Lounès Gaouaoui

Lounès Gaouaoui (born 28 September 1977) is an Algerian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.^[1]

Lounès Gaouaoui

Personal information
Date of birth	(1977-09-28) 28 September 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
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)
2023–2024	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.^{[citation needed]}

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

• Won the Algerian league twice in 2004 and 2006 with JS Kabylie
• Runner up in the Algerian league twice in 2002 and 2005 with JS Kabylie
• Finalist of the Algerian Cup in 2004 with JS Kabylie
• Won the CAF Cup three times in 2000, 2001 and 2002 with JS Kabylie