Faouzi Chaouchi

Faouzi Chaouchi
Personnel
birthday	5th December 1984
place of birth	Bordj Menaïel ,  Algeria
size	194 cm
position	goalkeeper
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2003-2006	JS Bordj Ménaïel
2006-2009	JS Kabylie	76 (1)
2009-2011	ES Sétif	37 (0)
2011-2013	MC Alger	43 (1)
2014–	MC Alger	70 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2008–	Algeria	12 (0)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2016/17 2 As of February 28, 2018

Faouzi Chaouchi ( Arabic فوزي شاوشي, DMG Fauzī Šāwušī ; * December 5, 1984 in Bordj Menaïel ) is an Algerian football goalkeeper.

Career

JS Bordj Ménaïel

Faouzi Chaouchi began his career in 2003 at the lower class club JS Bordj Ménaïel , where his father also played as a goalkeeper . In the 2005/06 season he became captain and aroused the interest of larger clubs with just seven goals against in 32 games.

JS Kabylie

In 2006 he signed a three-year contract with top club JS Kabylie , and according to his own statement, the move made a “childhood dream come true”. The highlight of his three-year commitment was winning the Algerian championship in 2008. Chaouchi, nicknamed Canary by fans , scored a goal from the penalty spot against Cotonsport Garoua in the CAF Champions League .

After several lack of discipline since taking over the regular seat from Lounès Gaouaoui , he left the club in 2009 and moved to ES Sétif .

ES Sétif

In June 2009 he signed the contract. The ES Sétif brought him because of his outstanding performance, which he demonstrated at JS Kabylie .

In December 2009 he and his team won the North African Cup of Champions after defeating Espérance Tunis on penalties. Chaouchi was voted the tournament's best goalkeeper. On May 1, 2010, he also won the Algerian Cup in a 3-0 win over CA Batna in the final. This was the first cup win in twenty years, and the trophy was won for the seventh time. Algerian President Abd al-Aziz Bouteflika presented the trophy and medals for victory.

In 2009, several European teams showed interest in Chaouchi, such as Olympique Marseille . A few days after winning the Cup, he was asked in an interview if there were any offers from European clubs. He confirmed that his agents have received news that Olympique Marseille will send a scout to the international against Ireland on May 28th. He also confirmed that he was in contact with UC Le Mans and had also received an offer from an Arab club. However, he would not be interested in this and would like to move to Europe , if at all .

MC Alger

On July 19, 2011 Chaouchi moved to MC Alger and signed an annual contract there. After being sent off with a red card in his fifth league game against JSM Béjaïa , Chaouchi scored his first ever goal with a penalty in a 2-0 home win over MC El Eulma . On May 1, 2013, he and his team lost the Algerian Cup final against city rivals USM Algiers 0-1. As a result, the club's players refused to attend the award ceremony and clashes broke out in the stadium's catacombs. Identified as one of the main aggressors, Chaouchi was sentenced on May 8, 2013 to a two-year ban. The next day his contract with MC Algiers was terminated.

After the remaining period of the suspension was suspended at the end of April 2014, he signed a new two-year contract with MC Algiers on May 13, 2014 .

National team

On February 4, 2008 he was invited to the training camp of the national team in France because of his good performance at JS Kabylie by national coach Rabah Saâdane . On March 26, 2008, he made his international debut in the friendly against Congo DR when he came on for Lounès Gaouaoui in the second half .

On November 18, 2009 he played in the decisive World Cup qualifier for the 2010 World Cup against rivals Egypt from the start, since goalkeeper Gaouaoui was suspended. With Anthar Yahia's 1-0 winning goal , the Algerian national team qualified for a World Cup finals for the first time since 1986.

In December 2009, Chaouchi was appointed to the squad for the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola . Although he was actually only number two, he was number one at the Africa Cup due to his good performance against Egypt and the failure of Lounès Gaouaoui due to appendicitis. In the 0: 4 defeat in the semi-finals against Egypt, he saw the yellow-red card in the 87th minute. It was Algeria's third red card in the game after Rafik Halliche (38th minute) and Nadir Belhadj (70th) had been sent off. Although only sent off with yellow and red, he received a three-game ban because he had headbutted the referee in the previous game. After an initially unsuccessful objection, he would have been suspended for the first two World Cup games against England and Slovenia , but was still called up to the Algerian World Cup squad . Shortly before the start of the World Cup, the ban was finally lifted after Chaouchi had already served the ban in two qualifying games for the 2011 African Nations Cup . He was able to stand in goal in Algeria's first group game at the World Cup against Slovenia . Due to a mistake in the decisive goal conceded to 0: 1, he was involved in the defeat of his team. In the next game against England he was replaced by Raïs M'Bolhi , who was in goal in the last group game against the USA after a strong performance . After being eliminated from this tournament, Chaouchi did not play another international game.

After seven years of abstinence from the Algerian national team, he returned to a competitive game on November 10, 2017, in the World Cup qualifier against Nigeria (1-1).

titles and achievements

JS Kabylie

• Algerian champion: 2007/08

ES Sétif

• North African Cup of Champions: 2009
• Algerian Cup Winner: 2009/10
• North African Super Cup: 2010
• North African Cup Winners Cup: 2010

Web links

• Faouzi Chaouchi in the database of FIFA (English)
• Faouzi Chaouchi in the database of weltfussball.de
• Faouzi Chaouchi in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Profile on lequipe.fr

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Les mamans des joueurs révèlent quelques secrets de leur fils ( Memento of March 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), lebuteur.com
2. ↑ La JS Kabylie recrute Fawzi Chaouchi . In: algerie-dz.com , November 18, 2009. 
3. ↑ Daily Fix: Belhadj Seals Pompey Move . In: Boita Chemma - Algerian Football - It is what it is! , November 18, 2009. 
4. ↑ Maghreb mercato shakes up football player, coach rosters . In: Magharebia News , November 18, 2009. 
5. ↑ UNAF: Metref et Chaouchi meilleurs joueurs . In: Foot Afrique News , November 18, 2009. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
6. ^ Bouteflika crowned ESS with its 7th cup . In: Ennahar Daily Newspaper , November 18, 2009. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
7. ↑ L'ESS remporte la Coupe d'Algérie face au CAB (3-0): L'Entente de Sétif au septième ciel . In: El Watan Newspaper , November 18, 2009. 
8. ↑ Chaouchi: "Si je pars de Sétif, ça sera uniquement pour l'étranger" . In: Le Buteur , May 3, 2010. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. 
9. ↑ Transferts: Fawzi Chaouchi rejoint le MC Alger ( Memento from September 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
10. ^ Profile on soccerway.com , soccerway.com
11. ↑ Affaire finale de Coupe d'Algérie USM Alger / MC Alger du May 1, 2013 ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , lfp.dz  
12. ↑ EN: Point de presse de Saâdane ce samedi ( Memento of June 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), dzfoot.com
13. ↑ Rivalry reopens as Egypt face Algeria again ( Memento from October 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), soccernet.espn.go.com
14. ↑ World Cup play-off: Algeria v Egypt - as it happened . In: The Guardian Newspaper , November 18, 2009. 
15. ↑ World Cup Qualifying Preview: Egypt - Algeria , goal.com
16. ↑ Yahia sends Algeria to World Cup , news.bbc.co.uk
17. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Algeria await Chaouchi appeal (March 17, 2010)
18. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Algeria World Cup appeal fails (March 20, 2010)
19. ↑ rp-online.de. Ban against Algeria's goalkeeper lifted (June 10, 2010) ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.