Jeff Strasser

Jeff Strasser
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-10-05) 5 October 1974
Place of birth Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
Mondorf-les-Bains
1992–1993 Union Luxembourg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1999 Metz 67 (1)
1999–2002 1. FC Kaiserslautern 81 (7)
2002–2006 Borussia Mönchengladbach 113 (3)
2006–2007 Strasbourg 26 (1)
2007–2009 Metz 39 (0)
2009 Fola Esch 2 (1)
2009–2010 Grasshopper 9 (0)
2010 Fola Esch 1 (0)
Total 338 (13)
National team
1993–2010 Luxembourg 98 (7)
Teams managed
2010 Fola Esch (player-manager)
2012–2017 Fola Esch
2017–2018 1. FC Kaiserslautern
2018– Fola Esch
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jeff Strasser (born 5 October 1974) is a retired Luxembourgish footballer and manager of CS Fola Esch.

Club career

As one of the rare successful professional footballers from Luxembourg, Strasser has made a fairly successful career in French and German first divisions. After playing for French side FC Metz in Ligue 1 between 1993 and 1999, he moved to German Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern and spent three seasons with the club before leaving it for Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2002. With the two German clubs, he spent seven seasons in Bundesliga[1] and was a regular in each of the seven seasons, making a total of 194 appearances and scoring 10 goals in the league.

In August 2006, he moved to French Ligue 2 side RC Strasbourg.[2] On 31 July 2007, he signed a two-year contract with FC Metz and was released after his contract ended on 30 June 2009,[3] On 17 July 2009, he returned to Luxembourg on 17 July 2009, signing a two-year contract with CS Fola Esch.[4] However, the move only lasted 17 days before Strasser moved to Grasshopper, signing a one-year contract on 15 August 2009.

International career

Strasser made his debut for Luxembourg in an October 1993 World Cup qualification match against Greece.[5] As of December 2008, he had earned a record 88 caps, scoring six goals.[6] He played in 29 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[7] He has been Luxembourg's all-time record cap-holder, since taking over from Carlo Weis in November 2008.

Managerial career

On 17 May 2010, he was appointed as youth manager of CS Fola Esch.[8] On 4 December 2010, he was promoted to the Fola Esch senior team, managing briefly in November 2010 along with Cyril Serredszum, who later took on the job alone.[9] Strasser took the job permanently himself in 2012, taking Fola Esch to their first wins in the UEFA Europa League before leaving in 2017 to take over 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

On 24 January 2018, in a game against SV Darmstadt 98, Strasser was rushed to hospital after suffering a medical emergency at half-time. Reports in German media claimed that Strasser had suffered a heart attack and the game was immediately abandoned.[10] A week later, it was announced that due to ongoing health problems, Strasser will no longer be active as manager for 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[11]

On 16 August 2018, it was announced that Strasser had returned to manage Fola Esch [12].

Career statistics

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 October 2000Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg Slovenia1–2Loss2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.17 April 2002Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange, Luxembourg Liechtenstein3–3DrawFriendly
3.30 April 2003Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest, Hungary Hungary5–1LossFriendly
4.19 August 2003Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Malta1–1DrawFriendly
5.18 August 2004Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia3–1Loss2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.10 September 2008Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland  Switzerland1–2Win2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.3 March 2010Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg Azerbaijan1–2LossFriendly
Correct as of 7 October 2015[13]

References

  1. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (24 August 2017). "Jeff Strasser - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Jeff Strasser wechselt zu Fola Esch Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Player profile Archived 15 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine. - FC Metz
  4. ↑ Jeff Strasser au FOLA !!!
  5. ↑ Mamrud, Roberto (24 August 2017). "Jeff Strasser - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Appearances for Luxembourg National Team Archived 29 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine. - RSSSF
  7. ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
  8. ↑ Jeff Strasser beendet Profi-Karriere
  9. ↑ wort.lu | Artikel | Serredszum unterstützt Jeff Strasser Archived 25 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ "Michael Frontzeck übernimmt das FCK-Traineramt". fck.de. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "Official Communication". CS Fola Esch. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  13. ↑ Football PLAYER: Jeff Strasser
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