Jaouad Zairi

Jaouad Zairi
Personal information
Date of birth	17 April 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Taza, Morocco
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1997–2000	Gueugnon
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2001	Gueugnon
2001–2006	Sochaux
2006	→ Al-Ittihad (loan)
2006–2007	Boavista
2007	→ Nantes (loan)
2007–2009	Asteras Tripolis
2009–2011	Olympiacos
2011–2012	PAS Giannina
2012	Anorthosis Famagusta
2013–2014	Salalah
2014	Monts d'Or Azergues Foot
2015	Football Club Vaulx-en-Velin
2015–2017	Zakynthos
Total
International career
2000–2009	Morocco
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jaouad Zairi (Arabic: جواد الزايري; born 17 April 1982) is a Moroccan professional footballer who played as a winger. He played for the Morocco national team between 2000 and 2009, making 34 appearances and scoring six goals.

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

Zairi 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 and played for one year with Boavista F.C. (2006–2007). He returned in France and played another year with FC Nantes (2007–2008).

He moved to Greece and played for Super League Greece side Asteras Tripolis for the 2008–09 season.

On 25 April 2009, Olympiacos announced Zairi would join for the 2009–10 season. He won the 2010–11 Super League Greece with the club.^[2] After two seasons with Olympiacos he was informed by Olympiacos' manager Ernesto Valverde that he was not to renew his contract with the club and that he was free to leave.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2017, he made an appearance for Indonesian club Persija Jakarta in a friendly match against Espanyol.^[3]

International career

Zairi made a debut for Morocco 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.^[4]

International goals

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zairi goal.

List of international goals scored by Jaouad Zairi^[5]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 June 2003	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco	Gabon	2–0	2–0	2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2	8 February 2004	Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia	Algeria	3–1	3–1 (a.e.t)	2004 Africa Cup of Nations
3	31 March 2004	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco	Angola	3–0	3–1	Friendly
4	9 February 2005	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco	Kenya	1–0	5–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5				2–0
6				5–0