Karl Jestrab

Karl Jestrab
Personal information
Full name Karl Jestrab
Date of birth (1907-01-12)12 January 1907
Date of death 1 February 1980(1980-02-01) (aged 73)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
-1925 Phönix XII
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1925-1932 SC Wacker Wien
1932 Servette FC
1932-1937 SK Rapid Wien 106 [1] (0)
1937-1950 SV Straßenbahn Wien
1950-1951 SV Wienerberger
International career
1935 Austria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karl Jestrab (12 January 1907 – 1 February 1980) was an Austrian footballer. He played as defender. He was capped one time for Austria in 1935, in a match against Poland.[2]

Career

Jestrab began his career at Phönix XII. He moved to SC Wacker Wien in 1925. He quickly secured a regular starting position in the midfield alongside Leopold Resch and Theodor Brinek. With Franz Dumser's transfer to Wacker in 1929, Jestrab moved into defense. There he played for the next two years.

1932 he moved to the Swiss first-division club Servette FC Genève There he played as striker. After only six months, he left the club and returned to Vienna. Here he joined SK Rapid. He immediately became a regular starter, forming a defensive partnership with Leopold Czejka and Ludwig Tauschek. He became two times runner-up in the chsmpionship.In the 1934/35 season he won the title.

Jestrab remained with Hütteldorf until mid-1937. Then he went to the second-division side SV Straßenbahn Wien. Apart from one season with SV Donau, Jestrab remained with the Straßenbahn Wien team until 1950. Then he ended his career with SV Wienerberger.

International statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 193510
Total10

References

  1. ↑ Rapid Archiv
  2. ↑ "Karl Jestrab". EU Football. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

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