Manfred Zsak (born 22 December 1964 in
Mödling) is a retired
Austrian
footballer who is currently the Assistant Coach for
Austria.
Club career
Zsak started his professional career at
Admira Wacker and moved to
Austria Wien
Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (; known in English as Austria Vienna, and usually shortened to Austria (German: Österreich) in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the mos ...
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
FC Linz. 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
Austria in an October 1986 3-0 win over
Albania and was a participant at the
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Me ...
. He earned 49 caps, scoring 5 goals. He ended his international career at a May 1993 World Cup qualification match against
Finland.
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
The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...
(3):
** 1991, 1992, 1993
*Austrian Cup
The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...
(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