Kurt Jara
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 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 |
Kurt Jara (born 14 October 1950) is an Austrian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Playing career[]
Club career[]
Born in Innsbruck, Jara started his professional career with local side FC Wacker Innsbruck before moving to Spanish outfit Valencia CF in 1973. After two seasons in La Liga he joined German Bundesliga team MSV Duisburg where he spent five seasons[1] and reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 1979. After another season in Germany with FC Schalke 04, he finished his career in the Swiss Super League with Grasshopper. Immediately after retiring as a player, he became manager at Grasshopper.
International career[]
He made his debut for Austria in a July 1971 friendly match in Sao Paulo against Brazil and was a participant at the 1978 and 1982 World Cups. He earned 59 caps, scoring 14 goals.[2] His last international was an April 1985 World Cup qualification match against Hungary.
Managerial career[]
As a manager, he coached in the past the Swiss clubs Grasshopper, FC St. Gallen and FC Zürich, the Austrian team VfB Mödling, Xanthi, APOEL, FC Tirol Innsbruck, Hamburger SV and 1. FC Kaiserslautern. In the season 2005–06 he was the manager of Red Bull Salzburg.
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
FC Wacker Innsbruck | 68–69 | ||||||||
69–70 | |||||||||
70–71 | |||||||||
71–72 | |||||||||
72–73 | |||||||||
Total | |||||||||
Valencia | 73–74 | 24 | 5 | ||||||
74–75 | 33 | 6 | |||||||
Total | |||||||||
Duisburg | 75–76 | 31 | 4 | ||||||
76–77 | 34 | 7 | |||||||
77–78 | 30 | 4 | |||||||
78–79 | 34 | 4 | |||||||
79–80 | 31 | 4 | |||||||
Total | 160 | 23 | |||||||
Schalke 04 | 80–81 | 31 | 2 | ||||||
Grasshoppers | 81–82 | ||||||||
82–83 | |||||||||
83–84 | |||||||||
84–85 | |||||||||
Total | |||||||||
Career total |
Honours[]
Player[]
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73
- Austrian Cup: 1969–70, 1972–73
- Swiss Super League: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
- Swiss Cup:
Manager[]
Grasshoppers
- Swiss Cup: 1987–88
Hamburger SV
- DFL-Ligapokal: 2003[3]
References[]
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (9 June 2016). "Kurt Jara - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel (9 June 2016). "Kurt Jara - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ "Ligapokal, 2003, Finale". dfb.de. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
External links[]
- Kurt Jara at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Kurt Jara at WorldFootball.net
- Kurt Jara at National-Football-Teams.com
- Living people
- 1950 births
- Sportspeople from Innsbruck
- Association football midfielders
- Austrian footballers
- Austrian expatriate footballers
- Austria international footballers
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- FC Wacker Innsbruck players
- Valencia CF players
- MSV Duisburg players
- FC Schalke 04 players
- Grasshopper Club Zürich players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- La Liga players
- Bundesliga players
- Swiss Super League players
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Austrian football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Greece
- Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
- Expatriate football managers in Germany
- Grasshopper Club Zürich managers
- FC St. Gallen managers
- FC Zürich managers
- Xanthi F.C. managers
- APOEL FC managers
- Hamburger SV managers
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern managers
- FC Red Bull Salzburg managers
- Bundesliga managers
- Austrian expatriate football managers
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Spain