Chaker Zouaghi (born 10 January 1985) is a Tunisian former professional

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who played as a

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He is a brother of

Kaies Zouaghi Kaies Zouaghi (born 19 December 1977) is a retired Tunisian football defender and later manager. He is a brother of Chaker Zouaghi Chaker Zouaghi (born 10 January 1985) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a defensive mi ...

, and was assistant manager under him as

AS Gabès Avenir Sportif de Gabès ( ar, المستقبل الرياضي بڨابس), often referred to as ''ٍِASG'' or ''Zliza'' is a football club from Gabès in Tunisia. The club was founded in 1978,by M. Hmad Nasfi, a local businessman. the team pl ...

Club career

Zouaghi was born in

Béja Béja ( ar, باجة ') is a city in Tunisia. It is the capital of the Béja Governorate. It is located from Tunis, between the Medjerdah River and the Mediterranean, against the foothills of the Khroumire, the town of Béja is situated on the ...

. He began his career at

Étoile du Sahel Étoile may refer to: Places ;France * Charles de Gaulle – Étoile, station of the Paris Métro * Étoile-Saint-Cyrice, commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in France * Étoile-sur-Rhône, commune in the Drôme department in France * L'Éto ...

before moving to

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

in the summer of 2006. He played in Moscow for three years, before having his contract mutually terminated in March 2009. In January 2010, Zouaghi signed a three-year contract with

FC Zürich Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, is a Swiss football club based in Zürich. The club was founded in 1896 and has won the Swiss Super League 13 times and the Swiss Cup 10 times. The most recent titles a ...

, to begin in July 2010. In January 2014 Zouaghi was linked with a move to

Iraqi Premier League The Iraqi Premier League ( ar, الدوري العراقي الممتاز) is the top level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and operates on a system of promotion ...

side

Duhok SC Duhok Sports Club ( ar, نادي دهوك الرياضي, ku, یانه‌یا وه‌رزشی یا دهوکێ), founded in 1970, is a Kurdish professional sports club, based in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, that competes in the Iraqi Premier League, ...

, In December 2014, Zouaghi signed for

FC Bunyodkor Football Club Bunyodkor ( uz, Bunyodkor futbol klubi) is an Uzbekistan, Uzbek professional association football, football club based in Tashkent that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Bunyodkor, a relatively unknown club at the time, made ...

. On 1 August 2016, Zouaghi moved to UAE Division 1 side Al Khaleej.

International career

Zouaghi made his debut for

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in November 2005.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

;Étoile du Sahel * Coupe de la Ligue Professionelle: 2005 *

African Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...

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;Lokomotiv Moscow * Russian Cup: 2007

References

External links

FC Lokomotiv Moscow profile
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Chaker Zouaghi
at Footballdatabase 1985 births Living people People from Béja Tunisian footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders Tunisia international footballers 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players Swiss Super League players Russian Premier League players Olympique Béja players Étoile Sportive du Sahel players FC Zürich players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players FC Bunyodkor players UAE First Division League players Khor Fakkan Sports Club players Tunisian expatriate footballers Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Russia Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Expatriate footballers in Uzbekistan Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates {{Tunisia-footy-bio-stub