Manfred Zsak

Manfred Zsak (born 22 December 1964 in Mödling) is a former Austrian footballer . He played as midfielder or defender mainly for FC Admira Wacker Mödling and FK Austria Wien. He also played for the Austrian national football team. He was part of the Austrian team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Manfred Zsak

Personal information
Full name	Manfred Zsak
Date of birth	(1964-12-22) 22 December 1964
Place of birth	Mödling, Austria
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder or defender
Club information
Current team	Austria (Assistant Coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1987	Admira Wacker	129	(?)
1987–1996	Austria Wien	250	(50)
1996	GAK	3	(1)
1996–1997	FC Linz	26	(2)
1997–1998	VfB Admira Wacker Mödling	17	(4)
1998–1999	SV Schwechat
2000–2001	ASK Bad Vöslau
2001–2004	SV Rust
National team
1986–1993	Austria	49	(5)
Teams managed
	FK Austria Wien
	Admira Wacker Mödling Akademie
	Polizei/Feuerwehr
	SV Rust
2005–2006	Austria U16
2006–2009	Austria U21
2009–2011	Austria (Assistant Coach)
2011-2012	Austria U18
2012-2013	Austria U19
2013	Austria U15
2013-2014	Austria U16
2014-2015	Austria U17
2015-2016	Austria U18
2016-2017	Austria U19
2017-2018	Austria U16
2018-2019	Austria U17
2023	Austria U17
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Zsak started his professional career at Admira Wacker and moved to Austria Wien. He stayed with them for almost 10 years. Most of his period at Austria he was also captain. 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. Altogether he played 408 first division games. 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 October 1986 versus Albania. He 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 Finland.

Coaching career

After completing his UEFA professional license in 2004, a year later he became youth national coach in the U16, then U21. Then he was Assistant Coach for the Austrian senior team. After that he was coach of different Austrian youth teams.

Honours

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

Other websites

• Player profile - Austria Archive
• Manfred Zsak at National-Football-Teams.com
• Steckbrief