Valérien Alexandre Ismaël is a French professional football coach and former player who was most recently the manager of EFL Championship club Watford. 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. Wikipedia