Corina Cornella Johanna Cathari Luijks (born 20 November 1995) is a Dutch women's association footballer who plays as a

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for Al Shabab in the

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Private life

Born on 20 November 1995, Luijks is a native of

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, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands.

Club career

Corina Luijks played for the Belgian RSC Anderlecht in

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capping in three matches during the 2013–14

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season. The next season, she returned home to join PSV Eindhoven. In the 2015–16 season, she again moved to Belgium, and was with

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. In the 2017–18 season, she was with her home country's Excelsior Rotterdam in Rotterdam, where she scored two goals in 21 matches of the Eredivisie. In the 2018–19 season, she moved to Iyaly to play for the

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-based club

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in the Serie B. She scored three goals in ten matches, and the next season, she appeared in eight games netting one goal. She then returned home, and signed with S.V. Zulte Waregem, where she appeared in six matches and netted two goals. In the 2021–2022 season, she went to Soyaux, France to play for the local club

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, where she scored one goal in ten matches. In October 2022, Luijks moved to Turkey, and joined

Fatih Karagümrük S.K. Fatih Karagümrük Spor Kulübü, also called Karagümrük, is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in the Karagümrük neighbourhood of the Fatih district in Istanbul. They currently play in the Süper Lig, the top t ...

in Istanbul to play in the 2022–23 Super League. In August 2023, she joined Saudi club Al Shabab.

International career

Luijks was selected to the Netherlands women's national futsal team in 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Luijks, Corina 1995 births Living people People from Bergen op Zoom Dutch women's footballers Dutch women's futsal players Women's association football forwards Excelsior Rotterdam players Eredivisie (women) players Dutch expatriate women's footballers Dutch expatriates in Belgium Expatriate women's footballers in Belgium BeNe League players Dutch expatriates in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Dutch expatriates in France Expatriate women's footballers in France Division 1 Féminine players ASJ Soyaux-Charente players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Turkish Women's Football Super League players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. (women's football) players Saudi Women's Premier League players Expatriate women's footballers in Saudi Arabia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh, women) players