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

: Ismaël coaching LASK in 2019
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Valérien Alexandre Ismaël
Date of birth: (1975-09-28) 28 September 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth: Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
Height: 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s): Centre-back
⚽ Team information:
Current team: Blackburn Rovers (head coach)
⚽ 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–: Blackburn Rovers
: * Club domestic league appearances and goals