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Valérien Ismaël

1975 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Valérien Ismaël is the 8,454th most popular soccer player (down from 6,575th in 2024), the 5,586th most popular biography from France (down from 5,367th in 2019) and the 382nd most popular French Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Valérien Ismaël ranks 8,454 out of 21,273. Before him are Thomas Brdarić, Artjoms Rudņevs, Ilya Tsymbalar, Kamil Grosicki, Umut Bulut, and Song Chong-gug. After him are Junichi Misawa, Rafael Paz, Hiroyuki Inagaki, Giorgi Demetradze, Byun Byung-joo, and Alex Bruce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Valérien Ismaël ranks 496. Before him are Tim Minchin, Giannis Goumas, Roberto Bolle, Hideki Nomiyama, Jeremy Soule, and Thomas Brdarić. After him are Amara, Gentleman, Ekaterina Dafovska, Richard Morales, Pierre Njanka, and Ricardo Garcia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Valérien Ismaël ranks 5,586 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice G. Dantec (1959), Alice Taglioni (1976), Franck Gastambide (1978), Étienne Capoue (1988), Franck Piccard (1965), and Mélissa Theuriau (1978). After him are Sylvain Chavanel (1979), Christophe Lemaitre (1990), Alexis Jenni (1963), Francis Gillot (1960), Aïssa Mandi (1991), and Julien Absalon (1980).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Valérien Ismaël ranks 382. Before him are Benoît Cauet (1969), Sacha Boey (2000), Wahbi Khazri (1991), Pierre Kalulu (2000), Pascal Cygan (1974), and Étienne Capoue (1988). After him are Francis Gillot (1960), Aïssa Mandi (1991), Nabil Bentaleb (1994), Ludovic Obraniak (1984), Noureddine Kourichi (1954), and Nordi Mukiele (1997).

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