Sajh began his coaching career in 1978 for FC Dobrova who were runners-up in the 1978/1979 season. He was then from 1992 to 1993 technical advisor for
FC Asmaral. In 1994, he returned to Slovenia and signed for
FC Potrosnik Beltinci, during his time with FC Potrosnik Beltinci he coached the team to 6th place of the
PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije, the best result in the history of the club. Before his work as the technical director/ national coach of all Indian national teams, he issued a book named
Technical- Tactical preparation of Footballer and
Technical- Tactical preparation of the Team. During his time with the
Myanmar Football Federation between 2000 and 2001 he lost just one match. In the year 2001 he prepared a six- year development program for the
Asian Football Confederation. In the same period in Asia he prepared and guided coaching seminars for local coaches. He took over as coach of
Al Tahaddy, a football team from
Benghazi where he qualified them for the
2002 CAF Cup but eventually lost to
FUS Rabat at the first round. In 2005, he was in charge of Romanian club
FCM Targoviste where for more than three months he did not lose any league or cup match; a feat he repeated with Libyan side
Olympic Azzaweya three years later. FIFA awarded him for his contribution in the development of football in Asia and his native country Slovenia.
Nigeria Internationals His boys,
Theophilus Afelokhai,
Gabriel Ikechukwu,
Abdulwasiu Showemimo,
Solomon Okpako,
Muhammad Shagari,
Ali Rabiu,
Bello Musa Kofarmata,
Mohammad Gambo and
Ahmed Musa have played for
Nigeria at various levels at the
African Nations Cup,
FIFA Confederations Cup and the
FIFA World Cup.
CAF Champions League semi-final He led Nigerian side
Kano Pillars to the semifinal of the
CAF Champions League where they lost to another Nigerian club,
Heartland. He was named African Coach of the Year that year.
Pattern He is the first coach to use a new playing system (1-2-2-1-1-1-2 in defense, 2-2-2-1-3 in attack). The system could only be used efficiently by teams with excellent skills. He named his system
Pahljača which means "fan" in his native
Slovenian.
Tuvalu and the Oceania Football Confederation His last job was in
Tuvalu where he educated local coaches on several coaching seminars and where he was also the national football team coach. During his stay in Tuvalu, he helped the
Tuvalu Islands Football Association to prepare documents for admission of Tuvalu as members of
FIFA and the
OFC. == Humanitarian activities ==