Ronald Brunmayr

Ronald Brunmayr (born 17 February 1975) is an Austrian football manager and a former player who is currently a first-team coach at Premier League club Crystal Palace.

Club career In August 1994, Brunmayr started his professional career with FC Linz, making his Bundesliga debut, and was signed by Vienna club Austria Wien in 1996.

In 1998, after two years he moved to SV Ried, and again two years later, in 2000 he moved to Grazer AK, with whom he won a domestic cup, became footballer of the year, and topped Austria's goalscoring charts.

He then joined Sturm Graz in 2003, then rejoined SV Ried later in 2005, and played for FC Kärnten in 2007, before finishing his professional career at SV Pasching from 2008 to 2010.

International career In August 2000, Brunmayr made his debut for the Austria national team against Hungary, and earned eight caps, scoring one goal.

His final international game was a March 2003 friendly match against Scotland.

Coaching career From 2012 to 2015, Brunmayr managed academy teams of LASK. In the summer of 2015, he became coach of FC Juniors OÖ and later the LASK under-19 team. In 2018, he was promoted to the 2nd league with the Juniors.

During the winter break of the 2018–19 season, Brunmayr returned to LASK. The following season he went back to the Juniors as assistant coach to Gerald Scheiblehner. In January 2020, he became the coach of FC Blau-Weiß Linz. In the 2020–21 season they won the championship title in the Second league. Brunmayr left Blau-Weiß for the 2021–22 season and became Oliver Glasner's assistant coach in Germany at Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. They won the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League with Frankfurt in the final on 18 May 2022. In 2023 he left Frankfurt together with Glasner.

On 19 February 2024, Brunmayr linked up with Glasner again, becoming assistant manager at Premier League club Crystal Palace.

International goals Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first. No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 27 March 2002 Merkur-Arena, Graz, Austria 1–0 2–0 Friendly match

Career statistics

Honours Grazer AK Austrian Cup: 2001–02

Individual Austrian Bundesliga top scorer: 2001–02