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.

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 competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsFC Wacker Innsbruck1968–6900–1969–70Nationalliga30710––3171970–71Nationalliga27120040–3112Total57191040006219SSW Innsbruck1971–72Nationalliga2880021–3091972–73Nationalliga29132120–3314Total57212141006323Valencia1973–74Primera División24500––2451974–75Primera División33600––336Total57110000005711MSV Duisburg1975–76Bundesliga31420––3341976–77Bundesliga34741––3881977–78Bundesliga30461––3651978–79Bundesliga34440102–4861979–80Bundesliga31410––324Total160231721020018727Schalke 041980–81Bundesliga31210––322Grasshoppers1981–82Swiss Super League25842–29101982–83Swiss Super League29720–3171983–84Swiss Super League29520103251984–85Swiss Super League27541–316Total110251231012328Career total47210121330610524110
International statistics 
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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals  Austria 197134197261197352197430197541197610197750197891197951198073198151198230198410198520Total5914
Scores and results list Austrias's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jara goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Kurt JaraNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition111 July 1971  Estádio Morumbi,    São Paulo ,   Brazil  1-11-1 Friendly match2   10 October 1971    Linzer Stadion,    Linz,  Austria  1–0  6-0   UEFA Euro 1972 qualification35-0420 November 1971  Stadio Olimpico,   Rome,  Italy  1-12-2 UEFA Euro 1972 qualification515 October 1972Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria  2-22-2   1974 FIFA World Cup qualification629 April 1973 Népstadion,   Budapest,  Hungary  2-12-2  1974 FIFA World Cup qualification723 May 1973 Nya Ullevi,    Göteborg,  Sweden  1-12-3  1974 FIFA World Cup qualification815 October 1975  Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria  3-26-2   UEFA Euro 1976 qualification94 April 1978  St. Jakob Stadion,   Basel,  Switzerland  1-01-0  Friendly match1029 August 1979  Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria  1-04-0  Friendly match1121 May 1980 Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria  1-31-5  Friendly match124 June 1980 Népstadion,  Budapest,  Hungary  1-11-1   Friendly match1324 September  1980  Olympiastadion,   Helsinki,   Finland  1-02-0   1982 FIFA World Cup qualification1428 May 1981 Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria  2-02-0   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.

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.

References

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Category:Living people
Category:1950 births
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg managers
Category:FC St. Gallen managers
Category:Austrian football midfielders