of us will be able to run the full distance..." Montella at the time certainly didn't expect to win the Serie A Golden Boot, and it was 3 years later!
The last 5 transfers have been free transfers, how much is Luca Tony worth? When he joined Verona in the summer of 2013, the Italian media could not help but be suspicious. After all, 36 is too old for a high school striker. However, when the world said he was old, Tony became the only player in Serie A who had scored more than 20 goals in the last two seasons (the sixth single season of his career to score 20 goals): 20 goals in 2013-14, Silver Boot; 2014-15, 22 goals, Golden Boot. Last summer, many Italian fans and even the media even called on Prandelli to take Tony to Brazil.
Regarding the significance of Tony to Verona, who is the third-to-last place in serie A this season, this statistic you can feel -
Yes, 45% of Verona's league goals this season came from Tony, no doubt, serie A first thigh. Moreover, he scored 17 league goals in 2015, without the fatigue of the veteran slacking off in the second half. In the end, he averaged 2.4 fouls per game, ranking 12th in the league (don't fight like that)...
Years later, when we think back to Luca Tony, what was your first impression? Well, there is no suspense, it must be his "listening" style of celebration. His own explanation for the action was: "Once I was having dinner with my friends in Palermo. A friend said: Do you see, the car I just bought is amazing, right? Then he started doing the move. At that time, I thought that I could do this after the next goal. This action comes from an Italian proverb: 'You all see, what a great thing I have done!' I've been scoring goals ever since and people are familiar with it. ”
He once quipped: "Germans are efficient and rigorous, but they should learn how we Italians celebrate goals." The Germans' celebrations are too rigid, and they should enjoy it more. "Luca Tony, enjoy until the scenery is seen through, this is the best time."