Jaouad Zairi (Arabic: جواد الزايري; born 17 April 1982) is a Moroccan professional footballer who played as a winger. He played for the Morocco national team between 2000 and 2009, making 34 appearances and scoring six goals.
Zairi joined the French Ligue 2 team FC Gueugnon at the age of 15.[citation needed] In the summer of 2001, he joined FC Sochaux and played for them until 2008. In January 2006 he was loaned to the Saudi club 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 Tripolis for the 2008–09 season.
On 25 April 2009, Olympiacos announced Zairi would join for the 2009–10 season. He won the 2010–11 Super League Greece with the club.[2] 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]
In July 2017, he made an appearance for Indonesian club Persija Jakarta in a friendly match against Espanyol.[3]