Faouzi Chaouchi
Faouzi Chaouchi was born on the 5 th December 1984 in Bordj Menaiel. He is a professional football player from Algeria. He played the rol...
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Faouzi Chaouchi was born on the 5th December 1984 in Bordj
Menaiel. He is a professional football player from Algeria. He played the role
of a goalkeeper for the Algerian national team and he played last for MC Alger
in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
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He is seen as a
national hero by many members of the country, as he put in a heroic display in
the play-off that put the national team of the country into their first World
Cup Finals since the year 1986 at the flop of their bitter rivals Egypt. He denied the Egyptian national team all
scoring chances. In the year 2010, he was confirmed to be the highest paid
Algerian football player earning 13 million Algerian dinars.
Chaouchi was born to
Houria and Rachid Chaouchi, a former goalkeeper that played for the club, JS
Bordj Menaiel. It was his father that discovered the talent of his son when he
watched him play in the neighborhood.
Club Career
Chaouchi started his
playing career with the club in his hometown, JS Bordj Menaiel. He was the captain
of the team during the 2005/06 season. With his good form, he conceded just 7
goals after playing the total of 32 games for the club, and that attracted the
interest from so many other clubs in the country.
Chaouchi signed a
contract to play for JS Kabylie from Inter-Regions club JS Bordj Menaiel in the
year 2006 on a three year deal. With the club, he won the Algerian Championnat
National in the year 2008, and that was the greatest achievement of his career.
He was remembered by the canary fans of the club for scoring a penalty in the
match that was played against Cotonsport Garous in the CAF Champions League
with a heavy shot. While he was with the club, it was rumored that he would
leave the club at the end of the season and had talks with many other clubs
like Lille OSC, ES Setif and MC Alger.
Chaouchi signed to
play for ES Setif in June 2009, after the club has won the race to recruit the
goalkeeper known for his impressive performance with the former club, JS
Kabylie. In December 2009, Chaouchi assisted his club to win the North African
Cup Championship Cup after winning ES Tunis in the finals of the competition,
after a penalty shoot-out. He was given the award of the best goalkeeper of the
tournament. On the 1st May 2010, he took part in the finals of the
Algerian Cup, and that was in the match that was played against CA Batna and
they won by 3-0 and assisted the club in lifting the Algerian Cup for the first
time in 20 years and the 7th time in the history of the club.
In the year 2009,
many European clubs showed interest in the goalkeeper, especially Olympique de
Marseille.
On the 17th
October 2010, there was a report that the goalkeeper was involved in a car
crash, but was confirmed to be a minor accident and that the goalkeeper did not
sustain any serious injuries from the accident.
On the 30th
November, the Ligue National de football disciplinary committee took a decision
to give the player a match ban and a fine of 20,000,00 Algerian dinars together
with Khaled Lemmoouchia for contesting the penalty decision of the Ref in the
match that was played against AS Khroub that finished 3-3. He was suspended in
the match that played against MC Oran.
On the 19th
July 2011, Chaouchi signed a contract with MC Alger, a year contract that will
keep him in the club till the following year. In June 2012, he went to Turkey
to negotiate on a contract offer with the clubs that were newly promoted to the
Super Lig; Elazığspor and Kasımpaşa S.K..
International Career
Chaouchi got his
first call-up to the algerian national team on the 4th February 2008
by the national team coach, Saadane for training that was held in France, after
a good form with the club, JS Kabylie. He played his first game for the
algerian national team in a friendly match that was played against DR Congo on
the 26th March 2008, coming into the game as a sub in the half time
for Lounes Gaouaoui.
On the 8th
November 2009, he was chosen to play against Egypt in what was the most crucial
game of his career and the reward was the remaining African place in the 2010
World Cup. He was the first choice goalkeeper for the algerian national team
coach. He performed very well in the game and that sent off the Egyptian side
off the tournament after winning the match 1-0. In December 2009, Saadane selected
the goalkeeper to represent the country in the 2010 African Cup of Nations that
was hosted by Angola.
Chaouchi started the
match that was played against Slovenia and was the cause of the goal that won
the match for Slovenia. He was replaced for the match that was played against
England by the second keeper of the national team, Rais M’Bohli.
Honours
Club
Ø JS
Kabylie
·
Algerian Championnat National
§ Winner:
2007–08
Ø ES
Sétif
·
Algerian Championnat National
§ Runner-up:
2009–10
·
North African Cup of Champions
§ Winner:
2009
·
Algerian Cup
§ Winner:
2009–10
·
North African Super Cup
§ Winner:
2010
·
North African Cup Winners Cup
§ Winner:
2010
