Saeb Jendeya
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | May 13, 1975 | ||
| 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 | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–2002 | Ittihad Al-Shajiya | ||
| 2002–2003 | Al-Hussein Irbid | ||
| 2003–2012 | Ittihad Al-Shajiya | ||
| International career | |||
| 1998–2009 | Palestine | 70 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014 | Palestine | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's beach soccer | ||
Representing  Palestine | ||
| Asian Beach Games | ||
 | 2012 Haiyang | Team |
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]
