Moussa Saïb

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Moussa Saib)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography

Moussa Saïb (born 6 March 1969) is an Algerian football manager and former player. He is currently unattached, after last managing JS Kabylie in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Club career

Saïb started his football career with a club from the west of Algeria called (Jeunesse Sportive de Tiaret) then he moved to JSK and helped them to win the African Champions League in 1990. In 1992, he joined French club AJ Auxerre for an undisclosed fee.[1] In May 1997, Arsenal coach Arsène Wenger tried to buy him along with Swiss center back Murat Yakın in what would have been a "sensational" £7 million deal;[2] however the deal did not succeed and Saib instead joined Spanish club Valencia for £3 million.[3] In 1998, he joined struggling English club Tottenham Hotspur for £2.3 million, thus becoming the first Algerian to play in the Premier League.[4] He helped Tottenham avoid relegation by scoring the sixth goal in their penultimate game of the 1997–98 season against Wimbledon, which ended 6–2.[5]

International career

He played as a midfielder and was captain of the Algerian national team in the early 1990s. the team won the 1990 African Nations Cup.

Coaching career

On 18 August 2007, Saïb was appointed manager of Algerian team JS Kabylie. In June 2008, after steering the team to the Algerian league title, Saïb left to take charge of Saudi Arabian team Al-Watani.[6]

On 27 June 2011, he was appointed as manager of JS Kabylie for the second time.[7] On 1 September 2011, JS Kabylie president Mohand Chérif Hannachi announced that Saïb was relieved from his duties as manager of the club.[8]

Honours

As player

JS Kabylie

Auxerre

Lorient

Tottenham Hotspur

Al Nassr

International

Individual

As coach

JS Kabylie

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. L1 : JS Kabylie, Saïb limogé, Neveu bientôt intrônisé Template:Webarchive
  9. Official Le Buteur Ballon d'Or website Template:Webarchive

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:Algerian Footballer of the Year Script error: No such module "navboxes". Template:Algeria Squad 1990 African Cup of Nations Template:Algeria Squad 1992 Africa Cup of Nations Template:Algeria Squad 1996 Africa Cup of Nations Template:Algeria Squad 1998 Africa Cup of Nations Template:Algeria Squad 2000 Africa Cup of NationsScript error: No such module "navboxes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".