Karim Loukili (born 28 April 1997) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Albanian club

AF Elbasani AF Elbasani (), is an Albanian professional football club based in Elbasan. The club competes in Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. Their home ground is Elbasan Arena. History In 2021, the club was formed by the Elbasan Mu ...

. Born in the Netherlands, he represented

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at under-20 international level.

Club career

He made his professional debut 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 ...

for

Jong FC Utrecht Jong FC Utrecht (U23) is a Dutch football team, based in Utrecht. It is the reserve team of FC Utrecht and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie season. Current squad Out on loan Techni ...

on 19 December 2016 in a game against

SC Telstar Sportclub Telstar () is a Dutch professional football club based in the town of Velsen-Zuid, North Holland. The team competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of the Dutch football league system, following promotion from the Eerste Divisie in t ...

. Loukili joined CR Al Hoceima in August 2018 and played for the club until the end of the year, before he was released. After having been a free agent for six months, he joined the reserve team of

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 ...

, Jong Sparta, in the summer of 2019. In January 2020, Loukili moved to German fifth-tier club 1. FC Phönix Lübeck, playing in the

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. After six months, on 1 August 2020, Loukili joined

Helmond Sport Helmond Sport () is a Dutch professional football club based in Helmond, North Brabant. Founded in 1967 following the acquisition of the professional license of , the club achieved promotion to the top-tier Eredivisie in 1982. After two seasons ...

after a successful trial on a one-year deal with a one-year option. On 17 July 2021, he moved to

Riga FC Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian Association football, football club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Since 2016 Latvian Higher League, 2016, the club has been playing in the Latv ...

in Latvia. On 27 July 2022, Loukili had his contract terminated by mutual consent. On 1 February 2024, Loukili signed with

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbrevia ...

until the summer of 2025.

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