Lounès Gaouaoui

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lounès Gaouaoui

| image =

| caption =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|9|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tizi Ouzou, Algeria

| height = 1.88 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1990–1997

| youthclubs1 = USM Drâa Ben Khedda

| years1 = 1997–1999

| years2 = 1999–2007

| years3 = 2007–2008

| years4 = 2008–2009

| years5 = 2009–2010

| years6 = 2010–2011

| years7 = 2012–2013

| years8 = 2013–2014

| years9 = 2014–2015

| clubs1 = USM Drâa Ben Khedda

| clubs2 = JS Kabylie

| clubs3 = WA Tlemcen

| clubs4 = USM Annaba

| clubs5 = ASO Chlef

| clubs6 = USM Blida

| clubs7 = AS Khroub

| clubs8 = CS Constantine

| clubs9 = MSP Batna

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 156

| caps3 = 42

| caps4 = 26

| caps5 = 21

| caps6 = 26

| caps7 =

| caps8 = 2

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 =

| goals8 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2001–2010

| nationalteam1 = Algeria

| nationalcaps1 = 48

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs1 = CS Constantine (interim coach)

| manageryears2 = 2015–2018

| managerclubs2 = JS Kabylie (GK coach)

| manageryears3 = 2018

| managerclubs3 = Algeria (GK coach)

| managerclubs4 = JS Kabylie (youth coordinator)

| manageryears4 = 2018–2019

| manageryears5 = 2019–2021

| managerclubs5 = CA Bordj Bou Arréridj (GK coach)

| manageryears6 = 2021–2022

| managerclubs6 = NA Hussein Dey (GK coach)

| manageryears7 = 2022

| managerclubs7 = USM Alger (GK coach)

| manageryears8 = 2023–2024

| managerclubs8 = JS Kabylie (GK coach)

}}

Lounès Gaouaoui (born 28 September 1977) is an Algerian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.{{cite web |url=http://www.dzfoot.com/joueur.php?joueur_id=214&saison_id=14 |title=La Fiche de Lounés GAOUAOUI - Football algérien |accessdate=2009-06-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527085113/http://www.dzfoot.com/joueur.php?joueur_id=214&saison_id=14 |archivedate=2009-05-27 }}

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.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160729230701/http://lecompetiteur.com/competitions/caf-cl/le-cs-constantine-va-tirer-au-sort-11-supporters-pour-jouer-la-coupe-de-la-caf-816 Le CS Constantine va tirer au sort 11 supporters pour jouer la Coupe de la CAF]}}, lecompetiteur.com, 28 February 2014 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.{{WorldFootball.net|lounes-gaouaoui}}

In October 2015, he returned to JS Kabylie as a goalkeeper coach.[https://www.competition.dz/actualites/50145-jsk-gaouaoui-et-zafour-disent-oui.html JSK : Gaouaoui et Zafour disent oui], competition.dz, 10 October 2015 He left the club in March 2018 and was hired by the national team of Algeria as a goalkeeper coach.[https://www.echoroukonline.com/en-gaouaoui-nouvel-entraineur-des-gardiens/ EN: Gaouaoui nouvel entraîneur des gardiens], echoroukonline.com, 18 March 2018

In October 2019, he was hired as a goalkeeper coach for CA Bordj Bou Arréridj.[https://www.djazairess.com/fr/lesoirdalgerie/1032336 Gaouaoui remplace Kial], djazairess.com, 23 October 2019

In 2002 he was the goalkeeping coach of USM Alger.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

Career statistics

=Club=

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Algerian Cup !colspan="2"\|Africa !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{citation needed\|date=May 2021}}
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="2"\|WA Tlemcen \|2006–07 \|rowspan="2"\|Championnat National	15	0			colspan="2"\|–		0
2007–08 \|26	0	6	0	colspan="2"\|–	27	0
USM Annaba \|2008–09 \|Championnat National	26	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|–	27	0
ASO Chlef \|2009–10 \|Championnat National	21	0	3	1	colspan="2"\|–	24	1
USM Blida \|2010–11 \|Ligue 1	26	0			colspan="2"\|–	26	0
CS Constantine \|2012–13 \|Ligue 1	2	0			colspan="2"\|–	2	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{NFT\|112\|access-date=10 May 2021}}
rowspan="10"\|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
colspan="2"\|Total\|\|49\|\|0