Abdelhakim Elouaari (born 4 September 1980) is a French former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Elouaari was born in

Charleville-Mézières Charleville-Mézières () is a commune of northern France and the prefecture of the Ardennes department, in the Grand Est region. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the river Meuse. History Charleville and Mézières were ori ...

. He played on the professional level in

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

for

Reims Reims ( ; ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French Departments of France, department of Marne (department), Marne, and the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 12th most populous city in Fran ...

. He also played for

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; ) is a small city in the southwestern French Departments of France, department of Charente, of which it is the Prefectures of France, prefecture. Located on a plateau overlooking a meander of ...

and

Romorantin Romorantin is a traditional French variety of white wine grape, that is a sibling of Chardonnay. Once quite widely grown in the Loire, it has now only seen in the . It produces intense, minerally wines somewhat reminiscent of Chablis. Histor ...

before joining

Albi Albi (; ) is a commune in France, commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department, on the river Tarn (river), Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ...

in January 2006.

Personal life

His brother Hicham Elouaari is also a former footballer.

References

1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Charleville-Mézières Footballers from Ardennes (department) French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ligue 2 players Stade de Reims players Angoulême Charente FC players US Albi players Paris FC players AS Moulins players FC Libourne players Aviron Bayonnais FC players SO Romorantin players Les Genêts d'Anglet players 21st-century French sportsmen {{france-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub