Kurt Jara

Austrian footballer and manager

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

Kurt Jara
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-10-14) 14 October 1950 (age 73)
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 change

Club career change

He started his professional career with FC Wacker Innsbruck. Then he went to Spain and played for Valencia CF (1973). In 1975 he went to the German Bundesliga team MSV Duisburg where he played for 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 change

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 a World Cup qualification match against Hungary in April 1985.

Career statistics change

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Wacker Innsbruck 1968–69[3] 0 0
1969–70[4] Nationalliga 30 7 1 0 31 7
1970–71[4] Nationalliga 27 12 0 0 4 0 31 12
Total 57 19 1 0 4 0 0 0 62 19
SSW Innsbruck 1971–72[4] Nationalliga 28 8 0 0 2 1 30 9
1972–73[4] Nationalliga 29 13 2 1 2 0 33 14
Total 57 21 2 1 4 1 0 0 63 23
Valencia 1973–74[5] Primera División 24 5 0 0 24 5
1974–75[5] Primera División 33 6 0 0 33 6
Total 57 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 11
MSV Duisburg 1975–76[4] Bundesliga 31 4 2 0 33 4
1976–77[4] Bundesliga 34 7 4 1 38 8
1977–78[4] Bundesliga 30 4 6 1 36 5
1978–79[4] Bundesliga 34 4 4 0 10 2 48 6
1979–80[4] Bundesliga 31 4 1 0 32 4
Total 160 23 17 2 10 2 0 0 187 27
Schalke 04 1980–81[4] Bundesliga 31 2 1 0 32 2
Grasshoppers 1981–82[4] Swiss Super League 25 8 4 2 29 10
1982–83[4] Swiss Super League 29 7 2 0 31 7
1983–84[4] Swiss Super League 29 5 2 0 1[a] 0 32 5
1984–85[4] Swiss Super League 27 5 4 1 31 6
Total 110 25 12 3 1 0 123 28
Career total 472 101 21 3 30 6 1 0 524 110
  1. Appearance in league play-offs

Managerial career change

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 change

Player change

Manager change

Hamburger SV

  • DFL-Ligapokal: 2003[6]

Coach change

  • Runner-up in the Alpine Cup in 1987
  • Austrian champion in 2000 and 2001 with FC Tirol Innsbruck
  • German League Cup winner in 2003 with Hamburger SV.

References change

  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. Kurt Jara at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 "Kurt Jara » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kurt Jara at BDFutbol
  6. "Ligapokal, 2003, Finale". dfb.de. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

Other websites change