Miron Muslià(born 14 September 1982) is an AustrianâÂÂBosnian professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04.
Musliàcame to Austria with his family during the turmoil of the Bosnian war and started playing football in the academy of FC Wacker Innsbruck in 1994 at the age of twelve. After the club disbanded, he played for Wacker Innsbruck from 1999. In October 2000, he moved to the second division club Wörgl. He made his debut for Wörgl in the second division in March 2001, when he was substituted for Markus Unterrainer at half-time on matchday 24 of the 2000âÂÂ01 season against First Vienna.
Musliàmoved to Novalja in Croatia for the 2002âÂÂ03 season. After a season abroad, he returned to Wörgl in 2003. In September 2003, he scored his first second league goal in a 2âÂÂ2 draw against BSV Juniors. With Wörgl, he was relegated from the second-highest division in the 2004âÂÂ05 season.
He then moved to third division club SVG Reichenau for the 2005âÂÂ06 season, for whom he played 18 games. In the summer of 2006, he joined league rivals Hall. In the 2006âÂÂ07 season, he scored 21 goals in 29 games for Hall in the Regionalliga West. He moved to Bundesliga club SV Ried for the 2007âÂÂ08 season. He made his Bundesliga debut in July 2007, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute for Jovan Damjanoviàon matchday three of that season against Austria Kärnten.
After four games in the Bundesliga, Musliàmoved to third division club Gmunden during the winter break of the 2007âÂÂ08 season. With Gmunden, he was relegated to the OàLiga at the end of the season. He joined league rivals ATSV Sattledt for the 2010âÂÂ11 season. With Sattledt, he was relegated from the fourth-highest division in 2012. He then joined fifth-tier Union WeiÃÂkirchen in the summer of 2012, with whom he was promoted to the OàLiga in 2014. After finishing second in the scoring charts in the 2012âÂÂ13 season with 24 goals in 26 games, he became the top scorer in the fifth-tier Landesliga Ost in the 2013âÂÂ14 season, with 31 goals in 24 appearances.
He returned to Ried for the 2015âÂÂ16 season, where he joined the amateur team. He ended his active career after the 2016âÂÂ17 season.
Musliàwas assistant coach to Alfred Olzinger at Union WeiÃÂkirchen in 2014. From the 2015âÂÂ16 season, he was also assistant coach to Thomas Weissenböck at Ried's amateur team.
From the 2017âÂÂ18 season, he coached the Ried Under-18s team. In April 2018, he became Weissenböck's assistant coach with the first team at SV Ried. He also took over as head coach of Ried's amateurs for the 2018âÂÂ19 season.
Following Weissenböck's resignation in November 2018, Musliàtook over Ried as head coach on an interim basis for one match. In December 2018, he gave up his role as coach of the amateurs to work only as an assistant coach. After the 2018âÂÂ19 season, he returned to the academy.
On 14 July 2020, MusliÃÂ was hired as a manager by Austrian Football Second League club Floridsdorfer AC.
MusliÃÂ returned to Austrian Bundesliga club SV Ried in January 2021 and became head coach of the club. After ten games as coach of Ried, he resigned in March 2021, with the Upper Austrians picking up just three points in this period and remaining winless.
In October 2021, Musliàbecame assistant coach to Yves Vanderhaeghe at Cercle Brugge. He also remained at the club under Dominik Thalhammer, and was promoted to the main first-team managerial role the following year, replacing Thalhammer on 19 September 2022. Helped by the goals of Japan international Ayase Ueda, Musliàsteered Cercle from the relegation zone to a regular-season finishing position of eighth for the 2022âÂÂ23 campaign, qualifying them for a streamlined version of the Belgian Pro League's European play-offs. They finished runners-up to Gent in these play-offs for the final European qualifying place, seeing them officially finish in sixth position.
With Ueda moving to Feyenoord, and Kevin Denkey promoted to become MusliÃÂ's first-choice striker, Cercle would qualify for the title play-offs for the first time, going on to finish fourth for the 2023âÂÂ24 season, their highest finish since 2008, qualifying them for Europe for the first time in 14 years, and only the fourth time ever.
Early season struggles for the 2024âÂÂ25 season did not clear, and after a 2âÂÂ0 lead over bottom side Beerschot turned into a 2âÂÂ3 defeat, Musliàwas dismissed as Cercle manager on 2 December 2024.
On 10 January 2025, MusliÃÂ signed a three-and-a-half-year contract to become head coach of EFL Championship side Plymouth Argyle.
On 9 February 2025, with Plymouth in the bottom position in the Championship, MusliÃÂ's team met Liverpool at Home Park in the FA Cup Fourth Round and won 1âÂÂ0. The win marked only the fourth time in FA Cup history that the leaders of the Premier League have been knocked out by a team outside the top flight.
On 28 May 2025, the club announced they had "reluctantly" given MusliÃÂ permission to speak to a team in the German second division, reportedly Schalke 04, about becoming their manager. Plymouth expressed frustration in their official statement announcing the decision, noting that they had "received repeated verbal promises from Miron that he was committed to Argyle."
On 31 May 2025, Musliàjoined Schalke 04 on a two-year deal. In his first match in charge, he led Schalke to a 2âÂÂ1 home win over Hertha BSC on 1 August 2025.
Born in SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina, MusliÃÂ and his family fled to Innsbruck as refugees in 1992, when he was nine years old after his hometown came under siege. Speaking to BBC Sport, MusliÃÂ described how, "[his family] had to leave Bosnia, and BihaÃÂ, our hometown, literally overnight, grabbing things you can grab with your hands."
He has three children with his wife, Ensada.