Marco Köller

Marco Köller
	Marco Köller (left) is challenged by Hans-Jörg Leitzke of Lokomotive Leipzig in 1987
Personal information
Date of birth	25 June 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth	East Germany
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1975–	BSG AdW Berlin
	Turbine EKB Treptow
0000–1981	1. FC Union Berlin
1981–1986	BFC Dynamo
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1989	BFC Dynamo
1989–1990	Suspended
1990–1991	MSV Duisburg
Total
International career
	East Germany Olympic
	*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]

References[edit]

^ "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.

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[1] "Marco Köller". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

[2] "Köller, Marco". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 17 August 2012.

[66Jahrep130-3] 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.

[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.

[66Jahrep468479-5] 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.

[6] "Chef im Operncafé". Spiegel (in German). Vol. 1996, no. 52. Hamburg: Der Spiegel GmbH & Co. KG. 22 December 1996. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

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