The Austrian had a fairly unremarkable playing career all of which was spent in his home nation. But his managerial career has been more promising so far with his most notable achievement guiding Eintracht Frankfurt to the Europa League trophy in 2022.
Glasner was a defender who had an 18-year playing career between 1993 and 2011 with all of it being spent in his home country and the vast majority of it at Austrian side SV Ried, other than one year he spent on loan at LASK in the 2003/04 campaign.
Glasner's playing career ended just days short of his 37th birthday after he suffered a subdural haematoma following a clash of heads with Rapid Vienna’s Mario Sonnleitner.
He began his managerial career in 2014 and he started out at the club where he spent nearly all of his playing career - SV Ried.
He also went on to manage his only other former club LASK before moving to Germany to first manage Wolfsburg and then Eintracht Frankfurt.
Glasner’s lengthy playing career at SV Ried started in 1993 when the club were in the second-tier of Austrian football but he would be a part of the team which would win promotion to the first division a couple of years later in 1995.
He would then go on to enjoy more success with the club when they won the Austrian Cup for the first time ever in 1998 when they defeated SK Sturm Graz 3-1 in the final.
SK Ried would eventually go on to be relegated from the Austrian Bundesliga in the 2002/03 season when they finished bottom of the league table on 38 points.
Despite this blip, the club bounced back and were once again promoted back to Austria’s top-tier in 2004/05 when they won the second-division title with 77 points.
The club then remained in the Austrian first-division for the remainder of Glasner’s playing career with them and he would even get one more taste of Austrian Cup success in 2011 when they defeated Austria Lustenau 2-0 in the final of the competition.
In the summer of 2011, doctors advised Glasner to retire from playing football after suffering a subdural haematoma following a clash of heads with Rapid Vienna’s Mario Sonnleitner. As a result he officially hung up his boots on August 23, 2011.
He retired having made over 500 appearances for SK Ried over the course of nearly two decades.
Due to the fact that Glasner spent nearly all of his playing career at SV Ried, it’s no surprise that his managerial career began there also.
He had previously been assistant manager at Red Bull Salzburg to Roger Schmidt for a couple of years and after leaving the club, he took the managerial job at SV Ried in May 2014.
Glasner went on to spend just over a year in charge of the club as they finished the 2014/15 campaign in sixth-place. He managed the club a total of 37 times, winning 13, drawing seven, and losing 17.
In the summer of 2015, Glasner became both manager and director of sport at LASK meaning he had now managed the only two clubs he played for throughout his career.
His stint in the dugout turned out to be a successful one. In only his second season with the club (2016/17), he guided them to promotion to the Austrian Bundesliga by winning the title with 77 points. LASK would now play in the first-tier for the first time since 2011.
Glasner then continued to work wonders with the club as they ended the 2017/18 first-division campaign in fourth-place meaning they qualified for European football for the first time since 2000.
He then spent one more season in charge where he guided LASK to a second-place finish in Austria’s top-tier, meaning they qualified for Champions League football for the first and still only time in their history.
His time at LASK officially came to an end in July 2019. Glasner managed the club 161 times, winning 94, drawing 32, and losing 35.
In the summer of 2019, Glasner moved to Germany to take charge of Bundesliga club Wolfsburg.
His first season at the club was a solid one as he guided them to a seventh-place finish in Germany’s top-tier and to the last 16 of the Europa League.
The 2020/21 campaign saw Glasner make even more improvements with the club as he guided them to a fourth-place finish in the first division of German football, meaning they would play in the Champions League the following season for the first time since 2015/16.
Glasner’s time in the dugout at Wolfsburg ended in the summer of 2021 with him managing the club 87 times, winning 41, drawing 22, and losing 24.
Glasner took the reins at Eintracht Frankfurt in July 2021, steering the club to 11th in the Bundesliga.
But it was in Europe where he claimed his first major trophy as a manager, beating Scottish giants Rangers in the final of the Europa League with a penalty-shootout victory.
Glasner guided the club to wins over the likes of Barcelona and West Ham on route to winning the competition, as the club secured qualification for the Champions League for the first time in their history.
The 2022/23 season was less successful for Glasner and Frankfurt but there were still some highlights.
The club made it out of their Champions League group, qualified for the Europa Conference League by finishing seventh in the Bundesliga, and made it to the DFB-Polkal final but were beaten 2-0 by RB Leipzig.
Glasner left the club at the end of the 2022/23 season having managed Frankfurt 97 times, winning 38, drawing 30, and losing 29.
Glasner agreed a two-year deal with the Premier League club in February 2024, replacing Roy Hodgson who had stepped down from the role.
Palace chairman Steve Parish said: “I’m delighted to welcome Oliver to the club. He has an outstanding record, and we believe he is the right manager to take the club forward at this pivotal stage.
“Wherever Oliver has gone so far in his managerial journey, success has been quick to follow, and we believe his ambition, as well as his exciting and attacking approach, is the perfect fit for getting the most from our talented young squad in the remainder of this Premier League season and beyond.”
Glasner married his wife Bettina in 2007 and he has three children Julian, Niklas, and Alina.
Glasner is reportedly on £4.5m a year at Selhurst Park.
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