Lounès Gaouaoui (born 28 September 1977) is an Algerian former

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who played as a

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Playing career

Gaouaoui was a member of the Algerian national team that lost in the quarter-finals at the

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. He was until recently Algeria's first-choice goalkeeper and had played in all of his country's main qualifiers for the

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, but suspension and an attack of

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forced him respectively to miss his country's World Cup qualification playoff against

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and the

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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

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as a playing assistant manager. 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. In October 2015, he returned to

JS Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Kabyle grammar, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqvayel; Berber languages, Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ; ), known as JS Kabylie or simply JSK, is an Algerian profession ...

as a goalkeeper coach. He left the club in March 2018 and was hired by the national team of

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as a goalkeeper coach. In October 2019, he was hired as a goalkeeper coach for

CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Chabab Ahly Bordj Bou Arréridj (), known as CA Bord Bou Arréridj or simply CABBA for short, is an Algerian Association football, football club based in Bordj Bou Arreridj. The club was founded in 1931 and its colours are yellow and black. The ...

.Gaouaoui remplace Kial
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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

*Won the Algerian league twice in 2004 and 2006 with

*Runner up in the Algerian league twice in 2002 and 2005 with

*Finalist of the

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in 2004 with

*Won the

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three times in 2000, 2001 and 2002 with

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaouaoui, Lounes 1977 births Living people Footballers from Tizi Ouzou Kabyle people Algerian men's footballers Algeria men's international footballers JS Kabylie players WA Tlemcen players 2010 FIFA World Cup players ASO Chlef players USM Annaba players USM Blida players CS Constantine players Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2004 African Cup of Nations players Men's association football goalkeepers 21st-century Algerian sportsmen