Moussa Saïb

{{short description|Algerian footballer and manager (born 1969)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Moussa Saïb

| image = Moussa Saïb.png

| caption = Saïb in June 2011

| fullname = Moussa Saïb

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|3|6}}

| birth_place = Théniet El Had, Algeria

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1981–1987

| youthclubs1 = CS Theniet El-Had

| youthyears2 = 1987–1988

| youthclubs2 = JSM Tiaret

| years1 = 1988–1989

| clubs1 = JSM Tiaret

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1989–1992

| clubs2 = JS Kabylie

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1992–1997

| clubs3 = Auxerre

| caps3 = 153

| goals3 = 25

| years4 = 1997–1998

| clubs4 = Valencia

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1998–2000

| clubs5 = Tottenham

| caps5 = 13

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2000–2001

| clubs6 = Al-Nassr

| caps6 =

| goals6 =

| years7 = 2001–2003

| clubs7 = Auxerre

| caps7 = 17

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2002

| clubs8 = Monaco

| caps8 = 7

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2002

| clubs9 = → Lorient (loan)

| caps9 = 8

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2003–2004

| clubs10 = Dubai

| caps10 =

| goals10 =

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 1989–2001

| nationalteam1 = Algeria

| nationalcaps1 = 74

| nationalgoals1 = 7

| manageryears1 = 2006–2007

| managerclubs1 = Noisy-le-Sec

| manageryears2 = 2006–2008

| managerclubs2 = JS Kabylie

| manageryears3 = 2008

| managerclubs3 = Al Watani

| manageryears4 = 2009

| managerclubs4 = ASO Chlef

| manageryears5 = 2011

| managerclubs5 = JS Kabylie

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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.{{cite news | title = Algerian captain to join Auxerre | date = 25 September 1992 | publisher = Reuters News}} 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;{{cite news | title = Wenger swoop | author = Mark Irwin | date = 15 May 1997 | publisher = The Mirror | page = 43}} however the deal did not succeed and Saib instead joined Spanish club Valencia for £3 million.{{cite news | title = Wenger misses out on French pair | date = 28 May 1997 | publisher = Agence France-Presse}} In 1998, he joined struggling English club Tottenham Hotspur for £2.3 million, thus becoming the first Algerian to play in the Premier League.{{cite news | title = Spurs sign Saib | date = 23 February 1998 | publisher = Agence France-Presse}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-klinsmann-muddies-the-water-1161361.html |title=Klinsmann muddies the water |work=The Independent |date=2 May 1998 |access-date=13 April 2010 | location=London | first=Wyn | last=Griffiths}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://championsleague.mtnfootball.com/live/content.php?Item_ID=14984|title=Moldovan replaces Saib at JS Kabylie|publisher=MTN Football|date=24 June 2008|access-date=9 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816021449/http://championsleague.mtnfootball.com/live/content.php?Item_ID=14984|archive-date=16 August 2011}}

On 27 June 2011, he was appointed as manager of JS Kabylie for the second time.{{Cite web |url=http://www.footafrica365.fr/infos-pays/algerie/article_538401_JS-Kabylie-Saib-remplace-Belhout.shtml |title=JS Kabylie : Saïb remplace Belhout |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629113719/http://www.footafrica365.fr/infos-pays/algerie/article_538401_JS-Kabylie-Saib-remplace-Belhout.shtml |archive-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} On 1 September 2011, JS Kabylie president Mohand Chérif Hannachi announced that Saïb was relieved from his duties as manager of the club.[http://www.dzfoot.com/news-9806/l1-js-kabylie-saib-limoge-neveu-bientot-intronise/ L1 : JS Kabylie, Saïb limogé, Neveu bientôt intrônisé] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924091201/http://www.dzfoot.com/news-9806/l1-js-kabylie-saib-limoge-neveu-bientot-intronise/ |date=24 September 2011 }}

Honours

=As player=

JS Kabylie

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[http://205.234.235.72/ballondor/bo2004.htm Official Le Buteur Ballon d'Or website] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070212084447/http://205.234.235.72/ballondor/bo2004.htm |date=12 February 2007 }}