Lounès Gaouaoui

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

Lounès Gaouaoui
Personal information
Full name Lounès Gaouaoui
Date of birth (1977-09-28) September 28, 1977
Place of birth Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 JS Kabylie (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
International career
2001–2010 Algeria 48 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2014 CS Constantine (interim coach)
2015–2018 JS Kabylie (GK coach)
2018 Algeria (GK coach)
2018–2019 JS Kabylie (youth coordinator)
2019–2021 CA Bordj Bou Arréridj (GK coach)
2021–2022 NA Hussein Dey (GK coach)
2022 USM Alger (GK coach)
2023- JS Kabylie (GK coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

In 2002 he was the goalkeeping coach of USM Alger.[7]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Algerian Cup Africa Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
WA Tlemcen 2006–07 Championnat National 150–0
2007–08 26060–270
USM Annaba 2008–09 Championnat National 26010–270
ASO Chlef 2009–10 Championnat National 21031–241
USM Blida 2010–11 Ligue 1 260–260
CS Constantine 2012–13 Ligue 1 20–20
Career total

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[8]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Algeria 200110
200280
200330
200460
200520
200650
200760
200890
200980
201010
Total490

Honours

References
  1. "La Fiche de Lounés GAOUAOUI - Football algérien". Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  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 at FootballDatabase.eu
  8. "Lounès Gaouaoui". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
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