August Starek
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 February 1945 | ||
Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1961–1965 |
1. FC Simmering | 15 | (1) |
1965–1967 | SK Rapid Wien | 24 | (24) |
1967–1968 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 24 | (5) |
1968–1970 | Bayern Munich | 38 | (5) |
1970–1971 | SK Rapid Wien | 18 | (0) |
1971–1972 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 31 | (13) |
1972–1973 |
LASK Linz | 27 | (6) |
1973–1977 | SK Rapid Wien | 88 | (26) |
1977–1979 | Wiener Sport-Club | 62 | (15) |
1979–1980 |
First Vienna | 16 | (0) |
International career | |||
1968–1974 | Austria | 22 | (4) |
Managerial career | |||
1980–1981 | Austria Salzburg | ||
1981–1982 | Grazer AK | ||
1982–1985 | Admira Wacker | ||
1985–1987 | Austria (assistant) | ||
1985–1987 | Austria U-21 | ||
1988 | Austria Wien | ||
1989–1991 | SK Sturm Graz | ||
1992–1993 | SK Rapid Wien | ||
1994–1996 |
VfB Leipzig | ||
1996–1997 | Grazer AK | ||
1998–1999 | FC Kärnten | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
August Starek (born 16 February 1945) is a former international
Club career
Starek started his career at
After his stints in Germany, Starek returned to Rapid Wien, briefly reunited with Nürnberg, and then played for
International career
Starek represented the Austrian national team between 1968 and 1974, scoring his first goal on 6 November 1968 in a 2–1 away defeat against Scotland during the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification.[2]
Managerial career
Starek began his coaching journey at Austria Salzburg for a one-year stint, then moved to Grazer AK for another year, followed by a three-year tenure at Admira Wacker. Between 1985 and 1987, he held a dual coaching role, serving as an assistant coach for the Austrian national team while also leading the Austrian U-21 squad.
Despite finishing second in the 1987–88 Austrian Bundesliga, his coaching tenure at Austria Wien only lasted four months, as he resigned on November 16, 1988, citing controversies with club's managing director Josef Walter, when a new player, Enrique Báez from Montevideo Wanderers, was introduced by the executive committee two days earlier, without consulting Starek.[3] Subsequently, he took on coaching roles at SK Sturm Graz (1989 to 1991) and SK Rapid Wien (1991 to 1993), where he lost the 1992–93 Austrian Cup final.
From 1994 to 1996, he ventured to Germany to coach the second-tier
Controversy
On November 21, 1970, Starek was excluded from the match between Admira Wacker and Rapid Wien by referee Paul Drabek at the Tivoli in Innsbruck as he lifted his pants, probably due to the insults from the audience, for which he was banned for 10 matches and was fined 5,000 shillings by his club. Since then, he became known as "Gustl Starek" and "der Schwarze Gustl" (German for "the black gustl").[1]
Honours
1. FC Simmering
- Regionalliga East: 1965
Rapid Wien
1. FC Nürnberg
Bayern Munich
Individual
- Austrian football championship top scorer: 1966–67 (21 goals)
References
- ^ a b c Hackl, Christian (6 July 2015). "Gustl Starek: Gesetz der Straße, Friede mit dem Hintern" (in German). Der Standard.
- ^ "August Starek" (in German). ÖFB.
- ^ Linden, Peter (20 July 2020). "Debatten um Herzog: Selbst Austrias Sportvorstand hat eine Rapid-Vergangenheit" (in German). peterlinden.live.
External links
- August Starek at WorldFootball.net
- August Starek at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile - Rapidarchiv (in German)
- Profile - Austria-Archiv (in German)