Jeff Saibene: Football manager
Jeff Saibene (born 13 September 1968) is a Luxembourgian former professional footballer.
 Saibene in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 September 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Keispelt, Luxembourg | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2022–2023 | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||
| * 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.
Coaching career
Saibene was the manager of FC Aarau, in Switzerland 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. He then managed Luxembourg U-21. He left his position in March 2011 to coach FC St. Gallen.
On 19 March 2017, he was hired as the new head coach of Arminia Bielefeld. He was sacked on 10 December 2018.
He was hired as the new head coach of FC Ingolstadt for the 2019–20 season. He was sacked on 9 March 2020.
On 2 October 2020, he was hired as head coach of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He was sacked on 30 January 2021.
In June 2021, he was hired as head coach of Racing FC Union Luxembourg.
Honours
As player
Union Luxembourg
- Luxembourg Cup: 1985–86
FC Aarau
- Swiss National League A: 1992–93
As manager
St. Gallen
- Swiss Challenge League: 2011–12
Racing Union
- Luxembourg Cup: 2021–22
References
Other websites
- Jeff Saibene at FIFA
- Jeff Saibene at National Football Teams.com
- Jeff Saibene at FootballDatabase.eu
- Jeff Saibene at WorldFootball.net
- Jeff Saibene at Transfermarkt (player)
- Jeff Saibene at Transfermarkt (manager)
- Player profile[permanent dead link] – Standard Liège
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