Alexandru Koller
Personal information
Full name Alexandru Koller
Date of birth (1953-04-20) 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[lower-alpha 1] 124 (23)
International career
1976–1979 Romania 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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. 1 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. 1 2 Alexandru Koller at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  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. 1 2 "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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