Marco Köller

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| caption = Marco Köller (left) is challenged by Hans-Jörg Leitzke of Lokomotive Leipzig in 1987

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|6|25}}

| birth_place = East Germany

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| height = {{Height|m=1.73}}{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/marco-koeller/ | title = Marco Köller | publisher = worldfootball.net | accessdate = 17 August 2012}}

| position = Midfielder

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| youthyears1 = 1975–

| youthclubs1 = BSG AdW Berlin

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| youthclubs2 = Turbine EKB Treptow

| youthyears3 = {{0|0000}}–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

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| years3 = 1990–1991

| clubs3 = MSV Duisburg

| caps3 = 7

| goals3 = 0

| totalcaps = 74

| totalgoals = 2

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| nationalteam1 = East Germany Olympic

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Marco Köller (born 25 June 1969) is a German former footballer.{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/marco-koeller/spieler/2-bundesliga/1990-91/msv-duisburg | title = Köller, Marco | language = German | magazine = Kicker | access-date = 17 August 2012}}

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.{{cite book |last=Karas |first=Steffen |date=2022 |title=66 Jahre BFC Dynamo – Auswärts mit 'nem Bus |location=Berlin |edition=2nd |publisher=CULTURCON medien, Sole trader: Bernd Oeljeschläger |page=130 |isbn=978-3-944068-95-4}} 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.{{cite magazine |last=Nöldner |first=Jürgen |date=21 October 1986 |title=Ein Platz und ganze Welten |url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201986/FUWO%201986%2042.pdf |magazine=Die neue Fußballwoche |language=de |location=Berlin |publisher=DFV der DDR |volume=1986 |issue=42 |page=4 |issn=0323-8407 |access-date=8 June 2022 }}

Köller was a regular player of BFC Dynamo in the 1987–88 and 1988–89 season.{{cite book |last=Karas |first=Steffen |date=2022 |title=66 Jahre BFC Dynamo – Auswärts mit 'nem Bus |location=Berlin |edition=2nd |publisher=CULTURCON medien, Sole trader: Bernd Oeljeschläger |pages=468–479 |isbn=978-3-944068-95-4}} He played for BFC Dynamo against Girondins Bordeaux and SV Werder Bremen in the 1987–88 and 1988–89 European Cup.

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.{{cite news |author= |date=22 December 1996 |title=Chef im Operncafé |url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/chef-im-operncafe-a-94111867-0002-0001-0000-000009140707 |language=de |volume=1996 |issue=52 |newspaper=Spiegel |publisher=Der Spiegel GmbH & Co. KG |location=Hamburg |access-date=11 April 2023 }}