Robert Sara is a former Austrian

Austrians

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 football

Football (soccer)

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 player, born in Oberlainsitz, near St. Martin im Waldviertel

Sankt Martin, Lower Austria

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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

R.S.C. Anderlecht

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

International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

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 in October 1965 against Romania

England national football team

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 and was a participant at the 1978 FIFA World Cup

1978 FIFA World Cup

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. Captain of the team, he played the decisive pass to Hans Krankl

Hans Krankl

Johann "Hans" Krankl is a retired Austrian footballer. He was last manager of LASK Linz.-Club career:A prolific striker, Krankl is regarded by many as the greatest ever Austrian player. He started his professional career at Rapid Wien and stayed there for 8 years, apart from a year at Wiener AC...

 to score the winning goal against arch-rivals West Germany

West Germany

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 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. His last international was a May 1980 friendly match against Argentina

Argentina national football team

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Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (8):
  • 1969, 1970, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984
• Austrian Cup
  Austrian Cup
  The Austrian Cup, in German: ÖFB-Cup is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB.It has been held since 1919, with the exception of the time of the Anschluss between 1939 and 1945 and the period between 1950 and 1958 when the competition was deemed of...
  
  (6):
  • 1967, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1982

External links

• Player profile – Austria Wien archive
• Career stats – National Football Teams