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

Club career

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

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between 1993 and 1999, he moved to German

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side

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and spent three seasons with the club before leaving it for

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

in 2002. With the two German clubs, he spent seven seasons in Bundesliga 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

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side

RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (commonly known as RC Strasbourg, Racing Straßburg, RCSA, RCS, or simply Strasbourg; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Füeßbàllmànnschàft Vu Stroßburri'') is a football in France, French association football ...

. On 31 July 2007, he signed a two-year contract with FC Metz and was released after his contract ended on 30 June 2009, On 17 July 2009, he returned to Luxembourg on 17 July 2009, signing a two-year contract with

CS Fola Esch Sporting Circle Fola Esch (french: Cercle sportif Fola Esch), usually abbreviated to Fola Esch or simply Fola, is a football club, based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg. They play their home games at Stade Émile Mayrisch, in ...

. However, the move only lasted 17 days before Strasser moved to Grasshopper, signing a one-year contract on 15 August 2009.

International career

Strasser made his debut for

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in an October 1993 World Cup qualification match against

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. As of December 2008, he had earned a record 88 caps, scoring six goals. He played in 29

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matches. He has been Luxembourg's all-time record cap-holder, since taking over from

Carlo Weis Carlo Weis (born 4 December 1958) is a Luxembourgish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was Luxembourg's most capped player of all-time from November 1995 until Jeff Strasser overtook his tally in 2008. Club career A c ...

in November 2008.

Managerial career

On 17 May 2010, he was appointed as youth manager of

. 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. Strasser took the job permanently himself in 2012, taking Fola Esch to their first wins in the

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before leaving in 2017 to take over

. On 24 January 2018, in a game against

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, 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. A week later, it was announced that due to ongoing health problems, Strasser will no longer be active as manager for 1. FC Kaiserslautern. On 16 August 2018, it was announced that Strasser had returned to manage Fola Esch.

Career statistics

International goals

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Managerial statistics

''As of 19 March 2023.''

References

External links

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