Kurt Jara

Kurt Jara (born 14 October 1950) is an Austrian football manager and former player. He played as midfielder in different European leagues.

Kurt Jara
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-10-14) 14 October 1950
Place of birth Innsbruck, Austria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1971 FC Wacker Innsbruck 58 (19)
1971–1973 SSW Innsbruck 56 (21)
1973–1975 Valencia 57 (11)
1975–1980 MSV Duisburg 160 (23)
1980–1981 Schalke 04 31 (2)
1981–1985 Grasshoppers 111 (24)
Total 473 (100)
National team
1971–1985 Austria 59 (14)
Teams managed
1986–1988 Grasshoppers
1988–1991 St. Gallen
1991–1994 FC Zürich
1994–1995 VfB Mödling
1996–1997 AO Xanthi
1997–1998 APOEL Nicosia
1999–2001 FC Tirol Innsbruck
2001–2003 Hamburger SV
2004–2005 1. FC Kaiserslautern
2005–2006 Red Bull Salzburg
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club career

He started his professional career with FC Wacker Innsbruck. Then he went to Spain and played for Valencia CF (1973) . 1975 he went to the German Bundesliga team MSV Duisburg where he played five seasons[1]He reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 1979. After one season with FC Schalke 04 he ended his career in the Swiss Super League with Grasshopper.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in a July 1971 friendly match in Sao Paulo against Brazil and played at the 1978 and 1982 World Cups. He played 59 matches for the team and scored 14 goals.[2] His last international was an April 1985 World Cup qualification match against Hungary.

Managerial career

He coached the Swiss clubs Grasshopper, FC St. Gallen and FC Zürich, the Austrian teams VfB Mödling and FC Tirol Innsbruck, the Greece club Xanthi, APOEL from Cyprus and the German Bundesliga teams Hamburger SV and 1. FC Kaiserslautern. In the season 2005–06 he was the manager of Red Bull Salzburg but was sacked due to transfer discrepancies. Since then he is retired.

Honours

Player

Manager

Hamburger SV

  • DFL-Ligapokal: 2003[3]

References
  1. Arnhold, Matthias (9 June 2016). "Kurt Jara - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  2. Stokkermans, Karel (9 June 2016). "Kurt Jara - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. "Ligapokal, 2003, Finale". dfb.de. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

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