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.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 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
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
SV Ried | ![]() |
12 May 2014 | 25 May 2015 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 35.14 | [5] |
LASK Linz | ![]() |
1 July 2015 | 1 July 2019 | 161 | 94 | 32 | 35 | 308 | 173 | +135 | 58.39 | [6] |
VfL Wolfsburg | ![]() |
1 July 2019 | Present | 71 | 33 | 20 | 18 | 115 | 90 | +25 | 46.48 | [7] |
Career total | 269 | 140 | 59 | 70 | 475 | 317 | +158 | 52.04 | — |
References
- "Maierhofer joins Salzburg, Glasner retires". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- "Oliver Glasner wird neuer Trainer der SV Ried". nachrichten.at. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- "SV Ried". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- "Oliver Glasner to take over". vfl-wolfsburg.de. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- "SV Ried: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- "LASK Linz: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- "VfL Wolfsburg: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 September 2019.