Robert Sara

Robert Sara
Personal information

Full name	Robert Sara
Date of birth	(1946-06-09) 9 June 1946
Place of birth	Oberlainsitz, Austria
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1955–1964	SV Donau
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1965–1984	Austria Wien	571	(23)
1985	Favoritner AC Wien	20	(0)
–	career totals	591	(23 )
National team
1965–1980	Austria	55	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Robert Sara (born 9 June 1946) is a former Austrian football player, born in Oberlainsitz, near St. Martin im Waldviertel.

His younger brother Josef was also a successful footballer.

Club career

Sara became a club legend at Austria Wien, after staying 20 years at the club and winning major silverware with them. He started his professional career at 19 and won 8 league titles, 6 domestic cups and played in the 1978 Cup Winner's Cup Final which they lost 4–0 against Anderlecht. His 571 games is a record for the most appearances by a player in the Austrian top flight.^[1]

Sara was chosen in Austria's Team of the Century in 2001.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in a 3-2 win over England at Wembley in October 1965 and played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup finals.^[2] Captain of the team, he played the decisive pass to Hans Krankl to score the winning goal against arch-rivals West Germany in a game dubbed The miracle of Córdoba, which the Austrians won 3–2 and which was Austria's first win against West Germany for 47 years.

He earned 55 caps, scoring 3 goals.^[3] His last international was a May 1980 friendly match against Argentina.

Honours

Austria Wien

Austrian Bundesliga (8): 1968–69, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84

Austrian Cup (6): 1966-67, 1970-71, 1973-74, 1976-77, 1979-80, 1981-82

External links

Player profile – Austria Wien archive (German)
Robert Sara at National-Football-Teams.com

References

↑ "List of League Appearances Records". rsssf.com. Retrieved 7 Junen 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
↑ Appearances for Austrian National Team – RSSSF

Austria squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup

1 Koncilia 2 Sara (c) 3 Obermayer 4 Breitenberger 5 Pezzey 6 Hattenberger 7 Hickersberger 8 Prohaska 9 Krankl 10 Kreuz 11 Jara 12 Krieger 13 Happich 14 Strasser 15 Weber 16 Persidis 17 Oberacher 18 Schachner 19 Pirkner 20 Baumeister 21 Fuchsbichler 22 Baumgartner Coach: Senekowitsch

FK Austria Wien – managers

Hogan (1911–12)
Meisl (1912–13)
Andres (1919–21)
Lanzer (1922–27)
Lang (1928–30)
Kurz (1930–31)
Hogan (1931–32)
Blum (1932–35)
Konrád (1935–36)
Nausch (1936–37)
Sindelar (1937–38)
J. Schneider (1939–40)
K. Schneider (1941–42)
Geyer (1945)
Müller (1946–54)
Nausch (1954–55)
Vogl (1956–57)
Adamek (1957–58)
Smistik (1958–59)
Probst (1959–60)
Schlechta (1960–62)
Frühwirth (1962–64)
Müller (1964–65)
Ocwirk (1965–71)
Müller (1971–72)
Stotz (1972)
Guttmann (1973)
Pecanka (1973–74)
Argauer (1974)
Dienst (1974–75)
Löser (1975)
Stotz (1976–77)
Stessl (1977–79)
Hof (1979–82)
Halama (1982–84)
Parits (1984–85)
Stessl (1985–86)
Parits (1986–87)
Stotz (1987)
Jantoka (1987–88)
Starek (1988)
Sara (1988)
Hof (1989–90)
Prohaska (1990–92)
Stessl (1992–93)
Hickersberger (1993–94)
Coordes (1994–95)
Hrubesch (1995–96)
Skocik (1996–97)
Frank (1997–98)
Sara (1998^c)
Verdenik (1998–99)
Koncilia (1999^c)
Prohaska (1999–00)
Baumeister (2000^c)
Hochhauser (2000–01)
Haan (2001)
Hörmann & Pfeffer (2001)
Constantini (2001–02^c)
Schachner (2002)
Daum (2002–03)
Löw (2003–04)
Søndergaard (2004–05)
Stöger (2005)
Schinkels (2006)
Zellhofer (2006–08)
Constantini (2008^c)
Daxbacher (2008–11)
Vastić (2011–12)
Stöger (2012–13)
Bjelica (2013–14)
Gager (2014^c)
Baumgartner (2014–15)
Ogris (2015^c)
Fink (2015–)

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