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Michael Klein
Klein in 1990
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-10-10)10 October 1959
Place of birth Amnaş, Romania
Date of death 2 February 1993(1993-02-02) (aged 33)
Place of death Krefeld, Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
1973–1977 Corvinul Hunedoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1988 Corvinul Hunedoara 313 (37)
1978–1979 → Aurul Brad (loan)
1988–1990 Dinamo Bucureşti 40 (2)
1990–1993 Bayer Uerdingen 61 (0)
Total 414 (39)
International career
1984[1] Romania Olympic 1 (0)
1981–1991[2] Romania 89 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Klein (10 October 1959 – 2 February 1993) was a Romanian footballer who played as a left back.[3] He most prominently played for Bayer Uerdingen in the German Bundesliga championship. Klein made 89 appearances for the Romanian national team, scoring five times.[1] He was selected to represent Romania at both the Euro 84 and 1990 FIFA World Cup tournaments.[1] The Michael Klein Stadium from Hunedoara is named in his honor.[4]

Career

Klein played for Romanian clubs Corvinul Hunedoara and Dinamo Bucureşti before he moved abroad to play for German club Bayer Uerdingen in 1990. When Uerdingen were relegated following Klein's first season at the club, he followed them to the lower 2. Bundesliga division. Klein helped the team win promotion in 1992, and he played his last Bundesliga game for Uerdingen in December 1992. He died of a heart attack during a training session on 2 February, at the age of 33.[4]

Honours

Corvinul Hunedoara
Dinamo Bucureşti
Bayer Uerdingen

References

  1. ^ a b c "Michael Klein - International Appearances". European Football.
  2. ^ "Michael Klein - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  3. ^ "Michael Klein". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Stadionul „Michael Klein", între legendă și derizoriu. Cum arată acum arena pe care Mircea Lucescu a scris istorie pentru Corvinul Hunedoara" [The "Michael Klein" stadium, between legend and mockery. What does the arena where Mircea Lucescu wrote history for looks like now?] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d Michael Klein at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
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