Oliver Glasner

Oliver Glasner (born 28 August 1974) is an Austrian professional football manager for VfL Wolfsburg. He was former player who played as a defender for Austrian Football Bundesliga side SV Ried.

Oliver Glasner
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-08-28) 28 August 1974
Place of birth Salzburg, Austria
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2011 Ried 516 (27)
2003–2004 → LASK (loan) 3 (0)
Total 519 (27)
Teams managed
2014–2015 SV Ried
2015–2019 LASK
2019– VfL Wolfsburg
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Glasner spent the majority of his playing career with SV Ried, for whom he made more than 500 league appearances in a 16-year career, including a year on loan to LASK in 2003–04. He retired from playing in August 2011 after suffering a brain haemorrhage.[1]

Coaching career

In 2012, he became part of the managing staff of Red Bull Salzburg. In July 2012, he became assistant coach of Roger Schmidt in the first squad. After a successful stint at Salzburg, he was appointed head coach of his former team SV Ried.[2] Glasner won his first match as head coach 3–2 against SC/ESV Parndorf in the first round of the Austrian Cup and won his first league match 3–1 against Wiener Neustadt.[3]

Starting with 2019–20 Bundesliga season, he is managing VfL Wolfsburg.[4]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 3 February 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
SV Ried 12 May 2014 25 May 2015 37 13 7 17 52 54 −2 035.14 [5]
LASK Linz 1 July 2015 1 July 2019 161 94 32 35 308 173 +135 058.39 [6]
VfL Wolfsburg 1 July 2019 Present 71 33 20 18 115 90 +25 046.48 [7]
Career total 269 140 59 70 475 317 +158 052.04 —

References
  1. "Maierhofer joins Salzburg, Glasner retires". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. "Oliver Glasner wird neuer Trainer der SV Ried". nachrichten.at. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  3. "SV Ried". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  4. "Oliver Glasner to take over". vfl-wolfsburg.de. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  5. "SV Ried: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  6. "LASK Linz: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  7. "VfL Wolfsburg: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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