Jeff Strasser

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jeff Strasser

| image = Strasser2.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|10|5}}

| birth_place = Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg

| height = 1.90 m

| position = Centre back

| currentclub = Progrès Niederkorn (manager)

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Mondorf-les-Bains

| youthyears2 = 1992–1993

| youthclubs2 = Union Luxembourg

| years1 = 1993–1999

| clubs1 = Metz

| caps1 = 67

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1999–2002

| clubs2 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern

| caps2 = 81

| goals2 = 7

| years3 = 2002–2006

| clubs3 = Borussia Mönchengladbach

| caps3 = 113

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2006–2007

| clubs4 = Strasbourg

| caps4 = 26

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2007–2009

| clubs5 = Metz

| caps5 = 39

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2009

| clubs6 = Fola Esch

| caps6 = 2

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2009–2010

| clubs7 = Grasshopper

| caps7 = 9

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2010

| clubs8 = Fola Esch

| caps8 = 1

| goals8 = 0

| totalcaps = 338

| totalgoals = 13

| nationalyears1 = 1993–2010

| nationalteam1 = Luxembourg

| nationalcaps1 = 98

| nationalgoals1 = 7

| manageryears1 = 2010

| managerclubs1 = Fola Esch (player-manager)

| manageryears2 = 2010–2012

| managerclubs2 = Fola Esch (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2012–2017

| managerclubs3 = Fola Esch

| managerclubs4 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern

| manageryears4 = 2017–2018

| managerclubs5 = Fola Esch

| manageryears5 = 2018–2020

| managerclubs6 = Swift Hesperange

| manageryears6 = 2020

| managerclubs7 = Jeunesse Esch

| manageryears7 = 2021–2022

| manageryears8 = 2022–

| managerclubs8 = Progrès Niederkorn

}}

Jeff Strasser (born 5 October 1974) is a Luxembourgish former professional football player and the current manager of Progrès Niederkorn.

Club career

As one of the rare successful professional footballers from Luxembourg, Strasser has made a fairly successful career in French and German first divisions. After playing for French side FC Metz in Ligue 1 between 1993 and 1999, he moved to German Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern and spent three seasons with the club before leaving it for Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2002. With the two German clubs, he spent seven seasons in Bundesliga{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/strasserdata.html | title = Jeff Strasser - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 24 August 2017| publisher = RSSSF}} and was a regular in each of the seven seasons, making a total of 194 appearances and scoring 10 goals in the league.

In August 2006, he moved to French Ligue 2 side RC Strasbourg.[http://hallo.news352.lu/?p=edito&id=3582 Jeff Strasser wechselt zu Fola Esch] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722155020/http://hallo.news352.lu/?p=edito&id=3582 |date=22 July 2011 }} On 31 July 2007, he signed a two-year contract with FC Metz and was released after his contract ended on 30 June 2009,[http://www.fcmetz.com/fiche-joueur.php?id=139 Player profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315060441/http://fcmetz.com/fiche-joueur.php?id=139 |date=15 March 2009 }} - FC Metz On 17 July 2009, he returned to Luxembourg on 17 July 2009, signing a two-year contract with CS Fola Esch.[http://www.fola.lu/?q=rubrique/accueil/news/jeff-strasser-au-fola Jeff Strasser au FOLA !!!] However, the move only lasted 17 days before Strasser moved to Grasshopper, signing a one-year contract on 15 August 2009.

International career

Strasser made his debut for Luxembourg in an October 1993 World Cup qualification match against Greece.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/strasser-intl.html | title = Jeff Strasser - International Appearances | first = Roberto | last = Mamrud | date = 24 August 2017| publisher = RSSSF}} He scored seven goals over 98 appearances for Luxembourg.[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/lux-recintlp.html Appearances for Luxembourg National Team] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429190217/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/lux-recintlp.html |date=29 April 2008 }} - RSSSF He played in 29 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080914070818/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=95633/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA He took over from Carlo Weis as most-capped Luxembourg men's football player in November 2008, until Mario Mutsch earned his 99th cap in September 2018.

Managerial career

On 17 May 2010, he was appointed as youth manager of CS Fola Esch.[http://www.tageblatt.lu/sports/41070.html Jeff Strasser beendet Profi-Karriere] {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} On 4 December 2010, he was promoted to the Fola Esch senior team, managing briefly in November 2010 along with Cyril Serredszum, who later took on the job alone.[http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/sport/artikel/2010/12/132509/serredszum-soll-trainer-strasser-unterstuetzen.php wort.lu | Artikel | Serredszum unterstützt Jeff Strasser] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225130229/http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/sport/artikel/2010/12/132509/serredszum-soll-trainer-strasser-unterstuetzen.php |date=25 December 2010 }} Strasser took the job permanently himself in 2012, taking Fola Esch to their first wins in the UEFA Europa League before leaving in 2017 to take over 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

On 24 January 2018, in a game against SV Darmstadt 98, Strasser was rushed to hospital after suffering a medical emergency at half-time. Reports in German media claimed that Strasser had suffered a heart attack and the game was immediately abandoned.{{cite web| url = http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/german-match-abandoned-kaiserslautern-coach-taken-to/1mp6jmmq0xyfn13mqgc9w2p6fh| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180128174729/http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/german-match-abandoned-kaiserslautern-coach-taken-to/1mp6jmmq0xyfn13mqgc9w2p6fh| archive-date = 2018-01-28| title = Match abandoned with Kaiserslautern boss hospitalised {{!}} Goal.com}} A week later, it was announced that due to ongoing health problems, Strasser will no longer be active as manager for 1. FC Kaiserslautern.{{cite web|url=http://fck.de/de/michael-frontzeck-uebernimmt-das-fck-traineramt/|title=Michael Frontzeck übernimmt das FCK-Traineramt|website=fck.de |date=1 February 2018|access-date=1 February 2018}}

On 16 August 2018, it was announced that Strasser had returned to manage Fola Esch.{{cite web |title=Official Communication |url=https://www.csfola.lu/news/communication-officielle-14759/ |website=CS Fola Esch |access-date=16 August 2018}}

Career statistics

=International goals=

:Source:[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=20254 Football PLAYER: Jeff Strasser]

class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1.	7 October 2000	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	{{fb\|SLO}}	1–2	Loss	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	17 April 2002	Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange, Luxembourg	{{fb\|LIE}}	3–3	Draw	Friendly
3.	30 April 2003	Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest, Hungary	{{fb\|HUN}}	5–1	Loss	Friendly
4.	19 August 2003	Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	{{fb\|MLT}}	1–1	Draw	Friendly
5.	18 August 2004	Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia	{{fb\|SVK}}	3–1	Loss	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	10 September 2008	Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland	{{fb\|SUI}}	1–2	Win	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.	3 March 2010	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	{{fb\|AZE}}	1–2	Loss	Friendly

Managerial statistics

As of 3 August 2023.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ ! rowspan="2" \|Team ! rowspan="2" \|From ! rowspan="2" \|To ! colspan="8" \|Record
G !W !D !L !GF !GA !GD !Win %
align="left" \|{{Flagicon\|Luxembourg}} Fola Esch (player-manager) \|2 November 2010 \|22 December 2010 \|3 \|2 \|0 \|1 \|6 \|3 \| +3 \|66.67
align="left" \|{{Flagicon\|Luxembourg}} Fola Esch \|1 July 2012 \|26 September 2017 \|166 \|107 \|32 \|27 \|394 \|182 \| +212 \|64.46
align="left" \|{{Flagicon\|Germany}} 1. FC Kaiserslautern \|27 September 2017 \|31 January 2018 \|11 \|2 \|4 \|5 \|12 \|16 \| -4 \|18.18
align="left" \|{{Flagicon\|Luxembourg}} Fola Esch \|16 August 2018 \|30 June 2020 \|49 \|31 \|8 \|10 \|138 \|55 \| +83 \|63.27
align="left" \|{{Flagicon\|Luxembourg}} Swift Hesperange \|1 July 2020 \|14 October 2020 \|7 \|3 \|2 \|2 \|12 \|9 \| +3 \|42.86
align="left" \|{{Flagicon\|Luxembourg}} Jeunesse Esch \|1 July 2021 \|30 June 2022 \|31 \|15 \|5 \|11 \|46 \|30 \| +16 \|48.39
align="left" \|{{Flagicon\|Luxembourg}} Progrès Niederkorn \|1 July 2022 \|Present \|37 \|25 \|6 \|6 \|80 \|40 \| +40 \|67.57
colspan="3" \|Total !304 !185 !57 !62 !689 !335 !+354 !60.86

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! colspan="8" |Record

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!GD

!Win %

align="left" |{{Flagicon|Luxembourg}} Fola Esch (player-manager)

|2 November 2010

|22 December 2010