Oliver Glasner (born 28 August 1974) is an Austrian professional

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coach, currently as a head coach of

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. In his playing career, he played as a defender for

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Playing career

Glasner started his career at SV Riedau, and joined the second Austrian division team

in 1993. Ried got promoted to the

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in 1995. During the he won the

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with the club. When Ried went down to second division again in

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, Glasner joined First League team

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for the next season, but returned to Ried a year later. Ried returned to the Bundesliga in

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, and in the 2010–11 season, Glasner won the Austrian Cup for the second time. On 31 July 2011, he suffered a cut above the eye and a slight concussion during a header duel in a league match between Ried and

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. Nevertheless, he accompanied his team during the

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third qualifying round second leg against

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. After the final head ball training session, a

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developed on August 4, 2011. He was operated on the same day. Glasner survived the operation well, but ended his career on the advice of the doctors on August 23, 2011. He made more than 500 league appearances in his 16-year career.

Coaching career

Beginnings in Salzburg and Ried

In 2006, Glasner completed Diplomkaufmann at

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. He was offered an assistant coach role at Ried in 2012. But Peter Vogl, then honorary president of SV Ried and CEO of Red Bull Salzburg, hired Glasner as management assistant, responsible for sports coo. Glasner asked

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for an opportunity in coaching, and in July 2012, he became assistant coach for Roger Schmidt in the first-team squad. After the successful 2 year spell at Salzburg, he was appointed as a head coach of his former club SV Ried for the 2014–15 season. He started the campaign with two wins: 3–2 against

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in the first round of the Austrian Cup, on 11 July 2014; and 3–1 against Wiener Neustädter in a league match, on 19 July.

LASK

Glasner joined LASK in the 2015–16 season as a director of sport, and coach. He helped the team earn promotion to the first division in his second season. LASK finished the

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season in fourth position, earning a place in the 2018–19 Europa League third qualifying round. It was club's first European campaign since

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. In the 2018–19 season, LASK finished in second place, just behind perennial champions Red Bull Salzburg, which allowed them to participate in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Following his success with LASK,

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hired Glasner to manage

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in the

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, and

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joined LASK as his replacement.

Vfl Wolfsburg

In his first season with Wolfsburg, the club managed to qualify for the

, finishing 7th in the

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. Glasner also guided them to the Europa League round of 16 phase, where they lost 5–1 on aggregate against

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. In the

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, Wolfsburg finished fourth, qualifying for the

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Eintracht Frankfurt

In May 2021,

announced that Glasner had signed on as head coach on a three-year deal until 30 June 2024. The start at Frankfurt was challenging. Eintracht appointed Axel Hellmann as the new chairman of the board, Markus Krösche succeeded

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as managing director for sport,

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replaced Bruno Hübner as sporting director, and the team lost its top scorer, André Silva, to

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. Glasner also lost 2–0 in the first round of DFB-Pokal against third tier

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. Frankfurt was close to the relegation zone in November. They managed to win only one league game during the first months – against

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at the

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. It was the first time after 21 years, and after 16 matches they did so. Between November and December, the team gained points in a few matches, winning six out of seven, and was placed 6th at the end of Hinrunde. The second half of the season was inconsistent though, as Frankfurt couldn't leave the middle of the table, and finished the league at 11th place. On the other hand, their continental campaign was successful. They advanced to the

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, for the third time in the club's history (after

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and

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) – defeating

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and

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en route – and won the match 5–4 on

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against Scottish club Rangers, staying undefeated for 13 UEL games.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Eintracht Frankfurt *

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: 2021–22

References

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* 1974 births Living people People from Schärding District Footballers from Upper Austria Austrian footballers Association football central defenders SV Ried players LASK players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players SV Ried managers LASK managers VfL Wolfsburg managers Eintracht Frankfurt managers Austrian Football Bundesliga managers Bundesliga managers UEFA Europa League winning managers Austrian expatriate football managers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate football managers in Germany University of Hagen alumni {{austria-footy-defender-stub