Lounès Gaouaoui

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Lounès Gaouaoui
Personal information
Full name Lounès Gaouaoui
Date of birth (1977-09-28) September 28, 1977 (age 43)
Place of birth Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 USM Alger (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1990–1997 USM Drâa Ben Khedda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 USM Drâa Ben Khedda
1999–2007 JS Kabylie 156 (0)
2007–2008 WA Tlemcen 42 (0)
2008–2009 USM Annaba 26 (0)
2009–2010 ASO Chlef 21 (0)
2010–2011 USM Blida 26 (0)
2012–2013 AS Khroub
2013–2014 CS Constantine 2 (0)
2014–2015 MSP Batna
National team
2001–2010 Algeria 48 (0)
Teams managed
2013–2014 CS Constantine
2015–2018 JS Kabylie
2018 Algeria
2019–2021 CA Bordj Bou Arréridj
2021 NA Hussein Dey
2021– USM Alger
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Lounès Gaouaoui (born September 28, 1977) is an Algerian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper and the current goalkeeping coach of USM Alger.[1]

Playing career[]

Gaouaoui was a member of the Algerian national team that lost in the quarter-finals at the 2004 African Cup of Nations. He was until recently Algeria's first-choice goalkeeper and had played in all of his country's main qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but suspension and an attack of appendicitis forced him respectively to miss his country's World Cup qualification playoff against Egypt and the 2010 African Cup of Nations which both saw Faouzi Chaouchi replace him. This lengthy period of inactivity eventually cost him his spot as first-choice goalkeeper for the World Cup Finals, despite being named in the final squad.

Coaching career[]

Gaouaoui started his coaching career with CS Constantine as a playing assistant manager.[2] In December 2013, he took over the club as a caretaker manager. He was in charge for two games, before being replaced in the beginning of January 2014 and then continued at the club as a playing assistant manager.[3]

In October 2015, he returned to JS Kabylie as a goalkeeper coach.[4] He left the club in March 2018 and was hired by the national team of Algeria as a goalkeeper coach.[5]

In October 2019, he was hired as a goalkeeper coach for CA Bordj Bou Arréridj.[6]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[citation needed]
Club Season League Algerian Cup Africa Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
WA Tlemcen 2006–07 Championnat National 15 0 – 0
2007–08 26 0 6 0 – 27 0
USM Annaba 2008–09 Championnat National 26 0 1 0 – 27 0
ASO Chlef 2009–10 Championnat National 21 0 3 1 – 24 1
USM Blida 2010–11 Ligue 1 26 0 – 26 0
CS Constantine 2012–13 Ligue 1 2 0 – 2 0
Career total

International[]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]
National team Year Apps Goals
Algeria 2001 1 0
2002 8 0
2003 3 0
2004 6 0
2005 2 0
2006 5 0
2007 6 0
2008 9 0
2009 8 0
2010 1 0
Total 49 0

Honours[]

His name is believed to be the only surname with seven vowels in a row, reported by the International Board of Statistics.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-06-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Le CS Constantine va tirer au sort 11 supporters pour jouer la Coupe de la CAF, lecompetiteur.com, 28 February 2014
  3. ^ Lounès Gaouaoui at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ JSK : Gaouaoui et Zafour disent oui, competition.dz, 10 October 2015
  5. ^ EN: Gaouaoui nouvel entraîneur des gardiens, echoroukonline.com, 18 March 2018
  6. ^ Gaouaoui remplace Kial, djazairess.com, 23 October 2019
  7. ^ "Lounès Gaouaoui". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

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