[1] After his stints in Germany, Starek returned to Rapid Wien, briefly reunited with Nürnberg, and then played for LASK Linz.

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] 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.

Despite finishing second in the 1987–88 Austrian Bundesliga, his coaching tenure at Austria Wien only lasted four months, as he resigned on 16 November 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.

[1] On 21 November 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.