Oliver Glasner

Oliver Glasner
Glasner in 2022
Personal information
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)
2003–2004LASK (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

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.

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 manager at Red Bull Salzburg before returning to Ried as manager in 2014. He then spent four seasons as manager 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 manager of Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg, qualifying for Europe in both seasons at the club. He was then appointed manager 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.

  1. ^ "Die unglaubliche Trainerkarriere des Oliver Glasner". Oberösterreichisches Volksblatt (in German). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2023.