Ronald Brunmayr

Ronald Brunmayr
Personal information
Date of birth	17 February 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Steyr, Austria
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Crystal Palace (assistant manager)
Youth career
	SV Garsten
	Vorwärts Steyr
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1995	FC Linz
1996–1998	Austria Wien
1998–2000	SV Ried
2000–2003	Grazer AK
2003–2005	Sturm Graz
2005–2007	SV Ried
2007	FC Kärnten
2008–2010	FC Pasching
International career
2000–2003	Austria
Managerial career
2012–2013	LASK (Under-15)
2013–2015	LASK (Under-16)
2015–2018	FC Juniors OÖ
2019	LASK (Under-19)
2019	FC Juniors OÖ (assistant)
2020–2021	FC Blau-Weiß Linz
2021–2023	Eintracht Frankfurt (assistant coach)
2024–	Crystal Palace (assistant manager)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ronald Brunmayr (born 17 February 1975) is an Austrian football manager and a former player who is currently the assistant manager 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.^[1]^[2]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 March 2002	Merkur-Arena, Graz, Austria	Slovakia	1–0	2–0	Friendly match

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	2000	3	0
	2001	2	0
	2002	2	1
	2003	1	0
Total		8	1

Honours

Grazer AK

Austrian Cup: 2001–02

Individual

Austrian Bundesliga top scorer: 2001–02^[3]

References

^ "Match log for Markus Weissenberger". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ Bufi, Edvin (8 November 2016). "Länderspiel-Bilanz zwischen Österreich und der Slowakei" (in German). 12termann.at. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ "Österreichs Torschützenkönige". www.oberliga-a.at. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2008.