Ismail Atalan (born 1 April 1980) is a German-Turkish football manager who is the manager of Austrian club Kapfenberger SV.
Ismail Atalan started his managerial career in 2008 as a player-manager for the reserve team of the 1.
In November 2014, Atalan became head coach of Sportfreunde Lotte.
He became the new manager of VfL Bochum on 11 July 2017.
[5] In April 2023 he became assistant manager of Alanyaspor in Turkey.