Jeff Strasser
Jeff Strasser ( born October 5, 1974 in Luxembourg ) is a retired Luxembourgian football player and current coach. Since 2010 he has worked as a coach of first division club CS Fola Esch Luxembourg.
Career
Association
The center-back started his career at the age of seven at U.S. Luxembourg, for whom he played from 1981 to 1988, before moving to France for FC Metz. First ever brought by the parents for training, he moved with 15 years in the football boarding school of the French football club. About the reserve team found Strasser then in 1993 the way into the first team of FC Metz. There he established himself in the following years. In 1996, he won the League Cup Garnet Red, as you sat down by 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out against Olympique Lyon. Two years later reached Strasser with the team the runner-up.
In 1999, finally came to move to Germany. Strasser, signed at the 1 FC Kaiserslautern and played there until 2002. At the beginning of the season 1999/2000 he has not yet noticed about his new coach Otto Rehhagel. His debut finally announced on 12 September 1999 Matchday 4 at a 0:5 defeat of the FCK against Werder Bremen. In the coming weeks, he then drew up a regular place. After more and more advanced in Kaiserslautern success on the pitch in the background and other problems concerned the club, the defender decided a change to league rivals Borussia Monchengladbach.
On 12 August 2006, the Gladbach broke the contract with Strasser on prematurely. Eleven days later signed the defender a contract with the French second division club Racing Strasbourg. With Strasbourg he was promoted to the first French league at the end of the season.
In July 2007, Strasser moved to his former club FC Metz. There he remained until the end of the season 2008 /09. His contract was not renewed in Metz and Strasser joined in July 2009 after Luxembourg for CS Fola Esch. There he signed a contract for two years with the addition of being able to leave at any time with a better offer from his contract.
In the 2009 summer break Strasser joined free transfer to the Swiss giants Grasshopper Club Zurich. In the summer of 2010 he did not renew his contract with Zurich and returned to CS Fola Esch. There he ended his active career in April 2012.
National
Strasser is 98 times the Luxembourg national team. To qualify for a major tournament so far was not enough. When historically important victory from the perspective of Luxembourg in World Cup qualifying for the World Cup in South Africa Strasser's team won 2-1 against Switzerland. As captain he contributed 1-0 ahead and prepared the 2-1 winning goal by Alphonse Leweck.
Since 28 March 2009, he is most-capped player of Luxembourg. With his 89th international game he solved Carlo Weis, who had brought it to 88 games 1978-1998, from the record holder. After he made his international debut on 12 October 1993 in the 1-3 home defeat against Greece, he graduated to the day 17 years later, on 12 October 2010, his 98th, and so last international match for Luxembourg ( 0:2 - defeat against France ).
Coaching career
As of November 2, 2010, he took parallel to his playing career also as coach at CS Fola Esch true, from December 2010 together with the Frenchman Cyril Serredszum. Previously had already been working as a youth coach in the club in the same year briefly. Since ending his playing career in April 2012 Strasser, together with Serredszum head coach at CS Fola Esch. 2013 was able to win the Luxembourg championship coach the team.
Achievements
- As a player Coupe de la Ligue with FC Metz: 1996
- As coach National Division with CS Fola Esch: 2013