Career
Rouaï began his career with Military Cross El Eulma, making his debut with the senior team while aged 15. After five years with Military Cross El Eulma, he moved to France to embark on a professional career. After two seasons with United States Annemasse, he signed his first professional contract with Besançon.
In 1957, he joined Ligue 1 side Angers, making 27 appearances and scoring 7 goals.
However, at the end of the season, he secretly left the team to join the FLN football team In 1962, after Algeria gained its independence, Rouaï returned to Angers.
He made 15 more appearances for the club, scoring 1 goal, before buying out his contract. In 1958, Rouaï secretly left Angers to go to Tunisia and join the FLN football team in support of the Algerian independence movement.
He spent the next four years traveling and playing with the team
After Algeria gained its independence, he was called up twice to the Algeria national football team The first, in 1962, was a friendly against French club Nîmes. In the second, on July 4, 1963, he made his official debut in a friendly against Egypt.
