Jeff Saibene

Jeff Saibene
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-09-13) 13 September 1968
Place of birth Luxembourg
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position 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 64 (0)
Teams managed
2001–2004 Luxembourg (assistant)
2007 Thun (assistant)
2007 Thun
2007–2009 Aarau (assistant)
2009 Aarau
2010–2011 Luxembourg U-21
2011–2015 St. Gallen
2015– Thun

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Jeff Saibene (born 13 September 1968) is a retired Luxembourgian football player and currently manager.

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 64 times between 1986 and 2001.[1] He played in 27 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[2]

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[3] 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.[4] He then managed Luxembourg U-21.[5] He left his position in March 2011 to coach FC St. Gallen.[6]

Honours

1986
1993

References

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