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. † Appearances (goals)

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

• Luxembourg Cup: 1

1986

• Swiss National League A: 1

1993

External links

• Player profile - Standard Liège
• Jeff Saibene at National-Football-Teams.com

References