Jeff Saibene

Jeff Saibene
Saibene in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-09-13) 13 September 1968 (age 56)
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
2022–2023 Neuchâtel Xamax
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jeff Saibene (born 13 September 1968) is a Luxembourgian former professional footballer.

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]

Coaching career

Saibene was the manager of FC Aarau, in Switzerland[2] 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.[3] He then managed Luxembourg U-21.[4] 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.[5] He was sacked on 10 December 2018.[6]

He was hired as the new head coach of FC Ingolstadt for the 2019–20 season.[7] He was sacked on 9 March 2020.[8]

On 2 October 2020, he was hired as head coach of 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[9] He was sacked on 30 January 2021.[10]

In June 2021, he was hired as head coach of Racing FC Union Luxembourg.

Honours

As player

Union Luxembourg

FC Aarau

As manager

St. Gallen

Racing Union

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fritzen, Marek (1 September 2017). "Er ist der Graf von Luxemburg". fupa.net (in German). FuPa GmbH. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Profile Archived 16 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine – FC Aarau
  3. ↑ Komornicki nicht mehr Trainer des FC Aarau
  4. ↑ "Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football > Actualités". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Luxemburger Saibene wird Bielefeld-Coach". Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Arminia stellt Saibene und Rump frei". arminia-bielefeld.de. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Schlüsselrolle: Jeff Saibene wird neuer FCI-Coach". fcingolstadt.de (in German). 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Ingolstadt entlässt Trainer Jeff Saibene". dfb.de (in German). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Saibene neuer Trainer bei Kaiserslautern". dfb.de. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Kaiserslautern trennt sich von Saibene". dfb.de. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Das Aarau-Wunder jährt sich zum 25. Mal". Blick. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

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