Manfred Zsak

**Manfred Zsak** (born 22 December 1964 in Mödling) is a former Austrian footballer . He played as a midfielder or defender mainly for FC Admira Wacker Mödling and FK Austria Wien. He also played for the Austrian national football team. He was part of the Austrian team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

## Club career

Zsak started his professional career at Admira Wacker and moved to Austria Wien. He stayed with them for almost 10 years. Most of his period at Austria he was also captain. In 1996, he moved to GAK but left them after only a month and three matches to join FC Linz. He returned to his now renamed first team VfB Admira Wacker Mödling and suffered relegation with them to the second division in 1998. Altogether he played  408 first division games. He finished his career playing for lower league outfits SV Schwechat, ASK Bad Vöslau, and SV Rust.

## International career

He made his debut for Austria in October 1986 versus Albania. He was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He earned 49 caps, scoring 5 goals. He ended his international career at a May 1993 World Cup qualification match against  Finland.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Austria|1986|2|0|
|1987|5|1|||
|1988|8|1|||
|1989|10|1|||
|1990|6|2|||
|1991|5|0|||
|1992|9|0|||
|1993|4|0|||

- _Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zsak goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|18 August 1987|Espenmoos Stadion,   St. Gallen, Switzerland||2-2|2-2|Friendly match||||||||
|2|6 April 1988|Karaiskakis,   Piraeus,  Greece]||1-1|2-2|Friendly match||||||||
|3|23 August 1989|Lehener Stadion,   Salzburg,    Austria||2-1|2-1|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3||||||||
|4|3 May 1990|Prater Stadion,  Vienna, Austria||1-0|1-1|Friendly match||||||||
|5|30 May 1990|Prater Stadion,  Vienna, Austria||2-0|3-2|Friendly match||||||||

## Coaching career

After completing his UEFA professional license in 2004, a year later he became youth national coach of the U16 team, then the U21.  Then he was assistant coach for the Austrian senior team. After that he was coach of different Austrian youth teams.

## Honours

- **Austrian Football Bundesliga (3):**
    - 1991, 1992, 1993
- **Austrian Cup (3):**
    - 1990, 1992, 1994

## Other websites

- Player profile - Austria Archive
- Steckbrief

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Manfred Zsak
- **image**: Manfred Zsak, Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft (01).jpg
- **fullname**: Manfred Zsak
- **birth place**: Mödling, Austria
- **position**: Midfielder or Defender (football), defender
- **currentclub**: Austria national football team, Austria (Coach (sport), Assistant Coach)
- **years1**: 1982–1987
- **years2**: 1987–1996
- **years3**: 1996
- **years4**: 1996–1997
- **years5**: 1997–1998
- **years6**: 1998–1999
- **years7**: 2000–2001
- **years8**: 2001–2004
- **clubs1**: VfB Admira Wacker Mödling, Admira Wacker
- **clubs2**: FK Austria Wien, Austria Wien
- **clubs3**: Grazer AK, GAK
- **clubs4**: FC Linz
- **clubs5**: VfB Admira Wacker Mödling
- **clubs6**: SV Schwechat
- **clubs7**: ASK Bad Vöslau
- **clubs8**: SV Rust
- **caps1**: 129
- **caps2**: 250
- **caps3**: 3
- **caps4**: 26
- **caps5**: 17
- **goals1**: ?
- **goals2**: 50
- **goals3**: 1
- **goals4**: 2
- **goals5**: 4
- **nationalyears1**: 1986–1993
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 49
- **nationalgoals1**: 5
- **manageryears5**: 2005–2006
- **manageryears6**: 2006–2009
- **manageryears7**: 2009–2011
- **manageryears8**: 2011-2012
- **manageryears9**: 2012-2013
- **manageryears10**: 2013
- **manageryears11**: 2013-2014
- **manageryears12**: 2014-2015
- **manageryears13**: 2015-2016
- **manageryears14**: 2016-2017
- **manageryears15**: 2017-2018
- **manageryears16**: 2018-2019
- **manageryears17**: 2023
- **managerclubs1**: FK Austria Wien
- **managerclubs2**: Admira Wacker Mödling Akademie
- **managerclubs3**: PSV Team für Wien, Polizei/Feuerwehr
- **managerclubs4**: SV Rust
- **managerclubs5**: Austria national under-16 football team, Austria U16
- **managerclubs6**: Austria national under-21 football team, Austria U21
- **managerclubs7**: Austria national football team, Austria (Coach (sport), Assistant Coach)
- **managerclubs8**: Austria national under-18football team, Austria U18
- **managerclubs9**: Austria national under-19football team, Austria U19
- **managerclubs10**: Austria national under-15 football team, Austria U15
- **managerclubs11**: Austria national under-16 football team, Austria U16
- **managerclubs12**: Austria national under-17 football team, Austria U17
- **managerclubs13**: Austria national under-18 football team, Austria U18
- **managerclubs14**: Austria national under-19 football team, Austria U19
- **managerclubs15**: Austria national under-16 football team, Austria U16
- **managerclubs16**: Austria national under-17 football team, Austria U17
- **managerclubs17**: Austria national under-17 football team, Austria U17