Valérien Ismaël

(Valérien Alexandre Ismaël)

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Born
1975 (50 years old)
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Strasbourg, France

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Manager

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
Black

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1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)

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Valérien Alexandre Ismaël (born 28 September 1975) 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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1984-1992

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1993-1998	1996-1997	1998-1999
1999-2002	2001 (Loan)	2002-2004
2003-2004 (Loan)	2004-2005	2005-2007
2006-2007	2008-2009

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2011-2013 Manager	2013-2014 Manager	2014-2014 Manager
2015-2016 Manager	2016-2017 Manager	2016-2016 Caretaker Manager
2018-2018 Manager	2019-2020 Manager	2020-2021 Manager
2021-2022 Manager	2022-2022 Manager	2023-2024 Manager
2025-2026 Manager