 Marco Köller (left) is challenged by Hans-Jörg Leitzke of Lokomotive Leipzig in 1987 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 June 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975– | BSG AdW Berlin | ||
| Turbine EKB Treptow | |||
| –1981 | 1. FC Union Berlin | ||
| 1981–1986 | BFC Dynamo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | BFC Dynamo | 67 | (2) |
| 1989–1990 | Suspended | ||
| 1990–1991 | MSV Duisburg | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 74 | (2) | |
| International career | |||
| East Germany Olympic | 8 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marco Köller (born 25 June 1969) is a German former footballer.[2]
Köller joned the youth academy of football club BFC Dynamo in 1981.
Köller won the 1986 UEFA European Under-18 Championship with East Germany after defeating Italy 3-1 in the final on 15 October 1986.[3] 17-year-old Köller then made his first appearance with the first team of BFC Dynamo as substitute for Frank Pastor in the match against FC Carl Zeiss Jena at the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum in the eighth matchday of the 1986–87 DDR-Oberliga on 18 October 1986.[4][3]
Köller was a regular player of BFC Dynamo in the 1987–88 and 1988–89 season.[5] He played for BFC Dynamo against Girondins Bordeaux and SV Werder Bremen in the 1987–88 and 1988–89 European Cup.[5]
Köller played in the first matches for BFC Dynamo in the 1989–90 DDR-Oberliga. He also played in the first leg against AS Monaco away in the Second round of the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup. However, Köller then suffered a metatarsal injury. The match against FC Hansa Rostock in the eighth matchday of the 1989–90 DDR-Oberliga on 21 October 1989 became his last appearance for BFC Dynamo. Köller then decided to defect to West Germany with his girlfriend. When the Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989, he was already on a train towards Trier.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Marco Köller". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ "Köller, Marco". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ a b Karas, Steffen (2022). 66 Jahre BFC Dynamo – Auswärts mit 'nem Bus (2nd ed.). Berlin: CULTURCON medien, Sole trader: Bernd Oeljeschläger. p. 130. ISBN 978-3-944068-95-4.
- ^ Nöldner, Jürgen (21 October 1986). "Ein Platz und ganze Welten" (PDF). Die neue Fußballwoche (in German). Vol. 1986, no. 42. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 4. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ a b Karas, Steffen (2022). 66 Jahre BFC Dynamo – Auswärts mit 'nem Bus (2nd ed.). Berlin: CULTURCON medien, Sole trader: Bernd Oeljeschläger. pp. 468–479. ISBN 978-3-944068-95-4.
- ^ "Chef im Operncafé". Spiegel (in German). Vol. 1996, no. 52. Hamburg: Der Spiegel GmbH & Co. KG. 22 December 1996. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
External links
- Marco Köller at RSSSF
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