Oliver Glasner

Oliver Glasner Salary

Currently unattached

Oliver Glasner Net Worth

$5 million

Oliver Glasner Nationality

Austrian 🇦🇹

Oliver Glasner Age

51 years old

Oliver Glasner Current Club

Unattached

Oliver Glasner Contract

Expires June 2026

Oliver Glasner Hometown

Wels, Austria

Oliver Glasner Career Trophies

4 major trophies as a manager

Early Life

Oliver Glasner was born on 14 August 1974 in Wels, Austria. He had a solid professional career as a central defender in Austria, spending the majority of his playing career at ASKÖ Pasching and Wolfsberg before retiring in 2005. His playing career instilled in him an appreciation for defensive organisation and collective discipline that became central to his managerial identity.

Managerial Career

Glasner rose through Austrian football as a manager at Wolfsberg and LASK before moving to German football with Wolfsburg. It was at Eintracht Frankfurt where he made his name — delivering the extraordinary feat of winning the UEFA Europa League in 2022, beating Barcelona along the way, with a squad that had no business competing with European football's elite. He then joined Crystal Palace in early 2024, keeping them in the Premier League before building them into a more consistent top-half side. His final season at Palace was one of extraordinary contrast — fans chanted for him to be sacked during a poor run in the autumn, yet he delivered the Conference League title in his last match in charge in May 2026, beating Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in Leipzig. He left Palace as their greatest ever manager having won three trophies in 12 months.

Philosophy

Glasner believes in creating a clear team identity and executing it with discipline. He does not rely on individual brilliance but rather on collective structure — his teams know exactly when to press, when to hold their shape and when to attack. He is known for his hands-on approach to training and his ability to quickly improve players who had been underperforming under previous managers.

Personal Life

Glasner is known as a private, professional manager who avoids the spotlight away from football. He is regarded by players as direct and clear in his communication, and has earned respect at each club for quickly building strong dressing room cultures. His personality is the opposite of a showman — he lets results speak and prefers substance over style in public.

Glasner's Eintracht Frankfurt became the first German club to win the Europa League in 28 years.

He is one of only a handful of managers in Bundesliga history to guide a club to a Champions League qualification finish without a significant transfer budget.

Glasner grew up supporting Red Bull Salzburg and worked his way through almost every level of Austrian football before making it to the top.

He took Crystal Palace from a relegation battle in early 2024 to mid-table safety without spending significantly in the summer window.

Glasner won Crystal Palace's first ever Conference League title in his final game as manager in May 2026 — leaving the club as their greatest ever manager.