Walid Lounis

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Walid Lounis
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Walid Lounis Playing for "Pray for Japan" Charity Game
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-04-07) 7 April 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2004 AS Marsa (3)
2004–2005 Kitchee
2005–2007 AS Marsa 12 (0)
2008 Home United 28 (2)
2009–2010 Geylang United 51 (2)
2011–2012 Gombak United 57 (2)
2013–2014 Tanjong Pagar United 49 (5)
2014–2015 Woodlands Wellington 34 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 September 2010

Walid Lounis (born 7 April 1983), is a Tunisian-born Singaporean retired footballer who last played for Woodlands Wellington in the S.League. He is also currently an accredited football coach in Singapore.

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Playing career

Lounis started his football career with AS Marsa back at home in 2001 before moving to Asia to sign with Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee in July 2004. Lounis than moved back home to rejoined with AS Marsa a year later in July 2005.

In January 2008, Lounis moved to Singapore to sign with Home United where he than signed for Geylang United in January 2009, later on, he signed for Gombak United in 2011 and was retained in 2012 for the AFC Cup 2010 competition.

Lounis joined Tanjong Pagar United in 2013. [1]

Coaching career

Moving to coaching professionally in 2014 after retirement from professional football, had earned the coaching degrees from Asian Football Federation in 2012. [2]

He had worked with the like of Fcbscola Singapore (Barcelona Academy), Coerver Football Singapore, Gombak United Football Club, [3] Geylang International Football Club.

Currently, technical director of International Soccer Academy. He guided them to one of the best seasons U16 Champion and U12 Champion.

Personal life

Lounis obtained Singapore citizenship in 2007 but had never been called to the Singapore national team. [4]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Former Bulls defender Walid Lounis to become a Jaguar in 2013 | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "WALID LOUNIS - ActiveSG". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Osman, Shamir (12 February 2016). "Gombak target S.League return next year". The New Paper. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "The Singapore Love Story of Walid Lounis". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.


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