Saeb Jendeya

Saeb Jendeya
Medal record
Men's beach soccer
Representing Palestine
Asian Beach Games

Saeb Jendeya
Personal information
Date of birth	May 13, 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Gaza, Palestine
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Palestine (manager)
Youth career
1987–1992	Ittihad Al-Shajiya
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–2002	Ittihad Al-Shajiya
2002–2003	Al-Hussein Irbid
2003–2012	Ittihad Al-Shajiya
International career
1998–2009	Palestine
Managerial career
2014	Palestine
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.^{[citation needed]}

He captained Palestine's beach soccer team to a third-place finish at the 2012 Asian Beach Games.^{[citation needed]}

On 11 September 2014, Jendeya was named interim manager of Palestine national football team. However, before the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, he was sacked.^{[citation needed]}

Palestine results[edit]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
2014
1	October 6, 2014	Siliguri, India	India	3-2	Friendly
2	October 12, 2014	Lahore, Pakistan	Pakistan	2–0	Friendly

International goals[edit]

Saeb Jendeya: International Goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 August 1999	Amman, Jordan	Libya	2–2	2–2	1999 Pan Arab Games

External links[edit]

Koora.com
Saeb Jendeya – FIFA competition record (archived)

References[edit]

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