Corina Cornella Johanna Cathari Luijks (born 20 November 1995) is a Dutch

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er who plays as a

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for

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and the Netherlands women's national futsal team.

Private life

Born on 20 November 1995, Luijks is a native of Lepelstraat,

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, Netherlands.

Club career

Corina Luijks played for the Belgian

RSC Anderlecht Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, commonly abbreviated to RSC Anderlecht (, , ) or RSCA (, , ), is a Belgian professional association football, football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital-Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian First Div ...

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capping in three matches during the 2013–14

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season. The next season, she returned home to join

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...

. In the 2015–16 season, she again moved to Belgium, and was with Lierse SK. In the 2017–18 season, she was with her home country's

Excelsior Rotterdam Excelsior Rotterdam, commonly known as Excelsior, is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of the Dutch football league system, following promotion from the Eerste Divisie in the 2024– ...

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, where she scored two goals in 21 matches of the

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. In the 2018–19 season, she moved to Iyaly to play for the

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-based club A.S.D. Pink Sport Time in the

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. She scored three goals in ten matches, and the next season, she appeared in eight games netting one goal. She then returned home, and signed with

S.V. Zulte Waregem Sportvereniging Zulte Waregem (), commonly known as Zulte Waregem or by their nickname Essevee (), is a Belgian professional association football, football club based in Waregem, West Flanders. The club set to play in Belgian Pro League from 2025� ...

, where she appeared in six matches and netted two goals. In the 2021–2022 season, she went to

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, France to play for the local club

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, where she scored one goal in ten matches. In October 2022, Luijks moved to Turkey, and joined

Fatih Karagümrük S.K. Fatih Karagümrük Spor Kulübü, also called Karagümrük, is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in the Karagümrük neighbourhood of the Fatih district in Istanbul. They currently play in the Süper Lig, the first ...

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to play in the 2022–23 Super League. In August 2023, she joined Saudi club Al Shabab.

International career

Luijks was selected to the Netherlands women's national futsal team in 2018.

References

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