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.
Playing career
Glasner started his career at SV Riedau, and joined the second Austrian division team SV Ried in 1993.[2] Ried got promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga in 1995. During the 1997–98 season he won the Austrian Cup with the club. When Ried went down to second division again in 2003, Glasner joined First League team LASK for the next season, but returned to Ried a year later. Ried returned to the Bundesliga in 2005, 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 heading duel in a league match between Ried and Rapid Wien. Nevertheless, he accompanied his team during the Europa Leaguethird qualifying round second leg against Brøndby. After the final heading training session, a brain haemorrhage developed on 4 August 2011. He was operated on the same day. Glasner survived the operation, but ended his career on the advice of the doctors on 23 August 2011. He made more than 500 league appearances in his 16-year career.[3]
Managerial career
Early career
In 2006, Glasner completed his Diplomkaufmann qualification at the University of Hagen. 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. Glasner asked Ralf Rangnick for an opportunity in coaching, and in July 2012, he became assistant manager to Roger Schmidt in the first-team squad. After their successful two-year spell at Salzburg, finishing as Austrian champions, Glasner did not follow Schmidt to Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga, but instead was appointed manager at his former club Ried for the 2014–15 season.[4] He started the campaign with two wins: 3–2 against Parndorf in the first round of the Austrian Cup on 11 July 2014; and 3–1 against Wiener Neustädter in a league game on 19 July.[5]
In May 2021, Eintracht Frankfurt announced that Glasner had signed as manager on a three-year deal until 30 June 2024.[2] The start at Frankfurt was challenging. Frankfurt appointed Axel Hellmann as the new chairman of the board, Markus Krösche succeeded Fredi Bobic as managing director for sport, Ben Manga replaced Bruno Hübner as sporting director and the team lost its top scorer, André Silva, to RB Leipzig. The team lost 2–0 in the first round of DFB-Pokal against third tierWaldhof Mannheim. Frankfurt were close to the relegation zone in November, managing to win only one league game during the first months – against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. It was the first time after 21 years, and after 16 matches they did so.[11]
Between November and December, Frankfurt won six out of seven, and were placed sixth at the end of the first round of matches. The second half of the season was inconsistent and Frankfurt finished the league at 11th place. Their European campaign was successful, they advanced to the Europa Leaguefinal, for the second time in the club's history (after 1980) – defeating Barcelona and West Ham United en route[12][13] – and won the match 5–4 on penalties against Scottish club Rangers. Frankfurt stayed undefeated for 13 EL games, and qualified for the Champions League for the first time since 1960.[14]
The following season, Glasner led Frankfurt to second place in the Champions League group stage against Tottenham, Sporting and Marseille, but lost in the round of 16 against the subsequent Italian champions Napoli.[15] Though they were fourth at the halfway point, Frankfurt only finished seventh, winning two of their last three matches to secure qualification for the Europa Conference League.[15] They also reached the DFB-Pokal final against RB Leipzig, but lost 2–0.[16] Following a poor second half of the league season, Glasner left Frankfurt at the end of the 2022–23 season, one year earlier than his original contract.[15]Dino Toppmöller was his successor.
Crystal Palace
On 19 February 2024, Glasner was appointed manager of Premier League club Crystal Palace, signing a contract until the end of the 2025–26 season. He replaced Roy Hodgson, who stepped down as manager the same day.[17][18] He did not take charge of the match against Everton that day, which was overseen by interim manager Paddy McCarthy; he was instead seen watching the 1–1 draw from the Goodison Park stand alongside chairman Steve Parish.[19][20]
Glasner won his first game in charge, beating Burnley 3–0 at Selhurst Park on 24 February.[21] On 14 April, Glasner won his first away game with the club, ending Liverpool's 29-game unbeaten streak at Anfield with a 1–0 win.[22] On 6 May, he led Palace to a 4–0 win over Manchester United at Selhurst Park to complete their first ever Premier League double over the club.[23][24] On the final day of the season, he led Palace to a 5–0 home win over Aston Villa, the joint biggest Premier League win in Palace's history.[25][26] Palace ended the season with six wins from their last seven games, equalling their highest ever Premier League points tally of 49, having won 4 consecutive home games for the first time and finishing in the top 10 for the second time in the Premier League era.[26][27]
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