Corina Cornella Johanna Cathari Luijks (born 20 November 1995) is a Dutch women's association footballer who plays as a forward for Al Shabab in the Saudi Women's Premier League.

Corina Luijks
Personal information
Full name Corina Cornella Johanna Cathari Luijks
Date of birth (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Lepelstraat, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Al Shabab
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 RSC Anderlecht 3 (0)
2014–2015 PSV Eindhoven
2015–2016 Lierse SK
2017–2018 Excelsior Rotterdam 21 (2)
2018–2020 A.S.D. Pink Sport Time 18 (4)
2020–2021 S.V. Zulte Waregem 6 (2)
2021–2022 ASJ Soyaux 10 (1)
2022–2023 Fatih Karagümrük S.K. 1 (0)
2023– Al Shabab 7 (2)
International career
2018 Netherlands futsal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2022

Private life edit

Born on 20 November 1995, Luijks is a native of Lepelstraat, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands.[2][3]

Club career edit

Corina Luijks played for the Belgian RSC Anderlecht in Anderlecht capping in three matches during the 2013–14 BeNe League season.[4][3] The next season, she returned home to join PSV Eindhoven. In the 2015–16 season, she again moved to Belgium, and was with Lierse SK.[5] 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 Bari-based club A.S.D. Pink Sport Time in the Serie B. She scored three goals in ten matches, and the next season, she appeared in eight games netting one goal.[4] She then returned home, and signed with S.V. Zulte Waregem, where she appeared in six matches and netted two goals.[5] In the 2021–2022 season, she went to Soyaux, France to play for the local club ASJ Soyaux, where she scored one goal in ten matches.[4] In October 2022, Luijks moved to Turkey, and joined Fatih Karagümrük S.K. in Istanbul to play in the 2022–23 Super League.[2] In August 2023, she joined Saudi club Al Shabab.[6]

International career edit

Luijks was selected to the Netherlands women's national futsal team in 2018.[7][8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Corina Luijks" (in German). soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Corina Cornella Johanna Cathari Luijks" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Corina Luijks uit Lepelstraat haalt in België wél de top". AD (in Dutch). 20 April 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Corina Luijks" (in Turkish). Maçkolik. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Corina Luijks". Football Database. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Ex-speelster Zulte Waregem en Anderlecht gaat verder met haar reis rond de wereld en komt nu uit in ... Saoedi-Arabië" (in Dutch). Vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be. 24 August 2023.
  7. ^ >"Gaat Corina Luijks ook scoren voor Oranje?". Roosendaal Nieuws (in Dutch). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Speelster Corina Luijks opgeroepen voor belofteteam van Oranje zaalvoetbal". Voetbal in Roosendaal (in Dutch). 2 January 2019. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2022.