Squad: Algeria
Squad Number: 1
Position: Goalkeeper
Age: 32
Birth Date: Sep 28, 1977
Birth Place: Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
Height: 6' 2" (1.88m)
Weight: 185 lbs (84 kg)
Club: ASO Chlef (Algeria)
International Caps: 48
Club History
ASO Chlef (ALG): 2009-2010
USM Annaba (ALG): 2008-2009
WA Tlemcen (ALG): 2006-2008
JS Kabylie (ALG): 1999-2006
from Wikipedia
Lounès Gaouaoui is an Algerian football player who is currently playing for ASO Chlef. He is a goalkeeper known for spectacular leaping abilities.
He 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 but an attack of appendicitis forced him 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. He is however still hopeful of regaining his spot as No.1 for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals.
from ESPN SoccerNet
This ever-spectacular 'keeper was Algeria's first choice for almost all of the World Cup qualifying campaign, only missing the play-off because of suspension. A severe bout of appendicitis and a subsequent operation prevented him taking part in this year's African Nations Cup, but he should be fit and well when the biggest event of them all kicks off.
A full international for the past nine years, Gaouaoui has been Algeria's undisputed number one since 2004. His glory days at club level were spent at JS Kabylie, where he won two domestic league titles (2004 and 2006) and the pan-African CAF Cup on three occasions (2000, 2001 and 2002).
"The USA, Slovenia and especially England make for a very hard World Cup group," accepts Gaouaoui. "However, why shouldn't we aim for second place?"
from FIFA.com
Lounes Gaouaoui is one of the oldest veterans on the Algerian team and is one of the few who was born in Algeria. He started out his career in the Algerian youth school of USM Dra Ben Khedda in 1990 when he was only 13 and stayed there until the age of 20, which is when he moved to the senior level and stayed there for 2 seasons before he was spotted by Algerian giants JS Kabylie and was signed by them in 1999. The talented goalkeeper then began a long spell that lasted eight years with JS Kabylie, which witnessed Gaouaoui win 2 Algerian league titles in 2004 and 2006 and 3 CAF Confederations Cup titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002. From there he moved on to WA Tlemcen in 2007, then to USM Annaba and finally to ASO Chlef where he currently plays.
Gaouaoui made his debut with the Desert Foxes in 2001 against Senegal in a game the Algerians lost 0-1, but he continued to be a regular keeper for the next nine years, making 48 appearances. He was the first choice net-minder during Algeria’s dramatic campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, however, due to an attack of appendicitis he missed out on the CAF Africa Cup of Nations that was held in Angola earlier this year, but he is expected to make a comeback in South Africa this summer.
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