Alin Toșca

Alin Dorinel Toșca is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga I club Universitatea Cluj.

Club career

Born in Alexandria, Teleorman County, Toșca came through FC Steaua București's youth system and made his professional debut with its reserve team. He was loaned out to Unirea Urziceni where he played his first Liga I match on 11 September 2010, against Steaua.
Toșca also had a brief spell with Săgeata Năvodari before joining Viitorul Constanța in 2012, with which he made over 50 appearances.

In March 2014, it was announced that FC Steaua București signed Toșca for an undisclosed fee, with the player due to join the squad in the summer. He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 14 December 2014, contributing to a 3–0 away win over Politehnica Iași for the season's Cupa Ligii.

On 24 January 2017, Toșca moved to Spanish side Real Betis on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee. He made his La Liga debut five days later, featuring the full 90 minutes against Barcelona in a 1–1 home draw.
After falling down the pecking order, Toșca agreed to a five-month loan deal with Italian club Benevento on 31 January 2018. On 24 August 2018, he was loaned to Greek first division club PAOK for the 2018–19 campaign with a purchase option.

On 21 July 2019, after being released by Betis, he signed a two-year contract with Turkish side Gazişehir Gaziantep.

On 30 January 2023, Toșca signed with Benevento in Italy once again.

On 20 July 2023, Toșca joined newly promoted Pro League side Al-Riyadh on loan.

Toșca earned his first cap for Romania on 23 March 2016, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 friendly win against Lithuania, in Giurgiu.

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 September 2021	Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania	26		1–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Steaua București

PAOK