Toni Kroos has been honoured with the Seven Stars of Sport Award from the Community of Madrid, presented by the regional government to highlight the work of the most successful athletes and the organisations that have contributed most to promoting sport in the region each year. The German, who retired from football at the end of the 2023/24 season, has been recognised in the category of Best Male Athlete of 2023.
Kroos joined Real Madrid in 2014 and in the 10 seasons he played for the club, he won 23 titles in 465 matches: 5 European Cups, 5 Club World Cups, 4 European Super Cups, 4 LaLiga titles, 1 Copa del Rey and 4 Spanish Super Cups. He is one of only five players in history to have won six European Cups, five with Real Madrid and one with Bayern Munich.
In addition to his titles with Real Madrid, Kroos was crowned world champion with Germany at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. On individual level, he has been included three times in the FIFA FIFPRO World XI (2014, 2016 and 2017), named Best Playmaker in 2014 by the IFFHS and won the Golden Ball as best player at the 2007 U-17 World Cup in Korea.