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{{Short description|Moroccan footballer (born 1982)}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Jaouad Zairi
| image          =
| fullname       = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|4|17}}
| birth_place    = [[Taza]], Morocco
| height         = 1.81 m<ref name="ESPNsoccernet">{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=9281&cc=5739|title=Jaouad Zairi|publisher=ESPNsoccernet|access-date=21 August 2009|archive-date=9 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070909153628/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=9281&cc=5739|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| position       = [[Winger (association football)|Winger]]
| currentclub    = 
| youthyears1    = 1997–2000 |youthclubs1 = [[FC Gueugnon|Gueugnon]]
| years1         = 2000–2001 |clubs1 = [[FC Gueugnon|Gueugnon]]                     |caps1  = 28 |goals1  = 4
| years2         = 2001–2006 |clubs2 = [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]]           |caps2  = 87 |goals2  = 5
| years3         = 2006      |clubs3 = → [[Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)|Al-Ittihad]] (loan)  |caps3  = 24 |goals3  = 8
| years4         = 2006–2007 |clubs4 = [[Boavista F.C.|Boavista]]                   |caps4  = 6  |goals4  = 0
| years5         = 2007      |clubs5 = → [[FC Nantes|Nantes]] (loan)                |caps5  = 8  |goals5  = 0
| years6         = 2007–2009 |clubs6 = [[Asteras Tripoli F.C.|Asteras Tripolis]]    |caps6  = 42 |goals6  = 0
| years7         = 2009–2011 |clubs7 = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]               |caps7  = 32 |goals7  = 2
| years8         = 2011–2012 |clubs8 = [[PAS Giannina F.C.|PAS Giannina]]           |caps8  = 8  |goals8  = 1
| years9         = 2012      |clubs9 = [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]] |caps9 = 8  |goals9 = 1
| years10        = 2013–2014 |clubs10 = [[Salalah SC|Salalah]]                      |caps10 = 5  |goals10 = 0
| years11        = 2014      |clubs11 = [[Monts d'Or Azergues Foot]]                |caps11 = 3  |goals11 = 0
| years12        = 2015      |clubs12 = [[Football Club Vaulx-en-Velin]]            |caps12 = 9  |goals12 = 2
| years13        = 2015–2017 |clubs13 = [[Zakynthos F.C.|Zakynthos]]                |caps13 = 24 |goals13 = 7
| totalcaps      = 284
| totalgoals     = 30
| nationalyears1 = 2000–2009 |nationalteam1 = [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]] |nationalcaps1 = 34 |nationalgoals1 = 6
}}

'''Jaouad Zairi''' ({{langx|ar|جواد الزايري}}; born 17 April 1982) is a Moroccan professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[winger (association football)|winger]]. He played for the [[Morocco national football team|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|date=February 2012}}  At the age of 2, his family moved to [[Mâcon]], a small French city.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}  In 1997, he moved to FC Gueugnon.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}

==Club career==
Zairi joined the French [[Ligue 2]] team [[FC Gueugnon]] at the age of 15.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}  In the summer of 2001, he joined [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|FC Sochaux]] and played for them until 2008. In January 2006 he was loaned to the Saudi club [[Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)|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 Tripoli F.C.|Asteras Tripolis]] for the 2008–09 season.

On 25 April 2009, [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] announced Zairi would join for the 2009–10 season. He won the [[2010–11 Super League Greece]] with the club.<ref>{{cite news |title=El Olympiacos gana la liga griega tras pasar por encima del AEK |url=https://www.marca.com/2011/03/20/futbol/futbol_internacional/1300649663.html |access-date=27 September 2020 |work=Marca |date=20 March 2011 |language=es}}</ref> 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|date=February 2012}}

In July 2017, he made an appearance for Indonesian club [[Persija Jakarta]] in a friendly match against [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elkerf |first1=Nassim |title=Image: Lions de l'Atlas: Jaouad Zaïri veut toujours jouer au football... en Indonésie! |url=https://sport.le360.ma/marocains-du-monde/image-lions-de-latlas-jaouad-zairi-veut-toujours-jouer-au-football-en-indonesie-38102 |website=sport.le360.ma |access-date=27 September 2020 |language=fr |date=24 July 2017}}</ref>

==International career==
Zairi made a debut for [[Morocco national football team|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 national football team|Tunisia]].

Zairi also played for Morocco at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports-Reference.com |title=Jawad Zairi Biography and Statistics |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/jawad-zairi-1.html |access-date=16 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126144518/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/jawad-zairi-1.html |archive-date=26 January 2011 }}</ref>

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

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Jaouad Zairi<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/4475/Jaouad_Zairi.html|title=Zairi, Jaouad|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 20 June 2003 || [[Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium (1983)|Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium]], [[Rabat]], Morocco || {{fb|GAB}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 8 February 2004 || [[Stade Taïeb Mhiri]], [[Sfax]], Tunisia || {{fb|ALG}} || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|3–1 ([[Overtime (association football)|a.e.t]]) || [[2004 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
| align="center"|3 || 31 March 2004 || Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco || {{fb|ANG}} || align="center"|3–0|| align="center"|3–1 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || rowspan="3"|9 February 2005 || rowspan="3"|Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco || rowspan="3"|{{fb|KEN}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|5–1 || rowspan="3"|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group 5|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|5 || align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|6 || align="center"|5–0
|}

==Honours==
'''Olympiacos'''
* [[Superleague Greece]]: [[2010–11 Super League Greece|2010–11]]

'''Morocco'''
*[[Africa Cup of Nations]] runner-up: [[2004 Africa Cup of Nations|2004]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/04a.html|title=African Nations Cup 2004}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Soccerway|jaouad-zairi/29753}}

{{Morocco men's football squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}
{{Morocco Squad 2004 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Morocco Squad 2006 Africa Cup of Nations}}

{{portal bar|Association football|Morocco}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zairi, Jaouad}}
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