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Jeff Saibene (born 13 September 1968) is a Luxembourgian former professional footballer and manager of Swiss Challenge League club Neuchâtel Xamax.

Jeff Saibene

Saibene in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-09-13) 13 September 1968 (age 54)
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–	Neuchâtel Xamax
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

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]

Honours

As Player

• Union Luxembourg
  • Luxembourg Cup: 1985–86

• FC Aarau
  • Swiss National League A: 1992–93[14]

As Manager

• FC St. Gallen
  • Swiss Challenge League: 2011–12

• Racing Union
  • Luxembourg Cup: 2021–22

References

External links

• Jeff Saibene at FIFA (archived)
• Jeff Saibene at FootballDatabase.eu
• Jeff Saibene at National-Football-Teams.com
• Jeff Saibene at WorldFootball.net
• Player profile – Standard Liège

На других языках

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[de] Jeff Saibene

Jeff Saibene (* 13. September 1968 in Keispelt, Luxemburg)[1] ist ein luxemburgisch-schweizerischer Fußballtrainer und ehemaliger Fußballspieler.

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- [en] Jeff Saibene

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[fr] Jeff Saibene

Jeff Saibene, est un footballeur luxembourgeois né le 13 septembre 1968 à Keispelt[1]. Il évoluait au poste de milieu de terrain, et est devenu entraîneur après avoir terminé sa carrière de joueur.

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[it] Jeff Saibene

Jeff Saibene (Lussemburgo, 13 settembre 1968) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore lussemburghese.

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[ru] Сайбене, Жефф

Жефф Сайбе́не (фр. и люксемб. Jeff Saibene; род. 13 сентября 1968[2][3], Keispelt[d], Капеллен[d][1]) — люксембургский футболист и тренер, опорный полузащитник. Выступал за сборную Люксембурга.

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