Kurt Jara

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

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

Playing career

Club career

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. 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. His last international was a World Cup qualification match against Hungary in April 1985.

Career statistics

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		0	0			–
	1969–70	Nationalliga	30	7	1	0	–		–		31	7
	1970–71	Nationalliga	27	12	0	0	4	0	–		31	12
	Total		57	19	1	0	4	0	0	0	62	19
SSW Innsbruck	1971–72	Nationalliga	28	8	0	0	2	1	–		30	9
	1972–73	Nationalliga	29	13	2	1	2	0	–		33	14
	Total		57	21	2	1	4	1	0	0	63	23
Valencia	1973–74	Primera División	24	5	0	0	–		–		24	5
	1974–75	Primera División	33	6	0	0	–		–		33	6
	Total		57	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	11
MSV Duisburg	1975–76	Bundesliga	31	4	2	0	–		–		33	4
	1976–77	Bundesliga	34	7	4	1	–		–		38	8
	1977–78	Bundesliga	30	4	6	1	–		–		36	5
	1978–79	Bundesliga	34	4	4	0	10	2	–		48	6
	1979–80	Bundesliga	31	4	1	0	–		–		32	4
	Total		160	23	17	2	10	2	0	0	187	27
Schalke 04	1980–81	Bundesliga	31	2	1	0	–		–		32	2
Grasshoppers	1981–82	Swiss Super League	25	8			4	2	–		29	10
	1982–83	Swiss Super League	29	7			2	0	–		31	7
	1983–84	Swiss Super League	29	5			2	0	1	0	32	5
	1984–85	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

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

• Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1971, 1972, 1973
• Austrian Cup: 1970, 1973
• Swiss Super League: 1982, 1983, 1984
• Swiss Cup: 1983

Manager

Hamburger SV

• DFL-Ligapokal: 2003

Coach

• 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.

Other websites

• Kurt Jara at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Kurt Jara at WorldFootball.net
• Kurt Jara at National-Football-Teams.com