Farouq Limouri Explained

Farouq Limouri
Birth Date:15 March 2003
Position:Defender
Currentclub:FC Eindhoven
Clubnumber:18
Youthclubs1:Feyenoord
Youthclubs2:Sparta Rotterdam
Years1:2021
Clubs1:Sparta Rotterdam
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:2021
Clubs2:Telstar (loan)
Caps2:9
Goals2:0
Years3:2021–2023
Clubs3:Jong Sparta Rotterdam
Caps3:30
Goals3:0
Years4:2023–
Clubs4:FC Eindhoven
Caps4:35
Goals4:3
Nationalyears1:2021
Nationalteam1:Morocco U20
Nationalyears2:2021–2022
Nationalteam2:Netherlands U19
Nationalcaps2:4
Nationalgoals2:0
Club-Update:29 May 2024
Nationalteam-Update:7 June 2022

Farouq Limouri (ar|فاروق ليموري; born 15 March 2003) is a Dutch-Moroccan footballer who plays as a defender for club FC Eindhoven.

Club career

Limouri played in the youth academy of Feyenoord before joining Sparta Rotterdam. He signed his first contract in January 2021, to run until 2023.[1] After joining SC Telstar on loan he made his professional football debut 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 from an accidental collision with an opposing player, American youth international Desevio Payne.[3]

For the 2023–24 season, Limouri signed with FC Eindhoven.[4]

International career

In June 2021 Limouri was called up the Moroccan squad for the 2021 Arab Cup U-20 held in Egypt.[5] He was called up to the Netherlands U19 squad in October 2021.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FAROUQ LIMOURI SIGNS FIRST CONTRACT WITH SPARTA. Spartarotterdam.net.
  2. Web site: Debut Limouri for Telstar boyhood dream: "Have a nice bang and I'll just do my best". nhnieuws.nl.
  3. Web site: Young Sparta player Farouq Limouri to hospital by ambulance. voetball247.nl.
  4. Web site: FC Eindhoven. LIMOURI KOMT VERDEDIGING VERSTERKEN. 5 July 2023. nl.
  5. Web site: Morocco under 20 calls on 4 players from the Netherlands. 11lions.nl.
  6. Web site: Xavi Simons called up to the Netherlands U19 squad. PSG.fr.