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Valérien Ismaël, France footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Valérien Ismaël
Valérien Ismaël
France
28 September 1975
centre-back
Valérien Ismaël is a French professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers.

A centre-back, Ismaël played for Strasbourg, Crystal Palace, Lens, Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich and Hannover 96. As a player, he won the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue twice, the Bundesliga twice, as well as the DFB-Pokal on two occasions. Following his retirement, he moved into management, first as a reserve coach for a number of clubs before moving into senior management with spells at 1. FC Nürnberg, VfL Wolfsburg and with Austrian Bundesliga club LASK, before spells with English Championship clubs Barnsley, West Bromwich Albion and Watford. He was appointed head coach of Blackburn Rovers in February 2025 and left the club by mutual consent nearly a year later on 2 February 2026.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Ismaël coaching LASK in 2019
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Valérien Alexandre Ismaël
Date of birth: (1975-09-28) 28 September 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth: Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
Height: 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position: Centre-back
⚽ Youth career:
1982–1984: AS Holtzheim
1984–1992: Strasbourg
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1998: Strasbourg 87 (1)
1998: Crystal Palace 13 (0)
1998–2002: Lens 83 (5)
2001: → Strasbourg (loan) 9 (0)
2002–2004: Strasbourg 26 (2)
2003–2004: → Werder Bremen (loan) 32 (4)
2004–2005: Werder Bremen 32 (4)
2005–2007: Bayern Munich 31 (0)
2006–2007: Bayern Munich II 7 (2)
2007–2009: Hannover 96 18 (0)
Total: 338 (18)
⚽ International career:
1993–1994: France U18 8 (2)
1996–1997: France U21 12 (2)
⚽ Managerial career:
2011–2013: Hannover 96 II
2013–2014: VfL Wolfsburg II
2014: 1. FC Nürnberg
2015–2016: VfL Wolfsburg II
2016–2017: VfL Wolfsburg
2018: Apollon Smyrnis
2019–2020: LASK
2020–2021: Barnsley
2021–2022: West Bromwich Albion
2022: Beşiktaş
2023–2024: Watford
2025–2026: Blackburn Rovers
: * Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Channel Image Valérien Ismaël's first interview as Albion Head Coach
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