Alexandru Koller

Alexandru Koller (German: Alexander Köller), (born 20 April 1953 in Cehu Silvaniei, Sălaj, Romania), is a former football player turned businessman.[2]

Alexandru Koller
Personal information
Full name Alexandru Koller
Date of birth (1953-04-20) 20 April 1953
Place of birth Cehu Silvaniei, Romania
Playing 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[lower-alpha 1] 124 (23)
National team
1976–1979 Romania 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He played for Unirea Zalău, ASA Târgu Mureş and FC Baia Mare.[3][4]

Koller won five caps for Romania in 1976 against Iran, in 1978 against Poland, in 1979 against East Germany, Poland and USSR.[5][6]

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.[7] On 27 September 1982, Alexandru 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.[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]

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
FC Baia Mare

Notes
  1. Not all seasons and goals are available[1]

References
  1. "Alexandru Koller". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  2. "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.
  3. Alexandru Koller at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  4. Alexandru Koller at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. Siminiceanu, Radu (10 January 2004). "Romania National Team 1970–1979 – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  6. "Alexandru Koller". eu-football.info. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  7. "Romanian Cup – Season 1981–1982". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  8. Real Madrid – FC Baia Mare 5–2. Romaniansoccer.ro
  9. "Real Madrid – FC Baia Mare 5–2". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 November 2019.

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