Saeb Jendeya Explained

Saeb Jendeya
Birth Date:1975 5, mf=yes
Birth Place:Gaza, Palestine
Currentclub:Palestine (manager)
Position:Defender
Youthyears1:1987 - 1992
Youthclubs1:Ittihad Al-Shajiya
Years1:1992 - 2002
Years2:2002 - 2003
Years3:2003 - 2012
Clubs2:Al-Hussein Irbid
Clubs3:Ittihad Al-Shajiya
Nationalyears1:1998 - 2009
Nationalteam1:Palestine
Nationalcaps1:70
Nationalgoals1:1
Manageryears1:2014
Managerclubs1:Palestine

Saeb Jendeya (Arabic: صائب جندية) (born May 13, 1975 in Gaza, Gaza Strip) is a former Palestinian footballer and coach.

He played as a defender. He has amassed 70 caps since Palestine's induction into FIFA in 1998. He is the former captain of the Palestinian national team and served as captain from 1999 to his retirement from international football in 2009. Jendeya has scored one goal with the national team- a midfield shot against Libya in injury-time that leveled the score at 2-2 in the 1999 Pan-Arab Games.

He captained Palestine's beach soccer team to a third-place finish at the 2012 Asian Beach Games.

On 11 September 2014, Jendeya was named interim manager of Palestine national football team. However, before the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, he was sacked.

Palestine results

Date Venue Opponent Result Goalscorers Competition
2014
1 October 6, 2014 3-2 Friendly
2 October 12, 2014 2–0 Friendly

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