| General |
| Valérien Ismaël | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Valérien Ismaël | |
| Date of birth | 28 September 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Strasbourg,  France
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | 
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| Youth clubs | ||
| 1982–1984 1984–1992 |
AS Holtzheim Strasbourg
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1993–1998 1998 1998–2002 2001 2002–2004 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2007 2006–2007 2007–2009 Total |
 Strasbourg Crystal Palace Lens → Strasbourg (loan) Strasbourg → Werder Bremen (loan) Werder Bremen Bayern Munich Bayern Munich II Hannover 96
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87 (1) 13 (0) 83 (5) 9 (0) 26 (2) 32 (4) 32 (4) 31 (0) 7 (2) 18 (0) 338 (18) |
| National team | ||
| 1993–1994 1996–1997 |
France U18 France U21
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8 (2) 12 (2) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2011–2013 2013–2014 2014 2015–2016 2016–2017 2018 2019–2020 2020–2021 2021–2022 2022 2023–2024 |
Hannover 96 II VfL Wolfsburg II 1. FC Nürnberg VfL Wolfsburg II VfL Wolfsburg Apollon Smyrnis LASK Barnsley West Bromwich Albion Beşiktaş Watford
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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.
During his playing career, Ismaël played for Racing Strasbourg, Crystal Palace, RC 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 spells with LASK of the Austrian Bundesliga and Barnsley in the Championship.
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