Jeff Saibene
Jeff Saibene (born 13 September 1968) is a Luxembourgian former professional footballer.
 Saibene in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 September 1968 | ||
| 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 | ||
| National team | |||
| 1986–2001 | Luxembourg | 63 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 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 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Personal life
changeSaibene is a citizen of both Luxembourg and Switzerland and married with a Swiss wife. He is a fan of Hamburger SV.[1]
Coaching career
changeSaibene was the manager of FC Aarau, in Switzerland[2] 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.[3] He then managed Luxembourg U-21.[4] He left his position in March 2011 to coach FC St. Gallen.
On 19 March 2017, he was hired as the new head coach of Arminia Bielefeld.[5] He was sacked on 10 December 2018.[6]
He was hired as the new head coach of FC Ingolstadt for the 2019–20 season.[7] He was sacked on 9 March 2020.[8]
On 2 October 2020, he was hired as head coach of 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[9] He was sacked on 30 January 2021.[10]
In June 2021, he was hired as head coach of Racing FC Union Luxembourg.
Honours
changeAs player
changeUnion Luxembourg
- Luxembourg Cup: 1985–86
FC Aarau
As manager
changeSt. Gallen
Racing Union
- Luxembourg Cup: 2021–22
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fritzen, Marek (1 September 2017). "Er ist der Graf von Luxemburg". fupa.net (in German). FuPa GmbH. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ Profile Archived 16 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine – FC Aarau
- ↑ Komornicki nicht mehr Trainer des FC Aarau
- ↑ "Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football > Actualités". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ↑ "Luxemburger Saibene wird Bielefeld-Coach". Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ↑ "Arminia stellt Saibene und Rump frei". arminia-bielefeld.de. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ↑ "Schlüsselrolle: Jeff Saibene wird neuer FCI-Coach". fcingolstadt.de (in German). 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ↑ "Ingolstadt entlässt Trainer Jeff Saibene". dfb.de (in German). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ↑ "Saibene neuer Trainer bei Kaiserslautern". dfb.de. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ↑ "Kaiserslautern trennt sich von Saibene". dfb.de. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ↑ "Das Aarau-Wunder jährt sich zum 25. Mal". Blick. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
Other websites
change- Jeff Saibene at WorldFootball.net
- Jeff Saibene at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jeff Saibene at FBref.com
- Jeff Saibene at EU-Football.info
- Player profile[permanent dead link] – Standard Liège
