Birth Date: | 1969 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | East Germany |
Height: | [1] |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | 1975– |
Youthclubs1: | BSG AdW Berlin |
Youthclubs2: | Turbine EKB Treptow |
Youthyears3: | –1981 |
Youthclubs3: | 1. FC Union Berlin |
Youthyears4: | 1981–1986 |
Youthclubs4: | BFC Dynamo |
Years1: | 1986–1989 |
Clubs1: | BFC Dynamo |
Caps1: | 67 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Years2: | 1989–1990 |
Clubs2: | Suspended |
Years3: | 1990–1991 |
Clubs3: | MSV Duisburg |
Caps3: | 7 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 74 |
Totalgoals: | 2 |
Nationalteam1: | East Germany Olympic |
Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
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]