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Jeff Saibene

Jeff Saibene
Saibene in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-09-13) 13 September 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Keispelt, Luxembourg[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1986 Union Luxembourg
1986–1989 Standard Liège 7 (0)
1989–1993 Aarau 49 (3)
1993–1994 Old Boys Basel 38 (9)
1994–1995 Monthey
1995–1998 Aarau 72 (0)
1998–1999 Locarno
1999–2002 Swift Hesperange
International career
1986–2001 Luxembourg 63 (0)
Managerial career
2007 Thun
2009 Aarau
2010–2011 Luxembourg U-21
2011–2015 St. Gallen
2015–2017 Thun
2017–2018 Arminia Bielefeld
2019–2020 FC Ingolstadt
2020–2021 1. FC Kaiserslautern
2021–2022 Racing-Union
2022–2023 Neuchâtel Xamax
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jeff Saibene (born 13 September 1968) is a Luxembourgish former professional footballer and manager who most recently managed Swiss Challenge League club Neuchâtel Xamax.

Personal life

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Saibene is a citizen of both Luxembourg and Switzerland and married with a Swiss wife. He is a fan of Hamburger SV.[1]

Club career

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He played most of his club football abroad, predominantly in Switzerland, but also in Belgium for Standard Liège. He began and ended his playing career in his native Luxembourg.

International career

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As a defensive midfielder or defender, Saibene played for Luxembourg's national team 63 times between 1986 and 2001.[2] He played in 27 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[3]

He played his final international game in October 2001, a World Cup qualification loss at Yugoslavia.

Coaching career

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Saibene was the manager of FC Aarau, in Switzerland[4] and assistant to Allan Simonsen at the national team. He was formerly the assistant manager to Ryszard Komornicki at Aarau but was promoted in June 2009 when Komornicki left the club.[5] He then managed Luxembourg U-21.[6] He left his position in March 2011 to coach FC St. Gallen.

On 19 March 2017, he was appointed as the new head coach of Arminia Bielefeld.[7] He was sacked on 10 December 2018.[8]

He was appointed as the new head coach of FC Ingolstadt for the 2019–20 season.[9] He was sacked on 9 March 2020.[10]

On 2 October 2020, he was named head coach of 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[11] He was sacked on 30 January 2021.[12]

In June 2021, he was named new head coach of Racing FC Union Luxembourg.

On 29 August 2022, he returned to Switzerland to take over coaching duties of struggling Swiss Challenge League side Neuchâtel Xamax.[13] Sadly, he was unable to turn around Xamax's fortune, managing only three wins in 25 games he managed.[14] Following a 2–5 defeat to FC Aarau on 23 April 2023, he handed in his resignation.[15]

Managerial

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As of 23 April 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat. From To Record
G W D L Win %
Thun Switzerland 7 March 2007 5 June 2007 8 3 1 4 037.50
Aarau Switzerland 1 July 2009 12 October 2009 13 2 2 9 015.38
Luxembourg U-21 Luxembourg 20 August 2010 7 March 2011 2 1 0 1 050.00
St. Gallen Switzerland 7 March 2011 1 September 2015 182 80 42 60 043.96
Thun Switzerland 6 October 2015 19 March 2017 53 15 18 20 028.30
Arminia Bielefeld Germany 20 March 2017 10 December 2018 62 19 23 20 030.65
Ingolstadt 04 Germany 1 July 2019 9 March 2020 31 13 9 9 041.94
1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany 2 October 2020 30 January 2021 21 4 12 5 019.05
Racing-Union Luxembourg 1 July 2021 30 June 2022 36 19 4 13 052.78
Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland 29 August 2022 23 April 2023 25 3 10 12 012.00
Total 433 159 121 153 036.72

Honours

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As player

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Union Luxembourg

FC Aarau

As manager

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St. Gallen

Racing Union

References

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  1. ^ a b Fritzen, Marek (1 September 2017). "Er ist der Graf von Luxemburg". fupa.net (in German). FuPa GmbH. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (14 December 2007). "Luxembourg – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 April 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  3. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
  4. ^ Profile Archived 16 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine – FC Aarau
  5. ^ Komornicki nicht mehr Trainer des FC Aarau
  6. ^ "Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football > Actualités". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Luxemburger Saibene wird Bielefeld-Coach". Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Arminia stellt Saibene und Rump frei". arminia-bielefeld.de. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Schlüsselrolle: Jeff Saibene wird neuer FCI-Coach". fcingolstadt.de (in German). 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Ingolstadt entlässt Trainer Jeff Saibene". dfb.de (in German). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Saibene neuer Trainer bei Kaiserslautern". dfb.de. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Kaiserslautern trennt sich von Saibene". dfb.de. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Nach fünf Jahren kehrt Jeff Saibene in die Schweiz zurück". sfl.ch (in German). Swiss Football League. 29 August 2022. Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Neuchâtel Xamax FCS: Jeff Saibene ist zurückgetreten". sfl.ch (in German). Swiss Football League. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  15. ^ "Les chemins de Jeff Saibene et Neuchâtel Xamax se séparent". xamax.ch (in French). Neuchâtel Xamax FCS. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  16. ^ "Das Aarau-Wunder jährt sich zum 25. Mal". Blick. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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