Moussa Saïb

Moussa Saïb

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

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. 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; however the deal did not succeed and Saib instead joined Spanish club Valencia for £3 million. In 1998, he joined struggling English club Tottenham Hotspur for £2.3 million, thus becoming the first Algerian to play in the Premier League. 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.

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

Club
AJ Auxerre (1992–1997)
Club
JS Kabylie (1989–1992)
Club
Shabab AlAhli Dubai Club (2003–2004)
Club
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (1998–1999)
Club
JSM Tiaret (1987–1989)
Club
Valencia CF (1997–1998)
Club
Al-Nassr (1999–2000)
Club
F.C. Lorient (2002–2002)
Club
Dubai CSC (2002–2003)
Club
JS Kabylie (2003–2004)
Club
Algeria men's national football team (1988–2001)
Club
AJ Auxerre (2001–2003)
Club
AS Monaco FC (2002–2002)
National team
Algeria

Legacy

Honours

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

As coach

JS Kabylie

Algerian League: 2008

Clubs

Played together with

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Algerian footballer and manager

Position

midfielder

Extract from Wikipedia

Moussa Saïb is an Algerian football manager and former player.

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