Farouq Limouri (; born 15 March 2003) is a Dutch-Moroccan footballer who plays as a defender for club

FC Eindhoven Football Club Eindhoven, commonly known as FC Eindhoven, is a professional association football, football club based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football ...

Club career

Limouri played in the youth academy of

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the ...

before joining

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...

in 2015. He signed his first contract in January 2021, to run until 2023 at the age of 17 years-old. After joining

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on loan, he made his professional football debut as a 17 year-old, in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

on 19 February 2021, in a 1–1 draw at home against

, an experience he described as a “dream come true”. In August 2021 a match between Jong Sparta and

Koninklijke HFC Koninklijke Haarlemsche Football Club (Royal Haarlem Football Club) is a football club based in Haarlem, Netherlands. It is the oldest existing club in Dutch football, founded by Pim Mulier in 1879. During the club's early years, the team only ...

was abandoned after a head injury to Limouri caused an ambulance to have come to the pitch and take him to hospital with concussion, following an accidental collision with American youth international

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who was playing for the opposing team. For the 2023–24 season, Limouri signed with

. He made his league debut for the club in the Eerste Divisie against

Willem II Tilburg Willem II Tilburg (), commonly known simply as Willem II, is a Dutch football club (association football), football club based in Tilburg, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch footb ...

on 13 August 2023, in a 1-1 draw. He scored his first league goal for the club when he scored the opening goal in a 4-3 away win for his side over local rivals

Jong PSV Jong PSV is a Dutch football team based in Eindhoven. It is the reserve team of PSV Eindhoven and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2013–14 season. History Until 2013, Jong PSV played in the Beloften Eredivisie, a league exclusively fo ...

in the Eerste Divisie on 23 October 2023.

International career

In June 2021 Limouri was called up the Moroccan squad for the

2021 Arab Cup U-20 The 2021 Arab Cup U-20 () was the seventh edition of the Arab Cup U-20. It was hosted by Egypt from 20 June to 6 July 2021. The tournament included 12 UAFA-member teams and four invited teams. Senegal were the defending champions but were elimina ...

held in Egypt, receiving a red card in their match against Algeria U20. He was called up to the Netherlands U19 squad in October 2021. He featured for the Dutch U19 side in a 5-0 home win over Cyprus U19 on 13 November 2021, appearing as a second-half substitute for Justin Hubner.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Limouri, Farouq Living people 2003 births Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Eerste Divisie players Sparta Rotterdam players FC Eindhoven players 21st-century Dutch sportsmen Jong Sparta players