Umberto Orlando Klinker is a former Surinamese football player who played the majority of his career for

S.V. Robinhood Sport Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese professional association football, football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the SVB Eerste Divisie, most su ...

in the

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and for the Suriname national team. Klinker helped Robinhood to win several national championships in the eighties and finished as the league top scorer in 1982 and 1983.

Career

Klinker began his football career playing for Lions'71 in the

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, the second tier of football in Suriname. In 1978, he was recruited and joined the youth ranks of

, joining the first team a year later. He made his first appearance for the first team in 1979 in a match against S.V. Leo Victor which ended in a 7–0 win at the National Stadion. He won the national championship a total of 12 times during the span of his career before retiring as a player in 1995. He also finished as the league top scorer in both 1982 and 1983. He would help Robinhood to consecutive

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finals, finishing as runners-up to

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from Mexico, losing 3–2 on aggregate score in 1983 scoring once in the final; and again against C.F. Atlante from Mexico losing 6–1 on aggregate score a year later. In 1994 and 1995 he helped Robinhood to win the

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twice.

International career

Klinker was a regular in the youth teams of the Suriname national team, before making his debut for the first team on 12 October 1980 in a 4–0 win against

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in the countries

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qualifying campaign. He scored his first goal on 29 August 1984 against Guyana in a 1–1 draw at the

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. On 30 June 1985 he scored once more in a 2–2 draw against

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in the

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Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Suriname' goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

;S.V. Robinhood *

(12): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995 *

(2): 1994, 1995 *

Runner-up (2): 1982, 1983

Individual

Top Goalscorer (2): 1982, 1983

References

Living people Footballers from Paramaribo Surinamese men's footballers Suriname men's international footballers S.V. Robinhood players SVB Eerste Divisie players Year of birth missing (living people) Men's association football forwards {{Suriname-footy-bio-stub