Jeff Strasser

Jeff Strasser
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-10-05) 5 October 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Progrès Niederkorn (manager)
Youth career
Mondorf-les-Bains
1992–1993 Union Luxembourg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1999 Metz 67 (1)
1999–2002 1. FC Kaiserslautern 81 (7)
2002–2006 Borussia Mönchengladbach 113 (3)
2006–2007 Strasbourg 26 (1)
2007–2009 Metz 39 (0)
2009 Fola Esch 2 (1)
2009–2010 Grasshopper 9 (0)
2010 Fola Esch 1 (0)
Total 338 (13)
International career
1993–2010 Luxembourg 98 (7)
Managerial career
2010 Fola Esch (player-manager)
2010–2012 Fola Esch (assistant)
2012–2017 Fola Esch
2017–2018 1. FC Kaiserslautern
2018–2020 Fola Esch
2020 Swift Hesperange
2021–2022 Jeunesse Esch
2022– Progrès Niederkorn
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jeff Strasser (born 5 October 1974) is a Luxembourgish former professional football player and the current manager of Progrès Niederkorn.

Club career

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As one of the rare successful professional footballers from Luxembourg, Strasser has made a fairly successful career in French and German first divisions. After playing for French side FC Metz in Ligue 1 between 1993 and 1999, he moved to German Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern and spent three seasons with the club before leaving it for Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2002. With the two German clubs, he spent seven seasons in Bundesliga[1] and was a regular in each of the seven seasons, making a total of 194 appearances and scoring 10 goals in the league.

In August 2006, he moved to French Ligue 2 side RC Strasbourg.[2] On 31 July 2007, he signed a two-year contract with FC Metz and was released after his contract ended on 30 June 2009,[3] On 17 July 2009, he returned to Luxembourg on 17 July 2009, signing a two-year contract with CS Fola Esch.[4] However, the move only lasted 17 days before Strasser moved to Grasshopper, signing a one-year contract on 15 August 2009.

International career

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Strasser made his debut for Luxembourg in an October 1993 World Cup qualification match against Greece.[5] He scored seven goals over 98 appearances for Luxembourg.[6] He played in 29 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[7] He took over from Carlo Weis as most-capped Luxembourg men's football player in November 2008, until Mario Mutsch earned his 99th cap in September 2018.

Managerial career

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On 17 May 2010, he was appointed as youth manager of CS Fola Esch.[8] On 4 December 2010, he was promoted to the Fola Esch senior team, managing briefly in November 2010 along with Cyril Serredszum, who later took on the job alone.[9] Strasser took the job permanently himself in 2012, taking Fola Esch to their first wins in the UEFA Europa League before leaving in 2017 to take over 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

On 24 January 2018, in a game against SV Darmstadt 98, Strasser was rushed to hospital after suffering a medical emergency at half-time. Reports in German media claimed that Strasser had suffered a heart attack and the game was immediately abandoned.[10] A week later, it was announced that due to ongoing health problems, Strasser will no longer be active as manager for 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[11]

On 16 August 2018, it was announced that Strasser had returned to manage Fola Esch.[12]

Career statistics

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International goals

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Source:[13]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 October 2000 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg  Slovenia 1–2 Loss 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 17 April 2002 Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange, Luxembourg  Liechtenstein 3–3 Draw Friendly
3. 30 April 2003 Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 5–1 Loss Friendly
4. 19 August 2003 Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg  Malta 1–1 Draw Friendly
5. 18 August 2004 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia  Slovakia 3–1 Loss 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6. 10 September 2008 Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland   Switzerland 1–2 Win 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7. 3 March 2010 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg  Azerbaijan 1–2 Loss Friendly

Managerial statistics

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As of 3 August 2023.

Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Luxembourg Fola Esch (player-manager) 2 November 2010 22 December 2010 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 66.67
Luxembourg Fola Esch 1 July 2012 26 September 2017 166 107 32 27 394 182 +212 64.46
Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern 27 September 2017 31 January 2018 11 2 4 5 12 16 -4 18.18
Luxembourg Fola Esch 16 August 2018 30 June 2020 49 31 8 10 138 55 +83 63.27
Luxembourg Swift Hesperange 1 July 2020 14 October 2020 7 3 2 2 12 9 +3 42.86
Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 1 July 2021 30 June 2022 31 15 5 11 46 30 +16 48.39
Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 1 July 2022 Present 37 25 6 6 80 40 +40 67.57
Total 304 185 57 62 689 335 +354 60.86

References

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  1. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (24 August 2017). "Jeff Strasser - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF.
  2. ^ Jeff Strasser wechselt zu Fola Esch Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Player profile Archived 15 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine - FC Metz
  4. ^ Jeff Strasser au FOLA !!!
  5. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (24 August 2017). "Jeff Strasser - International Appearances". RSSSF.
  6. ^ Appearances for Luxembourg National Team Archived 29 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  7. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
  8. ^ Jeff Strasser beendet Profi-Karriere [permanent dead link]
  9. ^ wort.lu | Artikel | Serredszum unterstützt Jeff Strasser Archived 25 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Match abandoned with Kaiserslautern boss hospitalised | Goal.com". Archived from the original on 28 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Michael Frontzeck übernimmt das FCK-Traineramt". fck.de. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Official Communication". CS Fola Esch. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  13. ^ Football PLAYER: Jeff Strasser
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