Moussa Saïb


Moussa Saïb 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 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.

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

Honours

As player

JS Kabylie
Auxerre
Lorient
Tottenham Hotspur
Al Nassr
International
Individual
JS Kabylie