He played most of his club football abroad, predominantly in Switzerland, but also in Belgium for Standard Liège. He began and ended his playing career in his native Luxembourg.
He played his final international game in October 2001, a World Cup qualification loss at Yugoslavia.
Coaching career
Saibene was the manager of FC Aarau, in Switzerland[4] and assistant to Allan Simonsen at the national team. He was formerly the assistant manager to Ryszard Komornicki at Aarau but was promoted in June 2009 when Komornicki left the club.[5] He then managed Luxembourg U-21.[6] He left his position in March 2011 to coach FC St. Gallen.
On 19 March 2017, he was appointed as the new head coach of Arminia Bielefeld.[7] He was sacked on 10 December 2018.[8]
He was appointed as the new head coach of FC Ingolstadt for the 2019–20 season.[9] He was sacked on 9 March 2020.[10]
On 29 August 2022, he returned to Switzerland to take over coaching duties of struggling Swiss Challenge League side Neuchâtel Xamax.[13] Sadly, he was unable to turn around Xamax's fortune, managing only three wins in 25 games he managed.[14] Following a 2–5 defeat to FC Aarau on 23 April 2023, he handed in his resignation.[15]