Walid Lounis

Walid Lounis

Walid Lounis Playing for "Pray for Japan" Charity Game
Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-04-07) 7 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Woodlands Wellington
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2004	Avenir Sportif de La Marsa		(3)
2004–2005	Kitchee SC
2005–2007	Avenir Sportif de La 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–	Woodlands Wellington	34	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2010

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

Football career

Lounis played for Gombak United, Geylang United, Home United and Avenir Sportif de La Marsa. After leaving Geylang United, 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]

Lounis obtained Singapore citizenship in 2007 but had never been called to the Singapore national football team.[2]

Coaching career

Moving to coaching professionally in 2014 after retirement from professional football, had earned the coaching degrees from Asian Football Federation in 2012.[3]

He had worked with the like of Fcbscola Singapore (Barcelona Academy), Coerver Football Singapore, Gombak United Football Club,[4] 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.

Achievements

• Bronze medal for finishing 2nd runner up in the league
• Champion Singapore Cup
• Play in Asian Cup winner (AFC)
• Singapore cup 2nd runner up
• Singapore cup runner up

References

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