{{Short description|Romanian footballer (born 1953)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alexandru Koller | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1953|4|20}} | birth_place = Cehu Silvaniei, Romania | height = | position = Defender | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1967–1968 | youthclubs1 = Progresul Cehu-Silvaniei | youthyears2 = 1968–1970 | youthclubs2 = Dinamo Zalău | years1 = 1970–1972 | clubs1 = Unirea Zalău | caps1 = 44 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1972–1974 | clubs2 = ASA Târgu Mureş | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1974–1984 | clubs3 = FC Baia Mare{{efn|name="ROM"|Not all seasons and goals are available<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/37832/Alexandru_Koller.html|title=Alexandru Koller|website=national-football-teams.com|access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref>}} | caps3 = 124 | goals3 = 23 | nationalyears1 = 1976–1979 | nationalteam1 = Romania | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''Alexandru Koller''' (born 20 April 1953) is a Romanian former footballer turned businessman.<ref name=prosport>{{cite web | url=http://liga2.prosport.ro/seria-2/alexandru-koller-vrea-sa-preia-fc-baia-mare-5087389 | title=Alexandru Koller vrea să preia FC Baia Mare| publisher=Liga2.prosport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Alexandru Koller wants to take over FC Baia Mare| date=6 November 2009 | access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref> A defender, he played for Unirea Zalău, ASA Târgu Mureş and FC Baia Mare.<ref name=RS>{{RomanianSoccer|1028/alexandru-koller}}</ref><ref>{{NFT|37832}}</ref> He made five appearances for the Romania national team.
==Career== Koller was born in Cehu Silvaniei, Sălaj, Romania.
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.<ref name=RSCUP>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1981_1982.shtml|title=Romanian Cup – Season 1981–1982|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref>
On 27 September 1982, 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.<ref>[http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1982_83/fc_baia_mare_real_madrid_02.shtml Real Madrid – FC Baia Mare 5–2. Romaniansoccer.ro]</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/ma1930881/lineup/|title=Real Madrid – FC Baia Mare 5–2|access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref>
Koller won five caps for Romania in 1976 against Iran, in 1978 against Poland, in 1979 against East Germany, Poland and USSR.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|author=Siminiceanu, Radu|title=Romania National Team 1970–1979 – Details|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roem-intres70.html|date=10 January 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=10905|title=Alexandru Koller|website=eu-football.info|access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref>
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.<ref name=prosport/>
==Personal life== 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''' *Divizia B: 1977–78, 1982–83<ref name=RS/> *Cupa României runner-up: 1981–82<ref name=RSCUP/>
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==External links== *{{WorldFootball.net|alexandru-koller}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koller, Alexandru}} Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:People from Cehu Silvaniei Category:Romanian men's footballers Category:Romania men's international footballers Category:Liga I players Category:Liga II players Category:ASA Târgu Mureș (1962) players Category:CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:FC Baia Mare presidents Category:Romanian people of Hungarian descent Category:Sportspeople of Hungarian descent Category:Footballers from Sălaj County Category:20th-century Romanian sportsmen