Kurt Jara

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

### 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

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|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||||
|rowspan="3"|SSW Innsbruck|1971–72|Nationalliga|28|8|0|0|2|1|–|30|9||
|1972–73|Nationalliga|29|13|2|1|2|0|–|33|14||||
|rowspan="3"|Valencia|1973–74|Primera División|24|5|0|0|–|–|24|5|||
|1974–75|Primera División|33|6|0|0|–|–|33|6|||||
|rowspan="6"|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|||||
|Schalke 04|1980–81|Bundesliga|31|2|1|0|–|–|32|2||||
|rowspan="5"|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||||

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Austria|1971|3|4|
|1972|6|1|||
|1973|5|2|||
|1974|3|0|||
|1975|4|1|||
|1976|1|0|||
|1977|5|0|||
|1978|9|1|||
|1979|5|1|||
|1980|7|3|||
|1981|5|1|||
|1982|3|0|||
|1984|1|0|||
|1985|2|0|||
- _Scores and results list Austrias's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jara goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|11 July 1971|Estádio Morumbi,    São Paulo ,   Brazil||1-1|1-1|Friendly match||||||||
|2|10 October 1971|Linzer Stadion,    Linz,  Austria||1–0|6-0|UEFA Euro 1972 qualification||||||||
|3|5-0|||||||||||||
|4|20 November 1971|Stadio Olimpico,   Rome,  Italy||1-1|2-2|UEFA Euro 1972 qualification||||||||
|5|15 October 1972|Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria||2-2|2-2|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|6|29 April 1973|Népstadion,   Budapest,  Hungary||2-1|2-2|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|7|23 May 1973|Nya Ullevi,    Göteborg,  Sweden||1-1|2-3|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|8|15 October 1975|Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria||3-2|6-2|UEFA Euro 1976 qualification||||||||
|9|4 April 1978|St. Jakob Stadion,   Basel,  Switzerland||1-0|1-0|Friendly match||||||||
|10|29 August 1979|Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria||1-0|4-0|Friendly match||||||||
|11|21 May 1980|Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria||1-3|1-5|Friendly match||||||||
|12|4 June 1980|Népstadion,  Budapest,  Hungary||1-1|1-1|Friendly match||||||||
|13|24 September  1980|Olympiastadion,   Helsinki,   Finland||1-0|2-0|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|14|28 May 1981|Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria||2-0|2-0|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||

## 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.

### 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.

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Kurt Jara
- **image**: Kurt Jara 1984.tif
- **caption**: Kurt Jara (1984)
- **height**: 1.77m
- **birth place**: Innsbruck, Austria
- **position**: Midfielder
- **years1**: 1968–1971
- **clubs1**: FC Wacker Innsbruck
- **caps1**: 58
- **goals1**: 19
- **years2**: 1971–1973
- **clubs2**: FC Wacker Innsbruck, SSW Innsbruck
- **caps2**: 56
- **goals2**: 21
- **years3**: 1973–1975
- **clubs3**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **caps3**: 57
- **goals3**: 11
- **years4**: 1975–1980
- **clubs4**: MSV Duisburg
- **caps4**: 160
- **goals4**: 23
- **years5**: 1980–1981
- **clubs5**: FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04
- **caps5**: 31
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 1981–1985
- **clubs6**: Grasshopper Club Zürich, Grasshoppers
- **caps6**: 111
- **goals6**: 24
- **totalcaps**: 473
- **totalgoals**: 100
- **nationalyears1**: 1971–1985
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 59
- **nationalgoals1**: 14
- **manageryears1**: 1986–1988
- **managerclubs1**: Grasshopper Club Zürich, Grasshoppers
- **manageryears2**: 1988–1991
- **managerclubs2**: FC St. Gallen, St. Gallen
- **manageryears3**: 1991–1994
- **managerclubs3**: FC Zürich
- **manageryears4**: 1994–1995
- **managerclubs4**: VfB Mödling
- **manageryears5**: 1996–1997
- **managerclubs5**: Skoda Xanthi, AO Xanthi
- **manageryears6**: 1997–1998
- **managerclubs6**: APOEL F.C., APOEL Nicosia
- **manageryears7**: 1999–2001
- **managerclubs7**: FC Tirol Innsbruck
- **manageryears8**: 2001–2003
- **managerclubs8**: Hamburger SV
- **manageryears9**: 2004–2005
- **managerclubs9**: 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- **manageryears10**: 2005–2006
- **managerclubs10**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg