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. 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.

Moussa Saïb

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.

Moussa Saïb

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.

Moussa Saïb

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.

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

References

External links

Article on Saib – Mehstg magazine

1969 births

Living people

Kabyle people

Men's association football midfielders

Algerian men's footballers

Algeria men's international footballers

Algerian expatriate men's footballers

Premier League players

La Liga players

Ligue 1 players

AJ Auxerre players

Valencia CF players

Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players

AS Monaco FC players

FC Lorient players

Al Nassr FC players

Dubai CSC players

JS Kabylie players

1990 African Cup of Nations players

1992 African Cup of Nations players

1996 African Cup of Nations players

1998 African Cup of Nations players

Algerian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates

Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain

Algerian expatriate sportspeople in France

Algerian expatriate sportspeople in England

Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Monaco

2000 African Cup of Nations players

Expatriate men's footballers in England

Expatriate men's footballers in Spain

Expatriate men's footballers in France

Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco

Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia

Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates

Algerian football managers

JS Kabylie managers

Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia

People from Tissemsilt Province

ASO Chlef managers

JSM Tiaret players

Africa Cup of Nations-winning players

Saudi Pro League players

UAE Pro League players

21st-century Algerian people

Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Pro League managers