Karim Mouzaoui (born 20 November 1975) is a French former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

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n descent who played as a

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. Mouzaoui began his professional career with

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, but only played two

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matches for the club, and was loaned out to Laval where he played in 29

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 ...

matches. He moved to Greece and played for

Apollon Kalamarias Apollon Kalamarias (Greek: Απόλλων Καλαμαριάς) is a Greek sports club from Kalamaria, a suburb of Thessaloniki. It was founded in 1926. The club is named after Apollo, the mythical Greek god. Its colors are red and black. Histor ...

in the Greek

Beta Ethniki The Football League () was the second highest professional football league in Greece since its inception in 1962 as ''Beta Ethniki'' and until 2019. It then served as a third tier after the creation of the Super League 2 as the new second tier ...

, before moving to Greek

Alpha Ethniki The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ...

side

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), ...

. While at Panionios, Mouzaoui was suspended for four months after failing a doping test in January 2003. Next, Mouzaoui spent two seasons with Cypriot side

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

before returning to Greece where he would play for Apollon Kalamarias and Veria F.C. in the

Greek Super League The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ...

. In 2008, he joined

Makedonikos F.C. Makedonikos Football Club () is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Neapoli, Thessaloniki, Neapoli and most of its fans come from this area, though the club is famous in all westside areas of Thessaloniki. History Th ...

of the Greek Third Division.

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1975 births Living people People from Bitche Men's association football forwards French men's footballers French sportspeople of Algerian descent RC Strasbourg Alsace players Stade Lavallois players Apollon Kalamarias F.C. players Panionios F.C. players S.F.K. Pierikos (football) players Veria F.C. players Apollon Limassol FC players AS Pierrots Vauban Strasbourg players Kastoria 1980 F.C. players Makedonikos F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players Cypriot First Division players Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Greece French expatriate sportspeople in Greece French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus French expatriate men's footballers Algerian expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Moselle (department) 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-forward-1970s-stub