Moussa Saïb

Moussa Saïb (Arabic: موسى صايب; born 6 March 1969) is an Algerian football manager and former player.

Moussa Saïb

Saïb in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-03-06) 6 March 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth	Théniet El Had, Algeria
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	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

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.^[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]

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.^[6]

On 27 June 2011, he was appointed as manager of JS Kabylie for a 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]

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^[9]

As coach

JS Kabylie

• Algerian League: 2008