Oliver Glasner
Austrian professional football manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oliver Glasner (born 28 August 1974) is an Austrian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Crystal Palace.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1974-08-28) 28 August 1974 (age 49) | ||
Place of birth | Schärding, Austria | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–2011 | SV Ried | 516 | (27) |
2003–2004 | → LASK (loan) | 3 | (0) |
Total | 519 | (27) | |
Managerial career | |||
2014–2015 | SV Ried | ||
2015–2019 | LASK | ||
2019–2021 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
2021–2023 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
2024– | Crystal Palace | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A defender by trade, he spent almost all of his professional career with Austrian Bundesliga club SV Ried, winning the Austrian Cup in 1998 and 2011.[1] Following his retirement, Glasner worked as an assistant coach at Red Bull Salzburg before returning to Ried as head coach in 2014. He then spent four seasons as head coach of former club LASK, winning promotion to the Austrian top flight, and helping the club finish as runners-up in his final season.
In 2019, he was appointed head coach of Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg, qualifying for Europe in both seasons at the club. He was then appointed head coach of Eintracht Frankfurt, and won the UEFA Europa League in his first season, as well as leading the club to the Champions League knockout stages and DFB-Pokal final in his second and final season. In 2024, he was named manager of Crystal Palace.