Abdelhakim Omrani (born 18 February 1991) is a French professional

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who most recently played as an

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for RFCU Luxembourg.

Club career

Omrani began his career playing for

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. He later left the club for Nancy, where he spent six years before heading north to

RC Lens Racing Club de Lens (), commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply as Lens, is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the department of Pas-de-Calais. The club's nickname, ''Les Sang et Or'' (), comes from i ...

. Omrani received his first call up to the senior squad for the team's match against

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on 6 March 2009. He made his professional debut in that match appearing as a substitute in the 72nd minute. The match finished 2–2 with Lens scoring their goals in the 88th minute and the 92nd minute. The following week, Omrani made another substitute appearance in a 1–0 defeat to

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. In August 2011, Omrani went on trial to German club

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...

. However, despite impressing, the two clubs could not agree to terms and Omrani remained at Lens. In December 2012, Omrani went on trial with

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. However, he failed to impress manager Alan Pardew and returned to Lens. On 14 February 2012, Lens announced that Omrani had left the club. In November 2013, Omrani signed a two-year contract with

Nîmes Olympique Nîmes Olympique (commonly referred to as simply Nîmes) is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was founded on 12 April 1937 and currently plays in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football. The Sta ...

, after

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suffered relegation to the lower divisions for financial reasons. On 5 September 2017, Omrani signed a one-year contract, with an option for a further year, with

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side

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional association football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. As of the 2025–26 EFL League Two, 2025–26 season, the team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the Eng ...

. He was released by Oldham at the end of the 2017–18 season, following their relegation. He went on to the Belgian amateur level and

R.E. Virton Royal Excelsior Virton is a Belgian football club, based in the city of Virton, in Luxembourg province. The club will participate in Belgian National Division 1 from 2023 to 2024 after relegation from Challenger Pro League in 2022–23. They w ...

. In January 2020, Omrani moved to

Racing FC Union Luxembourg Racing Fussball Club Union Luxembourg (), usually abbreviated to Racing-Union, is a professional football club based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The etymology of the name originates from Racing Club Luxembourg and Union Sport ...

after six months without a club.

International career

After previously representing France at the under-19 level, Omrani switched his allegiance to

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in September 2011 after being called up to the Algerian under-23 national team by coach

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for a four-day training camp in Sidi Moussa. He was convinced to make the switch by Algerian international

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Personal life

Omrani was born in

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department to Algerian parents. He holds both French and Algerian nationalities. He comes from an athletic family which consists of six children. The eldest, Yasmina, is a professional

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. Omrani also has two younger brothers who play football: Billel played for

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and is a French youth international while Nabil has played in the youth system of a local club in

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