# Alin Toșca

Alin Dorinel Toșca (Romanian pronunciation:; born 14 March 1992) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a centre-back for Italian Serie C Group C club Benevento.

## Club career
### Early 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.

### Steaua București

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.

### Betis

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.

### Gaziantep

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

### Return to Benevento

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

### Al-Riyadh

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

## International career

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.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 15 February 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Steaua II București | 2009–10 | Liga II | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 0 |
| Steaua II București | 2010–11 | Liga II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Steaua II București | Total | Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0 |
| Unirea Urziceni (loan) | 2010–11 | Liga I | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 0 |
| Săgeata Năvodari | 2011–12 | Liga II | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 0 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 2012–13 | Liga I | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 0 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 2013–14 | Liga I | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | 0 |
| Viitorul Constanța | Total | Total | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 56 | 0 |
| Steaua București | 2014–15 | Liga I | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| Steaua București | 2015–16 | Liga I | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Steaua București | 2016–17 | Liga I | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 |
| Steaua București | Total | Total | 65 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 1 |
| Betis | 2016–17 | La Liga | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 0 |
| Betis | 2017–18 | La Liga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 0 |
| Betis | Total | Total | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 0 |
| Benevento (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie A | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 0 |
| PAOK (loan) | 2018–19 | Super League | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 |
| Gaziantep | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | 0 |
| Gaziantep | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 0 |
| Gaziantep | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 0 |
| Gaziantep | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 0 |
| Gaziantep | Total | Total | 105 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 115 | 0 |
| Benevento | 2022–23 | Serie B | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 0 |
| Benevento | 2024–25 | Serie C | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 1 |
| Benevento | Total | Total | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | 1 |
| Al-Riyadh (loan) | 2023–24 | Saudi Pro League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 369 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 425 | 2 |
* ↑ Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C

### International

    As of match played 29 March 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Romania |
| Romania | 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| Romania | 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| Romania | 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| Romania | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| Romania | 2020 | 5 | 0 |
| Romania | 2021 | 5 | 1 |
| Romania | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 30 | 1 |
    Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Toșca goal.
List of international goals scored by Alin Toșca :
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 5 September 2021 | Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania | 26 | Liechtenstein | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |

## Honours

Steaua București
* Liga I: 2014–15
* Cupa României: 2014–15
* Cupa Ligii: 2014–15, 2015–16
* Supercupa României runner-up: 2014, 2015
PAOK
* Super League Greece: 2018–19
* Kypello Elladas: 2018–19