Moussa_Saïb
Moussa Saïb
Algerian footballer and manager
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.
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Saïb in June 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Moussa Saïb | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-03-06) 6 March 1969 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Théniet El Had, Algeria | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1987 | CS Theniet El-Had | ||
| 1987–1988 | JSM Tiaret | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1989 | JSM Tiaret | ||
| 1989–1992 | JS Kabylie | ||
| 1992–1997 | Auxerre | 153 | (25) |
| 1997–1998 | Valencia | 14 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Tottenham | 13 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Al-Nassr | ||
| 2001–2003 | Auxerre | 17 | (0) |
| 2002 | Monaco | 7 | (1) |
| 2002 | → Lorient (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Dubai | ||
| International career | |||
| 1989–2001 | Algeria | 74 | (7) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Noisy-le-Sec | ||
| 2006–2008 | JS Kabylie | ||
| 2008 | Al Watani | ||
| 2009 | ASO Chlef | ||
| 2011 | JS Kabylie | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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]
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.
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]
As player
JS Kabylie
- African Champions League: 1990
- Algerian League: 1990, 2004
- Algerian Cup: 1992
- Algerian Super Cup: 1992
Auxerre
- French League: 1996
- French Cup: 1994, 1996
Lorient
- French Cup: 2002
Tottenham Hotspur
- League Cup: 1999
Al Nassr
- FIFA Club World Championship participation: 2000
International
- African Cup of Nations: 1990
- Afro-Asian Cup of Nations: 1991
Individual
- DZFoot d'Or: 2003
- Algerian Ballon d'Or: 2004[9]
As coach
JS Kabylie
- Algerian League: 2008
- "Algerian captain to join Auxerre". Reuters News. 25 September 1992.
- Mark Irwin (15 May 1997). "Wenger swoop". The Mirror. p. 43.
- "Wenger misses out on French pair". Agence France-Presse. 28 May 1997.
- "Spurs sign Saib". Agence France-Presse. 23 February 1998.
- Griffiths, Wyn (2 May 1998). "Klinsmann muddies the water". The Independent. London. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- "Moldovan replaces Saib at JS Kabylie". MTN Football. 24 June 2008. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- "JS Kabylie : Saïb remplace Belhout". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- L1 : JS Kabylie, Saïb limogé, Neveu bientôt intrônisé Archived 24 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Official Le Buteur Ballon d'Or website Archived 12 February 2007 at archive.today
- Moussa Saïb – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Article on Saib – Mehstg magazine
- Moussa Saïb at Soccerbase
