Jamal Alioui


Jamal Alioui is a former professional footballer and current manager of French club FC Vaulx-en-Velin.
He formerly played for Perugia Calcio, Calcio Catania, F.C. Crotone, FC Metz, FC Sion, FC Nantes, Wydad Casablanca in the Moroccan league and Al-Kharitiyath in the Qatar Stars League.

Career

Alioui was born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, but he chose to play for Morocco because of his Moroccan background and ancestry. He was the captain of the Moroccan 2004 Olympic football team, behind group winners Iraq and runners-up Costa Rica.

Managerial career

Alioui retired at the end of the 2015–16 season due to a recurrent pain in his hip. He began as a coach for the U17 squad of French club FC Rive Droite. In the summer 2017, Aliuoi was hired as assistant manager for AS Miserieux Trevoux.
In the summer 2018, he was appointed manager of AS Bron Grand Lyon. Ahead of the 2019–20 season, he was appointed manager of FC Vaulx-en-Velin.

Honours

Perugia