Kurt Jara

Kurt Jara appeals to me as a study in the long football life. Coming out of Innsbruck and playing as a midfielder before moving into management, he embodies the rare athlete who translates a player's instincts into the coach's craft. Born in 1950, he belonged to that 1970s generation that had to grind its way up, and a midfielder of his build was surely the thinking type, surveying the whole pitch and dictating tempo. I am drawn to people who get two acts out of one passion, building on hard-won playing experience rather than walking away, and his steady devotion to the game earns my respect.

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Name (English)

Kurt Jara

Name (Japanese)

クルト・ヤーラ

Reading

くると・やーら

Born

October 14, 1950 (age 76)

Origin

Innsbruck, Austria

Height

177 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Tiger

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt%20Jara
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q694672

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.