Moussa Saïb
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Moussa Saïb | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Théniet El Had, Algeria | ||
| Playing position | 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 | Al Wasl | ? | (?) |
| Total | ? | (?) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989–2001 | Algeria | 74 | (7) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2007 | Noisy-le-Sec | ||
| 2006–2008 | JS Kabylie | ||
| 2008 | Al Watani | ||
| 2009 | ASO Chlef | ||
| 2011 | JS Kabylie | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:21, 26 October 2009 (UTC). |
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Moussa Saïb (born 5 March 1969) is an Algerian football manager and former footballer. He is currently unattached, after last managing JS Kabylie in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
He 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 1997–1998 season against Wimbledon F.C., which ended 6–2.
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.
On 27 June 2011, he was appointed as manager of JS Kabylie for the 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.
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