Karim Laribi ( ar, كريم العريبي; born 20 April 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a

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for the Tunisia national team. Born in Italy to a Tunisian father and an Italian mother, Laribi has represented Tunisia at senior level since 2017.

Club career

Early career

A youth product of

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, Laribi left Italy in 2007 to accept a lucrative offer from

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, where he spent two season as part of the club's own academy in England. He returned to Italy in 2009 as free agent to become part of the

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squad that won the

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in 2010. In July 2010, he was sent on loan to

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club

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in order to get some first team experience; he played a total 28 games under the tenure of famous football master Zdeněk Zeman, scoring four goals in the season.

Sassuolo

In July 2011, Palermo accepted a loan offer for Laribi from ambitious

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club

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, with an option for his new club to turn the move into a co-ownership by the end of the season. On 19 June 2012,

acquired the half of the registration rights for €100,000 fee. In June 2013, Sassuolo him outright for free. He was loaned out to Serie B side

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on 8 January 2014. On 22 July 2014, Laribi joined

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on loan. In mid-2014, Laribi signed a new 3-year contract with Sassuolo.

Cesena

On 27 August 2016, Laribi left for

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on loan. On 4 August 2017, Laribi was signed by Cesena outright.

Hellas Verona

On 31 July 2018, Laribi signed with

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A contract until 2021. On 8 July 2019, Laribi joined to

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on loan with an option to buy. On 21 January 2020, Laribi joined

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club

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on loan until 30 June 2020. On 26 January 2021 he moved on loan to

club Reggiana.

Reggina

On 16 July 2021 he signed a two-year contract with

club

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. On 31 January 2022, Laribi joined

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on loan. On 1 September 2022, Laribi's contract with Reggina was terminated by mutual consent.

International career

Laribi was born in Italy to a Tunisian father and an Italian mother. Laribi was part of the Italian youth national teams, and made his debut with the under-20 team in 2011. On 15 August 2012, he made his debut with the Italy U-21 team, in a friendly match against

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. Laribi was later called up to the

Tunisia national football team The Tunisia national football team ( ar, منتخب تونس لكرة القدم; ) represents Tunisia in men's international association football. The team is a member of both FIFA and CAF, the Confederation of African Football. It is governe ...

, and made his debut in a 1–0 loss to

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on 24 March 2017. In May 2018 he was named in Tunisia's preliminary 29 man

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for the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Laribi, Karim 1991 births Living people Tunisian footballers Tunisia international footballers Italian footballers Italy youth international footballers Italy under-21 international footballers Italian people of Tunisian descent Italian sportspeople of African descent Association football midfielders Footballers from Milan Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Palermo F.C. players U.S. Sassuolo Calcio players Calcio Foggia 1920 players Latina Calcio 1932 players Fulham F.C. players A.C. Cesena players Hellas Verona F.C. players Empoli F.C. players S.S.C. Bari players A.C. Reggiana 1919 players Reggina 1914 players A.S. Cittadella players Italian people of Sardinian descent Tunisian people of Sardinian descent Tunisian people of Italian descent