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| 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 professionalfootball player and the current manager ofProgrès Niederkorn.
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 sideFC Metz inLigue 1 between 1993 and 1999, he moved to GermanBundesliga side1. FC Kaiserslautern and spent three seasons with the club before leaving it forBorussia 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 FrenchLigue 2 sideRC 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 withCS Fola Esch.[4] However, the move only lasted 17 days before Strasser moved toGrasshopper, signing a one-year contract on 15 August 2009.
Strasser made his debut forLuxembourg in an October 1993 World Cup qualification match againstGreece.[5] He scored seven goals over 98 appearances for Luxembourg.[6] He played in 29FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[7] He took over fromCarlo Weis as most-capped Luxembourg men's football player in November 2008, untilMario Mutsch earned his 99th cap in September 2018.
On 17 May 2010, he was appointed as youth manager ofCS 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 theUEFA Europa League before leaving in 2017 to take over1. FC Kaiserslautern.
On 24 January 2018, in a game againstSV 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]
| # | 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 |
As of 3 August 2023.
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
 Fola Esch (player-manager) | 2 November 2010 | 22 December 2010 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 66.67 |
| Fola Esch | 1 July 2012 | 26 September 2017 | 166 | 107 | 32 | 27 | 394 | 182 | +212 | 64.46 |
 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 27 September 2017 | 31 January 2018 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 18.18 |
| Fola Esch | 16 August 2018 | 30 June 2020 | 49 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 138 | 55 | +83 | 63.27 |
| Swift Hesperange | 1 July 2020 | 14 October 2020 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 42.86 |
| Jeunesse Esch | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2022 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 48.39 |
| 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 | ||