Manfred Zsak (born 22 December 1964 in

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) is a retired

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who is currently the Assistant Coach for

Club career

Zsak started his professional career at Admira Wacker and moved to Austria Wien aged 23 and stayed with them for almost 10 years, captaining the side for most of his period at Austria. In 1996, he moved to GAK but left them after only a month and three matches to join

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. He returned to his now renamed first team VfB Admira Wacker Mödling and suffered relegation with them to the second division in 1998. He finished his career playing for lower league outfits SV Schwechat, ASK Bad Vöslau and SV Rust.

International career

He made his debut for

in an October 1986 3-0 win over

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and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He earned 49 caps, scoring 5 goals. He ended his international career at a May 1993 World Cup qualification match against

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Coaching career

Zsak was the head coach of the Austrian under-21 side,21-Nationalmannschaft Betreuerteam
- ÖFB and then was named as Assistant Coach for the Austrian senior team.

Honours

* Austrian Football Bundesliga (3): ** 1991, 1992, 1993 * Austrian Cup (3): ** 1990, 1992, 1994

References

External links

Player profile
- Austria Archive *
Steckbrief
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zsak, Manfred 1964 births Living people People from Mödling Austrian footballers Austria men's international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players FC Admira Wacker Mödling players FK Austria Wien players Grazer AK players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Lower Austria Association football coaches