Karim Loukili

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| name = Karim Loukili

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|4|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands

| height = 1.75 m

| position = Midfielder{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

| currentclub = AF Elbasani

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| youthyears1 = 2004–2005 | youthclubs1 = HMSH

| youthyears2 = 2005–2013 | youthclubs2 = ADO Den Haag

| youthyears3 = 2013–2015 | youthclubs3 = Utrecht

| years1 = 2016–2018 | clubs1 = Jong Utrecht | caps1 = 34 | goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2018 | clubs2 = Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2019–2020 | clubs3 = Jong Sparta | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 5

| years4 = 2020 | clubs4 = 1. FC Phönix Lübeck | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2020–2021 | clubs5 = Helmond Sport | caps5 = 37 | goals5 = 9

| years6 = 2021–2022 | clubs6 = Riga | caps6 = 24 | goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2022–2023 | clubs7 = Debreceni | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2023–2024 | clubs8 = Karmiotissa | caps8 = 25 | goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2024–2025 | clubs9 = TOP Oss | caps9 = 33 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2025– | clubs10 = AF Elbasani | caps10 = 1 | goals10 = 0

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| nationalteam1 = Netherlands U18

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| nationalteam2 = Morocco U20

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| pcupdate = 1 February 2025

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Karim Loukili (born 28 April 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albanian club AF Elbasani. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Morocco at under-20 international level.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Jong FC Utrecht on 19 December 2016 in a game against SC Telstar.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/12/19/netherlands/eerste-divisie/jong-utrecht/stormvogels-telstar-combinatie/2240736/|title=Game Report by Soccerway|date=19 December 2016}}

Loukili joined CR Al Hoceima in August 2018 and played for the club until the end of the year, before he was released.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} After having been a free agent for six months, he joined the reserve team of Sparta Rotterdam, Jong Sparta, in the summer of 2019. In January 2020, Loukili moved to German fifth-tier club 1. FC Phönix Lübeck, playing in the Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein.{{cite web |last1=Giering |first1=Volker A. |title=1. FC Phönix Lübeck verpflichtet Nationalspieler aus Marokko |url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/1-fc-phonix-lubeck-verpflichtet-talent-aus-holland/ |website=sportbuzzer.de |publisher=Sportbuzzer |accessdate=10 October 2020 |language=German |date=31 January 2020 |archive-date=19 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419092553/https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/1-fc-phonix-lubeck-verpflichtet-talent-aus-holland/ |url-status=dead }}

After six months, on 1 August 2020, Loukili joined Helmond Sport after a successful trial on a one-year deal with a one-year option.{{cite web |title=Karim Loukili tekent contract bij Helmond Sport |url=https://www.helmondsport.nl/nieuws/karim-loukili-tekent-contract-bij-helmond-sport |publisher=Helmond Sport |accessdate=10 October 2020 |language=Dutch |date=1 August 2020}}

On 17 July 2021, he moved to Riga FC in Latvia.{{cite web|publisher=Riga FC|url=https://rigafc.lv/en/post/279|title=RIGA AGREES WITH MOROCCAN MIDFIELDER LOUKILI|date=17 July 2021|accessdate=3 October 2021|archive-date=4 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004034328/https://rigafc.lv/en/post/279|url-status=dead}} On 27 July 2022, Loukili had his contract terminated by mutual consent.{{cite web|url=https://rigafc.lv/en/post/646|title=BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT WE TERMINATE THE CONTRACT WITH LOUKILI|website=rigafc.lv/en|date=27 July 2022|accessdate=9 September 2022}}

On 1 February 2024, Loukili signed with TOP Oss until the summer of 2025.{{cite web|publisher=TOP Oss|url=https://toposs.nl/karim-loukili-versterkt-de-aanvalslinie-van-top-oss/|title=Karim Loukili versterkt de aanvalslinie van TOP Oss|trans-title=Karim Loukili strengthens the attacking line of TOP Oss|date=1 February 2024|access-date=3 February 2024|language=nl}}