Jeff Saibene (born 13 September 1968) is a Luxembourgish former professional

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and manager of

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club

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Personal life

Saibene is a citizen of both Luxembourg and Switzerland and married with a Swiss wife. He is a fan of

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Club career

He played most of his club football abroad, predominantly in Switzerland, but also in Belgium for

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (; nl, Standard Luik ; german: Standard Lüttich ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most ...

. 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 63 times between 1986 and 2001. He played in 27

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matches. He played his final international game in October 2001, a World Cup qualification loss at

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Coaching career

Saibene was the manager of

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, in Switzerland and assistant to

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at the national team. He was formerly the assistant manager to

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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

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. On 19 March 2017, he was appointed as the new head coach of

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. He was sacked on 10 December 2018. He was appointed as the new head coach of

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for the 2019–20 season. He was sacked on 9 March 2020. On 2 October 2020, he was named head coach of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He was sacked on 30 January 2021. In June 2021, he was named new head coach of

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. On 29 August 2022, he returned to Switzerland to take over coaching duties of struggling

side

Managerial

Honours

As player

Union Luxembourg *

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: 1985–86 FC Aarau * Swiss National League A: 1992–93

As manager

St. Gallen *

: 2011–12 Racing Union *

: 2021–22

References

External links

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Player profile
– Standard Liège {{DEFAULTSORT:Saibene, Jeff 1968 births Living people Luxembourgian footballers Luxembourg international footballers Luxembourgian expatriate footballers Racing FC Union Luxembourg players Standard Liège players FC Aarau players FC Locarno players FC Swift Hesperange players Belgian Pro League players Swiss Super League players Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Belgium Luxembourgian football managers FC Aarau managers BSC Old Boys players FC St. Gallen managers FC Thun managers Arminia Bielefeld managers FC Ingolstadt 04 managers 1. FC Kaiserslautern managers Neuchâtel Xamax FCS managers 2. Bundesliga managers 3. Liga managers Luxembourgian expatriate football managers Association football midfielders Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium FC Monthey players Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany