Valérien Ismaël

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Personal information
Valérien Ismaël
Date of birth	September 28, 1975 (age 31)
Place of birth	Strasbourg, France
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Bayern Munich
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-98(Jan) 1998(Oct) 1998-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-2003 2003-05 2005-	Strasbourg Crystal Palace Lens Strasbourg Lens Strasbourg Werder Bremen Bayern Munich	87(1) 13(0) 50(1) 9(0) 33(4) 26(2) 64(8) 30 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 18, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Valérien Ismaël (born September 28, 1975 in Strasbourg, France) is a French footballer who currently plays as a defender for Bayern Munich.

1 Personal life
2 Playing career
3 Honours
4 External links

[edit] Personal life

Valérien Ismaël is married to Caroline. They have a son, Alexis. His hobbies are golf, tennis and watching movies.

[edit] Playing career

At 1.91 m tall, Valérien Ismaël is a strong tackler as well as in the air. He has yet to make his international debut.

[edit] International career

He claimed that he wanted to be capped for the German national football team, part of the reason why he came from Strasbourg.

Togo national football team also want to call up Ismaël to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, because his wife is Togolese, but FIFA rejected.

[edit] Werder Bremen

Valérien Ismaël was loaned to Werder Bremen in 2003. He was sold to Werder prior to the following season. Bremen went on to win the German double in his first season at the club.

[edit] Bayern Munich

Valérien Ismaël, arrived at Bayern on 1 July 2005. He received a red card in his debut for the club. In his first season for Bayern Munich he promptly won the second German league and cup double of his career.

[edit] Honours

French League Cup: 1997, 1999
French Cup: 2001
German Championship: 2004, 2006
DFB Cup: 2004, 2006

[edit] External links

Player Profile at FC Bayern

FC Bayern Munich - Current Squad
1 Kahn \| 2 Sagnol \| 3 Lúcio \| 5 Van Buyten \| 6 Demichelis \| 7 Scholl \| 8 Karimi \| 10 Makaay \| 11 Podolski \| 14 Pizarro \| 17 van Bommel \| 18 Görlitz \| 20 Salihamidžić \| 21 Lahm \| 22 Rensing \| 23 Hargreaves \| 24 Santa Cruz \| 25 Ismaël \| 29 Dreher \| 30 Lell \| 31 Schweinsteiger \| 32 Hummels \| 33 Kraft \| 36 Fürstner \| 37 Saba \| 39 Ottl \| Coach: Hitzfeld