Saeb Jendeya ( ar, صائب جندية) (born May 13, 1975 in
Gaza,
Gaza Strip
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) is a former
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
footballer
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and coach.
He played as a defender. He has amassed 70 caps since Palestine's induction into
FIFA
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in 1998. He is the former captain of the
Palestinian national team and served as captain from 1999 to his retirement from international football in 2009. Jendeya has scored one goal with the national team- a midfield shot against Libya in injury-time that leveled the score at 2-2 in the 1999
Pan-Arab Games.
He captained Palestine's
beach soccer
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Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...
team to a third-place finish at the
2012 Asian Beach Games
The third Asian Beach Games were held in Haiyang, China in 2012.
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Participating nations
43 out of 45 Asian countries participated in these games. The two countries that did not participate in th ...
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On 11 September 2014, Jendeya was named interim manager of Palestine national football team. However, before the
2015 AFC Asian Cup
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, he was sacked.
Palestine results
International goals
External links
Koora.com*
References
1975 births
Living people
Palestinian men's footballers
Palestinian football managers
Palestine national football team managers
People from Gaza City
Palestine men's international footballers
Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games
Men's association football defenders
Asian Games competitors for Palestine
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