Ronald Brunmayr (born 17 February 1975) is an Austrian

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manager and a former player who is currently the assistant manager at

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club Crystal Palace.

Club career

In August 1994, Brunmayr started his professional career with FC Linz, making his ''Bundesliga'' debut, and was signed by

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club

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in 1996. In 1998, after two years he moved to

SV Ried SV Ried, commonly known as SV Guntamatic Ried for sponsorship reasons, is an Austrian association football club based in Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. The t ...

, and again two years later, in 2000 he moved to

Grazer AK Grazer Athletiksport Klub (; abbreviated as GAK), better known simply as Grazer AK, is an Austrian sports club based in the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria. The football section was once among Austria's most popular clubs, enjoying s ...

, 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

later in 2005, and played for

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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

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, and earned eight caps, scoring one goal. His final international game was a March 2003 friendly match against

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Coaching career

From 2012 to 2015, Brunmayr managed academy teams of

LASK Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as LASK (), or Linzer ASK, is an Austrian professional football club based in Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football Bundes ...

. 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 FC Blau-Weiß Linz or BW Linz are an Austrian association football club playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top-tier of Austrian Football. History In 1997, FC Blau-Weiß Linz was founded, which adopted the traditions of the ...

. 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

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club

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. They won the 2021–22

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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

club Crystal Palace.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.''

Career statistics

Honours

Grazer AK *

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: 2001–02 Individual *

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top scorer: 2001–02

References

External links

Player profile
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