Alexandru Koller
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 April 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Cehu Silvaniei, Romania | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1967–1968 | Progresul Cehu-Silvaniei | ||
| 1968–1970 | Dinamo Zalău | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1972 | Unirea Zalău | 44 | (0) |
| 1972–1974 | ASA Târgu Mureş | 3 | (0) |
| 1974–1984 | FC Baia Mare[a] | 124 | (23) |
| International career | |||
| 1976–1979 | Romania | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alexandru Koller (born 20 April 1953) is a Romanian former footballer turned businessman.[2] A defender, he played for Unirea Zalău, ASA Târgu Mureş and FC Baia Mare.[3][4] He made five appearances for the Romania national team.
Career
[edit]Koller was born in Cehu Silvaniei, Sălaj, Romania.
He scored a goal from a penalty kick in the 1981–82 Cupa României final, which FC Baia Mare lost with 3–2 against Dinamo București.[5]
On 27 September 1982, Koller scored at Santiago Bernabéu, opening the score for FC Baia Mare in a European Cup Winners' Cup second leg match against Real Madrid. At that time, the Romanian team was playing in Divizia B, the second division. Eventually, Real Madrid won by 5 goals to 2.[6][7]
Koller won five caps for Romania in 1976 against Iran, in 1978 against Poland, in 1979 against East Germany, Poland and USSR.[8][9]
He retired from football in 1983, aged only 30, to become vice-president of FC Baia Mare and then between 1990 and 1996 he was president and owner of the club.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Ákos Koller, his nephew, played for Videoton FC Fehérvár and Hungary being one of the best centre backs of the Hungarian first league championship.
Honours
[edit]FC Baia Mare
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Alexandru Koller". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Alexandru Koller vrea să preia FC Baia Mare" [Alexandru Koller wants to take over FC Baia Mare] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ a b Alexandru Koller at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ Alexandru Koller at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1981–1982". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ Real Madrid – FC Baia Mare 5–2. Romaniansoccer.ro
- ^ "Real Madrid – FC Baia Mare 5–2". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ Siminiceanu, Radu (10 January 2004). "Romania National Team 1970–1979 – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ "Alexandru Koller". eu-football.info. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
External links
[edit]- Alexandru Koller at WorldFootball.net
- 1953 births
- Living people
- People from Cehu Silvaniei
- Romanian men's footballers
- Romania men's international footballers
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- ASA Târgu Mureș (1962) players
- CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) players
- Men's association football defenders
- FC Baia Mare presidents
- Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent
- Sportspeople from Sălaj County
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen