Kurt Jara

Kurt Jara

Jara in 1984
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	57	(19)
1971–1973	SSW Innsbruck	57	(21)
1973–1975	Valencia	57	(11)
1975–1980	MSV Duisburg	160	(23)
1980–1981	Schalke 04	31	(2)
1981–1985	Grasshoppers	110	(25)
Total		472	(101)
International career
1971–1985	Austria	59	(14)
Managerial career
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 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 Grasshoppers. Immediately after retiring as a player, he became manager at Grasshopper.

International career

Jara made his debut for Austria in a July 1971 friendly match in São Paulo against Brazil and was a participant at the 1978 and 1982 World Cups. He earned 59 caps, scoring 14 goals. His last international was an April 1985 World Cup qualification match against Hungary.

Managerial career

As a manager, Jara coached in the past the Swiss clubs Grasshoppers, 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

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

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: 1982–83

Manager

Grasshoppers

• Swiss Cup: 1987–88

Hamburger SV

• DFL-Ligapokal: 2003

External links

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