Jaouad Zairi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jaouad Zairi | ||
| Date of birth | 17 April 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Taza, Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zakynthos | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2000 | Gueugnon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Gueugnon | 28 | (4) |
| 2001–2006 | Sochaux | 87 | (5) |
| 2006 | → Al-Ittihad (loan) | 24 | (8) |
| 2006–2007 | Boavista | 6 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Nantes (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Asteras Tripolis | 42 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Olympiacos | 32 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | PAS Giannina | 8 | (1) |
| 2012 | Anorthosis Famagusta FC | 4 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | Al-Nasr | 5 | (0) |
| 2014 | Monts d'Or Azergues Foot | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | Football Club Vaulx-en-Velin | 9 | (0) |
| 2015- | Zakynthos | 4 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2000– | Morocco[2] | 34 | (6) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 January 2010 | |||
Jaouad Zairi (Template:Lang-ar; born 17 April 1982) is a Moroccan footballer currently playing for Football League club Zakynthos.
Early life
Zairi was born into a large family in Taza, Morocco.[citation needed] At the age of 2, his family moved to Mâcon, a small French city.[citation needed] In 1997 he moved to FC Gueugnon.[citation needed]
Club career
He joined the French Ligue 2 team FC Gueugnon at the age of 15.[citation needed] In the summer of 2001, he joined FC Sochaux and played for them until 2008. In January 2006 he was loaned to the Saudi club Al-Ittihad. He moved to Portugal (2006–2007) and played for one year with Boavista F.C.. He returned in France and played another year with FC Nantes (2007–2008) He moved to Greece and played with Asteras Tripolis (which plays in Super League Greece) for the 2008–2009 season.
Olympiacos
On 25 April 2009, Olympiacos announced the agreement with the player to be part of the squad from the 2009–2010 season . After a 2-season career with Olympiacos(when they won a Super League Championship), he was informed by Olympiacos' manager Ernesto Valverde that he was not to renew his contract with the club and that he was set free.[citation needed]
International career
He made a debut for Moroccan national team in 2000. He played in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2004 when Morocco made it to the finals but lost to their North African rivals Tunisia.
Zairi also played for Morocco at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3]
Honours
References
- ^ "Jaouad Zairi". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ "Zaïri, Jaouad". nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ^ "Jawad Zairi Biography and Statistics". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
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- Use dmy dates from September 2012
- 1983 births
- Moroccan footballers
- Morocco international footballers
- Moroccan expatriate footballers
- 2004 African Cup of Nations players
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Living people
- FC Gueugnon players
- Primeira Liga players
- Superleague Greece players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- Boavista F.C. players
- FC Nantes players
- Asteras Tripoli F.C. players
- Olympiacos F.C. players
- PAS Giannina F.C. players
- Anorthosis Famagusta FC players
- Ittihad FC players
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Olympic footballers of Morocco
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- People from Taza
- Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. players
- Monts d'Or Azergues Foot players