Farouq Limouri
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 March 2003 | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Eindhoven | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Feyenoord | |||
| Sparta Rotterdam | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021 | Sparta Rotterdam | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Telstar (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Jong Sparta Rotterdam | 30 | (0) |
| 2023– | FC Eindhoven | 67 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Morocco U20 | ||
| 2021–2022 | Netherlands U19 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2022 | |||
Farouq Limouri (Arabic: فاروق ليموري; born 15 March 2003) is a Dutch-Moroccan footballer who plays as a defender for Eerste Divisie club FC Eindhoven.
Club career
[edit]Limouri played in the youth academy of Feyenoord before joining Sparta Rotterdam in 2015. He signed his first contract in January 2021, to run until 2023 at the age of 17 years-old.[1] After joining SC Telstar on loan, he made his professional football debut as a 17 year-old, in the Eerste Divisie on 19 February 2021, in a 1–1 draw at home against FC Eindhoven, an experience he described as a “dream come true”.[2] In August 2021 a match between Jong Sparta and Koninklijke HFC 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 Desevio Payne who was playing for the opposing team.[3]
For the 2023–24 season, Limouri signed with FC Eindhoven.[4] He made his league debut for the club in the Eerste Divisie against Willem II Tilburg on 13 August 2023, in a 1-1 draw.[5] 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 in the Eerste Divisie on 23 October 2023. [6]
International career
[edit]In June 2021 Limouri was called up the Moroccan squad for the 2021 Arab Cup U-20 held in Egypt, receiving a red card in their match against Algeria U20.[7] He was called up to the Netherlands U19 squad in October 2021.[8] 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.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "FAROUQ LIMOURI SIGNS FIRST CONTRACT WITH SPARTA". Spartarotterdam.net. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "Debut Limouri for Telstar boyhood dream: "Have a nice bang and I'll just do my best"". nhnieuws.nl. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "Young Sparta player Farouq Limouri to hospital by ambulance". voetball247.nl. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "LIMOURI KOMT VERDEDIGING VERSTERKEN" (in Dutch). FC Eindhoven. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "EINDHOVEN VS. WILLEM II 1 - 1". Soccerway. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "PSV II VS. EINDHOVEN 3 - 4". Soccerway. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "ARAB NATIONS CUP (U20 - QUARTER-FINAL) MOROCCO LOSES TO ALGERIA ON PENALTIES". snrt.ma. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "Xavi Simons called up to the Netherlands U19 squad". PSG.fr.
- ^ "NETHERLANDS U19 VS. CYPRUS U19 5 - 0". Soccerway. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- Farouq Limouri at Soccerway