Valérien Ismaël
French football manager (born 1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Valérien Alexandre Ismaël (born 28 September 1975) is a French professional football coach and a former professional player who was most recently the manager of EFL Championship club Watford.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Valérien Alexandre Ismaël[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1975-09-28) 28 September 1975 (age 48) | ||
Place of birth | Strasbourg, France | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | 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 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
During his playing career, 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 at 1. FC Nürnberg, then with VfL Wolfsburg before a notable spell with LASK of the Austrian Bundesliga and spells with Barnsley and West Bromwich Albion of the English Championship.