Faouzi Benzarti was born on 3 January 1950 in the city of Monastir, central coast of Tunisia, into a sports family.

He worked as a physical education teacher at many Tunisian institutes from 1975 to 1977, and after obtaining a football coach certificate he decided to devote himself entirely to training.

He also signed with CS Sfaxien in June 1996 but soon left before the season to play his first overseas experience at the head of the Emirati Club Al-Shaab CSC.

After his involvement with Étoile du Sahel in 2006, Benzarti transferred to Espérance de Tunis in June 2007, but left soon after to manage the national team of Libya.

After a series of friendly matches against Egypt, Zambia and Saudi Arabia, he began the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification with a 0–3 defeat by Ghana.

Benzarti remained in charge of the Libyan side after a good performance in World Cup qualifiers but returned to Tunisia in March 2009 to coach Espérance.

At the end of 2013, Benzarti joined the Moroccan champions, Raja Casablanca,[3] a week before the start of the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup.

He managed to reach the final against Bayern Munich by defeating the champions of several continents like Atletico Mineiro where Brazilian Ronaldinho was playing, as well as CF Monterrey and Auckland City FC.

[4] In the local league, Benzarti gave Raja Casablanca a very offensive game, unlike his predecessor Mohamed Fakhir who preferred defense.

Benzarti added its personal touch by imposing an offensive game with 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 formation, which sometimes involved the use of two advanced attackers.

[6] Benzarti said he would not coach Tunisian clubs in the future after the elimination of Espérance from the quarter-final of 2017 CAF Champions League against Al Ahly.

The African Champion, Wydad Casablanca has signed a contract with Benzarti on 19 January 2018 for a year and a half after the bad start at the Moroccan League with Hussein Ammouta.

On 28 July 2018, the Tunisian Football Federation announced the appointment of Faouzi Benzarti as coach of the national team, following Nabil Maaloul who resigned after failing in 2018 FIFA World Cup.

[9] However, he was dismissed in October after three wins and qualifying for 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after disagreement with the president of the Tunisian Football Federation Wadie Jary for refusing his interferences in the trainings.

[11] He was able to achieve good results after winning the Moroccan League after a fight with the rivals Raja Casablanca and he also reached the final of the African Champions League to play with his compatriot Espérance de Tunis before resigning due to refereeing problems that led to the postponement of the final.

Otherwise, He went through a short experience with Étoile du Sahel in late 2019 replacing Roger Lemerre, but it did not last long due to the eliminations from the Arab championship, which the team was holders in addition to the loss of the title of the Tunisian Cup.

[14] Less than a month after taking office, the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification began and opened with a match against his country, where they were beaten 4–1 in Radès.

Politically, he led an independent list, called "Audacity and Ambition", for the Tunisian Constituent Assembly election on 23 October 2011.