Valérien Alexandre Ismaël (born 28 September 1975) is a French professional football manager and former player who is 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. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article TacticsPlayersComments (0)Country coaches Hannover 96 II11/13 VfL Wolfsburg II13/14 1. FC Nürnberg14 2. Bundesliga 14/1513 DFB-Pokal 14/151 VfL Wolfsburg II15/16 VfL Wolfsburg16/17 DFB-Pokal 16/172 Bundesliga 16/1715 Apollon Smyrnis18 Super League 18/191 LASK Linz19/20 Champ Qualif 19/204 Bundesliga 19/2032 Europa League 19/209 Barnsley20/21 Championship 20/2142 FA Cup 20/213 West Bromwich Albion21/22 League Cup 21/221 FA Cup 21/221 Championship 21/2229 Beşiktaş22 Süper Lig 21/228 Süper Lig 22/2311 Watford23/24 League Cup 23/241 Championship 23/2437 FA Cup 23/243 Blackburn Rovers25/now Championship 24/2512Ismaël last games Blackburn Rovers 03-May-25 away Sheff.Utd 1-1 in Championship Vulić Dolmagić Đukić Obradov. Grabež Nikolić Marčić Doucouré Campbell Gojković Luković (Tanko) (Kopito.) (Duric) (Maletic) 26-Apr-25 home Watford 2-1 in Championship 21-Apr-25 away Sunderland 0-1 in Championship games black=tourn incomplete --- Today Top Games --- CF Montréal - Inter Miami CF D.C. United - Atlanta United FC Estudiantes de La Plata - Velez Sarsfield FC Cincinnati - Chicago Fire GAIS - Malmö FF Paris Saint-Germain FC - Bayern München Portland Timbers - New England Revolution Real Madrid - Borussia Dortmund Real Salt Lake - St. Louis City SC San Jose Earthquakes - New York Red Bulls Unión Española - Universidad de Chile --- Tomorrow Top Games --- IFK Göteborg - IK Sirius Seattle Sounders - Columbus Crew Universidad Católica - Colo Colo USA - Mexico --- Recent games --- Peru - Liga 1Peru - Liga 3------ - Club World Cup------ - CONCACAF Gold Cup------ - Womens Euro select match 02-Jul --- Juan P II 1:1 Melgar select match 03-Jul --- Rauker 0:3 H/ncayo B03-Jul --- Univers B 3:1 Pariacoto select match 01-Jul --- R. Madrid 1:0 Juventus01-Jul --- Dortmund 2:1 Monterrey04-Jul --- Fluminense 2:1 Al-Hilal04-Jul --- Palmeiras 1:2 Chelsea select match 02-Jul --- USA 2:1 Guatemala02-Jul --- Mexico 1:0 Honduras select match 02-Jul --- Iceland 0:1 Finland02-Jul --- Switz 1:2 Norway03-Jul --- Belgium 0:1 Italy03-Jul --- Spain 5:0 Portugal04-Jul --- Denmark 0:1 Sweden04-Jul --- Germany 2:0 Poland05-Jul --- Wales 0:3 Nth lands Stories Club World Cup Qualification A-League 2025 ending Transfer talk Liverpool 2025 Season Liverpool Influence in the Champions League Sports-Themed Online Games Taiwo Awoniyi at Nottingham Forest