Michael Klein - International Appearances


The outstanding Romanian player obtained 89 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:  10-10-1959
Died:   9- 2-1993
Country:  Romania
Caps:	89	(W39-D25-L25 - GF128-GA102 - %57.87)
Goals:   5
Age First Cap:	 21 yr 334 d	 9- 9-1981 vs. Bulgaria 1-2
Age Last Cap:	 32 yr  34 d	13-11-1991 vs. Switzerland 1-0
National Team Career: 10 yr  65 d


Caps   Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition

  1   9- 9-81   București       Bulgaria        1-2                     
  2  11-11-81   Bern            Switzerland     0-0     World Cup Qualifier
  3  24- 3-82   Brussel         Belgium         1-4                     
  4  14- 4-82   Ruse            Bulgaria        2-1                     
  5  12- 5-82   Rosario         Argentina       0-1                     
  6  16- 5-82   Lima            Peru            0-2                     
  7  18- 5-82   Santiago        Chile           3-2                     
  8  15- 7-82   Suceava         Japan           4-0                     
  9  18- 7-82   București       Japan           3-1                     
 10   1- 9-82   București       Denmark         1-0                     
 11   8- 9-82   București       Sweden          2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 12  17-11-82   Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany    1-4                     
 13   4-12-82   Firenze         Italy           0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 14  29- 1-83   Istanbul        Turkey          1-1                     
 15   2- 2-83   Larissa         Greece          3-1                     
 16   9- 3-83   Târgu Mureș     Turkey          3-1                     
 17  30- 3-83   Timișoara       Yugoslavia      0-2                     
 18  16- 4-83   București       Italy           1-0     European Champ. Qual.
 19  15- 5-83   București       Czechoslovakia  0-1     European Champ. Qual.
 20   1- 6-83   Sarajevo        Yugoslavia      0-1                     
 21   9- 6-83   Stockholm       Sweden          1-0     European Champ. Qual.
 22  10- 8-83   Oslo            Norway          0-0                      
 23  12-10-83   Wrexham         Wales           0-5                     
 24   8-11-83   Tel-Aviv        Israel          1-1                     
 25  12-11-83   Lemesos         Cyprus          1-0     European Champ. Qual.
 26  30-11-83   Bratislava      Czechoslovakia  1-1     European Champ. Qual.
  -  22- 1-84   Guayaquil       Ecuador U-23    3-1
 27   7- 2-84   Alger           Algeria         1-1                     
 28  11- 4-84   Oradea          Israel          0-0                     
 29  14- 6-84   Saint-Etienne   Spain           1-1     European Championship
 30  17- 6-84   Lens            West Germany    1-2     European Championship
 31  20- 6-84   Nantes          Portugal        0-1     European Championship
 32  29- 7-84   Iași            China           4-2                     
 33  29- 8-84   Gera            East Germany    1-2                     
 34  12- 9-84   Belfast         N. Ireland      2-3     World Cup Qualifier
 35  21-11-84   Tel-Aviv        Israel          1-1                     
 36  30- 1-85   Lisboa          Portugal        3-2                     
 37   1- 5-85   București       England         0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 38   6- 6-85   Helsinki        Finland         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 39   7- 8-85   Moskva          Soviet Union    0-2                     
 40  28- 8-85   Timișoara       Finland         2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 41  11- 9-85   London          England         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 42  16-10-85   București       North. Ireland  0-1     World Cup Qualifier
 43  13-11-85   İzmir           Turkey          3-1     World Cup Qualifier
 44  28- 2-86   Alexandria      Egypt           2-2                     
 45   2- 3-86   Alexandria      Egypt           1-0                     
 46  26- 3-86   Glasgow         Scotland        0-3                     
 47  23- 4-86   Timișoara       Soviet Union    2-1                     
 48   4- 6-86   București       Norway          3-1                     
 49  20- 8-86   Oslo            Norway          2-2                     
 50  10- 9-86   București       Austria         4-0     European Champ. Qual.
 51   8-10-86   Tel-Aviv        Israel          4-2                     
 52  12-11-86   Sevilla         Spain           0-1     European Champ. Qual.
 53   4- 3-87   Ankara          Turkey          3-1                     
 54  11- 3-87   Athinai         Greece          1-1                     
 55  25- 3-87   București       Albania         5-1     European Champ. Qual.
 56  29- 4-87   București       Spain           3-1     European Champ. Qual.
 57   2- 9-87   Bydgoszcz       Poland          1-3                     
 58   7-10-87   București       Greece          2-2                     
 59  28-10-87   Vlorë           Albania         1-0     European Champ. Qual.
 60  18-11-87   Wien            Austria         0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 61   3- 2-88   Haifa           Israel          2-0     Israel Tournament         
 62   6- 2-88   Haifa           Poland          2-2     Israel Tournament           
 63  30- 3-88   Halle           East Germany    3-3                     
 64   1- 6-88   Amsterdam       Netherlands     0-2                     
 65  20- 9-88   Constanța       Albania         3-0                     
 66  19-10-88   Sofia           Bulgaria        3-1     World Cup Qualifier
 67   2-11-88   București       Greece          3-0     World Cup Qualifier
 68  23-11-88   Sibiu           Israel          3-0                     
 69  29- 3-89   Sibiu           Italy           1-0                     
 70  12- 4-89   Warszawa        Poland          1-2                     
 71  26- 4-89   Athinai         Greece          0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 72  17- 5-89   București       Bulgaria        1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 73   5- 9-89   Nitra           Czechoslovakia  0-2                     
 74  11-10-89   København       Denmark         0-3     World Cup Qualifier
 75  25- 4-90   Haifa           Israel          4-1                     
 76  21- 5-90   București       Egypt           1-0                     
 77  26- 5-90   Bruxelles       Belgium         2-2                     
 78   9- 6-90   Bari            Soviet Union    2-0     World Cup
 79  14- 6-90   Bari            Cameroon        1-2     World Cup
 80  18- 6-90   Napoli          Argentina       1-1     World Cup
 81  25- 6-90   Genova          Ireland         0-0 [1] World Cup
 82  29- 8-90   Moskva          Soviet Union    2-1                     
 83  12- 9-90   Glasgow         Scotland        1-2     European Champ. Qual.
 84  26- 9-90   București       Poland          2-1                     
 85  17-10-90   București       Bulgaria        0-3     European Champ. Qual.
 86  27- 3-91   Serravalle      San Marino      3-1     European Champ. Qual.
 87   3- 4-91   Neuchâtel       Switzerland     0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 88  16-10-91   București       Scotland        1-0     European Champ. Qual.
 89  13-11-91   București       Switzerland     1-0     European Champ. Qual.

[1] aet, 4-5 pen  

Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    89    39   25   25  128- 102     103      57.87


Types of Matches
Friendlies             48
World Cup Qualifiers   13
World Cup               4  
European Champ. Qual.  19
European Championship   3
Other Tournaments       2

Total                  89

NB: note that the FRF removed the match on 22- 1-1984 (vs. Ecuador U-23) 
    in 2007


Goals:

Cap   7     2 goals
Cap   8     1 goal
Cap  11     1 goal
Cap  59     1 goal

Total:      5 goals



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