Career
He made his debut in the FNL for Football Club Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan on May 15, 2011 in a game against Football Club Chernomorets Novorossiysk. On 6 August 2014, Tonev was found guilty by the KFF Control & Disciplinary Committee of providing false documents which showed he was a Kazakhstani citizen. He was subsequently fined 500,000₸ (€2100) and banned from participating in Kazakh football for life.
His club, Football Club Tobol, were fined 700,000₸ and deducted 3 points in the Kazakhstan Premier League.