Faouzi Chaouchi

Faouzi Chaouchi
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-12-05) 5 December 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Bordj Ménaïel, Algeria
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
USM El Harrach
Youth career
0000–2003 Bordj Ménaïel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 JS Bordj Ménaïel 87 (0)
2006–2009 JS Kabylie 108 (1)
2009–2011 ES Sétif 36 (0)
2011–2013 MC Alger 83 (1)
2014–2018 MC Alger 76 (0)
2018–2020 CA Bordj Bou Arréridj 26 (0)
2022–2024 JS Bordj Ménaïel 0 (0)
2024- USM El Harrach 0 (0)
International career
2008–2018 Algeria 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018

Faouzi Chaouchi (Arabic: فوزي شاوشي; born 5 December 1984) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for USM El Harrach.[1]

Chaouchi is considered to be national hero by many Algerians, as he put in a heroic performance in the play-off that put the Algerian national team into their first World Cup since 1986 at the expense of their bitter rivals Egypt. He constantly denied the Egyptian national team all scoring opportunities. Chaouchi was only 23 years of age at the time of the play-off and played in place of suspended Lounès Gaouaoui. It was only Chaouchi's third cap during the unforgettable night in Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman (Sudan). In 2010, Chaouchi was known to have been Algeria's highest-paid footballer, earning roughly around 13 million Algerian dinars.[2]

  1. ^ "La Fiche de Fawzi CHAOUCHI – Football algérien". Dzfoot.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2010.
  2. ^ Randall, Colin (31 January 2013). "Algerians in a football league of their own – The National". Thenational.ae. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2019.