Jamal Alioui

Jamal Alioui (جمال عليوي; born 2 June 1982) is a professional football coach and former player who is currently the assistant head coach of Ligue 1 club Lyon.

As a player, Alioui spent his career in Europe but did have spells in Asia and Africa with Qatari club Al-Kharitiyath and his country's Wydad Casablanca.

International career
Born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, Alioui chose to play for Morocco because of his Moroccan background and ancestry. He was the captain of the Morocco team at the 2004 Olympic, 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. On 9 January 2020, it was reported, that Alioui would resign to sign for a new challenge. Two days later, Alioui reveled, that he had been appointed assistant coach of João Aroso for Morocco U20 national team.

In June 2021, Aliouli was appointed head coach of French Championnat National 2 side GOAL FC.

In January 2024, Alioui joined Lyon and was named as the assistant manager for Pierre Sage.

Honours
Perugia
 * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003

Sion
 * Swiss Cup: 2008–09