Jeff Strasser

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Jeff Strasser
Personal information
Full name	Jeff Strasser
Date of birth	October 5, 1974 (1974-10-05) (age 33)
Place of birth	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	FC Metz
Number	24
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1999 1999–2002 2002–2006 2006–2007 2007–	FC Metz Kaiserslautern Borussia Mönchengladbach RC Strasbourg FC Metz	067 (1) 081 (7) 113 (3) 026 (1) 0017 (0)
National team2
1993–	Luxembourg	083 (5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 28 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of May 28 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Jeff Strasser (born October 5, 1974 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian football defender.

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 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 Racing Strasbourg.

On 31 July 2007, he signed a two-year contract with FC Metz.

Strasser has been capped 83 times and scored 5 goals for Luxembourg.

[edit] External links

• (French) Jeff Strasser French league stats at lfp.fr

Sporting positions
Preceded by Dan Dethier	Luxembourgian Sportsman of the Year 1999	Succeeded by Kim Kirchen
Preceded by Kim Kirchen	Luxembourgian Sportsman of the Year 2001	Succeeded by David Fiegen

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