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==