Youri Loen (born 27 January 1991) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for Maltese club

Mosta Mosta ( mt, Il-Mosta) is a small but densely populated city in the Northern Region of Malta. The most prominent building in Mosta is the Rotunda, a large basilica built by its parishioners' volunteer labour. It features the world's 3rd largest ...

Career

Born in

Nijmegen Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...

, after playing with amateur club

SV Orion SV Orion is a Dutch amateur football club from the city of Nijmegen, founded on 19 September 1938. The first team of the club competes in the Hoofdklasse, the fifth tier of Dutch football, for the 2021/2022 season. The club's home stadium is th ...

, Loen began his career with the youth team of hometown club

NEC is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It prov ...

in 2001, and later played for

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...

FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie title. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. I ...

and

Almere City Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional Association football, football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and hosts home matches ...

. After two seasons with Almere City, in which he scored 8 goals and made 15 assists in 65 games, he was told he was no longer wanted by the club. He left the club at the end of June 2020, and returned to former club SV Orion in July 2020, as well as a second amateur club Brakkenstein, to train in order to maintain fitness. Later that month he began training with

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

. He remained training with TOP Oss in October 2020, although the club said they would not be signing him to a contract. Later that month he signed for Greek club

Doxa Drama Doxa Drama Football Club ( el, Δόξα Δράμας) is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in the city of Drama, Greece, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Macedonia, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super ...

. On 26 January 2021, Loen signed for Finnish club

FC Haka FC Haka is a Finnish football club based in the industry town of Valkeakoski. It is currently competing in Finland's premier division of football, Veikkausliiga. It is one of the most successful clubs in Finland, with nine Finnish championships a ...

. On 19 January 2022, he joined

in Malta.

References

1991 births Living people Footballers from Nijmegen Dutch footballers SV Orion players NEC Nijmegen players FC Dordrecht players Sparta Rotterdam players Fortuna Sittard players FC Emmen players Almere City FC players Doxa Drama F.C. players FC Haka players Mosta F.C. players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Association football midfielders Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Finland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate footballers in Malta Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Malta {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub