Kurt Zaro

Kurt Zaro (born January 9, 1929 - April 2003 ) was a German football player. From 1950 to 1962, the offensive player played a total of 135 league games with 44 goals in the football upper league West at the Rot-Weiss Essen and Schwarz-Weiß Essen clubs . In the 1951/52 season he was part of the RW Essen championship team in what was then the first-class Oberliga West, and with the team from Bergeborbeck he also made two appearances in the final round of the German soccer championship . When winning the championship in 1960/61 in the 2nd League West and thus returning to the Oberliga West with the team from the south of Essen, the ETB-Elf from Uhlenkrug, the outstanding technician had, he was from Willem II Tilburg in the summer of 1960 returned to his hometown club in Essen, with 14 goals in 21 league games significant share.

career

Zaro developed football in the youth department of Schwarz-Weiß Essen. In the game year 1948/49 he finished fifth with ETB in the Landesliga Niederrhein, Group 2, and thus belonged to the two- tier 2. League West in 1949/50 . Under coach Josef Uridil and at the side of ex-national player Paul Winkler , Zaro completed 27 second division games and scored eleven goals when reaching seventh place. On May 14, 1950, the half - forward was used in the World Cup system then practiced in the representative game between West Germany and North Germany in Cologne in front of 38,000 spectators in the West selection. In the 3: 4 defeat against the NFV selection, he formed the left wing together with Hans Schäfer in the first half . He had attracted the attention of the “doer” of the local rival from Essen's Hafenstrasse, Georg Melches , and joined the Red-Whites in the Oberliga West for the round in 1950/51.

With the newly introduced contract football system - a maximum of DM 320 per month was allowed and professional activity was a prerequisite for playing eligibility - the players were able to earn a decent living. Under coach Karl Hohmann , Zaro had completed 22 league games and contributed five goals to reaching sixth place in the table. He made his league debut on August 27, 1950 at the start of the round with a 1-0 away win at Duisburg Spielverein.

When Helmut Rahn , another dangerous striker , came to RWE for the 1951/52 season alongside August Gottschalk and Bernhard Termath , he and his teammates celebrated winning the championship in the Oberliga West for the first time. At the beginning of the round he formed on August 19, 1951 in a 2-2 away draw at Borussia Dortmund in front of 35,000 spectators on half right with right winger Helmut Rahn the right wing of the Essenes. The successful round was concluded on April 20, 1952 with a 4-1 home win in front of 40,000 spectators against runner-up FC Schalke 04. Zaro scored two goals and formed together with Rahn, Gottschalk, Werner Cornelissen and Termath the dangerous attack of the western champions. The half-forward came in the final against Tennis Borussia Berlin (2: 4) and VfL Osnabrück (2: 3) in the two start defeats. After that, he did not play a competitive game for Red and White - a total of 42 league games with eleven goals are recorded for Zaro in two rounds - and returned to his home club Black and White Essen for the 1952/53 season.

With the team from the Uhlenkrugstadion , he completed an excellent round in his second season after his return, 1953/54. He finished sixth with ETB and had scored 15 goals in 27 rounds. With teammates such as Edmond Kasperski , Werner Keus , Hubert Schieth and Hans Zerres , the team of coach Fritz Buchloh had scored 72 goals in the Oberliga West. After three rounds with a total of 69 league games and 30 goals, he again ended his activity with the black and whites and joined US Triestina in the Italian Serie A for two years for the 1955/56 season . From 1957 two more professional years followed in the Netherlands with Willem II Tilburg.

For the round 1960/61 returned to his hometown club Black and White Essen. ETB played in the 2nd League West. As a playmaker he led the team of coach Hans Wendlandt with teammates such as Manfred Rummel , Theo Klöckner , Hans Küppers , Karl-Heinz Mozin , Heinz Steinmann and Horst Trimhold to the championship and return to the first-class Oberliga West. Zaro had scored 14 goals in 21 league appearances. Shortly before the introduction of the central soccer league in 1961/62 , Schwarz-Weiß Essen reached under coach Kuno Klötzer and West top scorer Manfred Rummel (26 goals) behind champions 1. FC Cologne, vice FC Schalke 04 and third, RW Oberhausen , the excellent fourth place. Veteran Zaro had scored five goals in 27 appearances. His last league game he played on March 31, 1962 in a 1: 4 away defeat at RW Oberhausen.

In Essen-Holsterhausen he ran a restaurant called "Zum Kurzio". After his playing days he was still active as a coach, including at VfB Wissen and at 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the 1966/67 series in the second-rate regional soccer league Southwest.

literature

• Georg Schrepper, Uwe Wick: “… RWE again and again!” The story of Rot-Weiss-Essen. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-467-7 .
• Hardy Grüne , Lorenz Knieriem: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 8: Player Lexicon 1890–1963. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 , pp. 110-111.