Moussa Saïb (; born 6 March 1969) is an Algerian football manager and former player.
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.
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.
On 27 June 2011, he was appointed as manager of JS Kabylie for a 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.L1 : JS Kabylie, Saïb limogé, Neveu bientôt intrônisé
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: 2004Official Le Buteur Ballon d'Or website
As coach JS Kabylie Algerian League: 2008
References
External links
Article on Saib – Mehstg magazine