Jeff Saibene

Jeff Saibene (born 13 September 1968) is a retired Luxembourgian football player, who last managed FC Ingolstadt.

Jeff Saibene
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-09-13) 13 September 1968
Place of birth Keispelt, Luxembourg[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing 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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

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

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

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

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]

Honours

References
  1. 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.
  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.
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