Imed Louati

Imed Louati
Personal information
Full name Imed Louati
Date of birth (1993-10-11) 11 October 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Sfax, Tunisia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Dalkurd
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 CS Sfaxien 27 (1)
2015 → Zhejiang Professional (loan) 14 (1)
2015–2016 Zhejiang Professional 0 (0)
2015 → Gyeongnam (loan) 12 (2)
2016 → Dalkurd (loan) 5 (3)
2017–2019 Vejle 53 (16)
2019–2021 Hobro 24 (2)
2021–2022 ES Sahel 6 (0)
2022 Al-Nasr Benghazi 0 (0)
2022–2023 Al-Ittihad Tripoli 0 (0)
2023– Dalkurd 12 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023

Imed Louati (born 11 October 1993) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ettan Fotboll club Dalkurd.

Club career

Club Sportif Sfaxien

Louati started his football career with Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club CS Sfaxien in 2012. On 1 September 2012, he made his senior debut in a league match against EGS Gafsa, coming on as a substitute for Fakhreddine Ben Youssef in the 82nd minute. He was described by Philippe Troussier, who was the manager of CS Sfaxien in 2014, as a hot prospect for the future.[1]

Zhejiang Professional F.C.

On 8 January 2015, CS Sfaxien announced Louati would loan to Chinese Super League side Hangzhou Greentown for six months, rejoining Philippe Troussier.[2] Zhejiang Professional confirmed the loan deal on 28 January.[3] Zhejiang Professional made the move permanent in June 2015; however, after Troussier was sacked by the club, Louati was loaned to K League 2 side Gyeongnam in July 2015.[4]

Dalkurd Fotbollsförening

Louati spend the fall of 2016 in Swedish second tier club Dalkurd FF. He scored three goals in five matches before he got injured and had to see the rest of the 2016-season from the stands.

Vejle Boldklub

On the 9th of February the Danish club Vejle Boldklub announced that Imed Louati had travelled to Turkey with the squad to participate in a training camp prior to the last part of the 2016/2017-season. The club announced that a free transfer would be announced during the training camp.[5]

He scorede 10 league goals and became topscorer in Vejle Boldklub in the 2017/2018-season in which the club won promotion to Danish Superliga.

Vejle got relegated in the following season and announced on 10 July 2019, that Louati's contract had been terminated by mutual consent after playing 61 games in total for the club and scored 17 goals.[6]

Hobro IK

On 13 September 2019, Louati signed a two-year contract with Hobro IK in the Danish Superliga.[7] Louati left Hobro again at the end of the 2020-21 season.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 December 2017[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
CS Sfaxien 2011–12 Ligue Professionnelle 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2012–13 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2013–14 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2014–15 8 1 0 0 6[a] 0 14 1
Total 27 1 0 0 6 0 33 1
Zhejiang Professional (loan) 2015 Chinese Super League 14 1 0 0 0 0 14 1
Gyeongnam (loan) 2015 K League Challenge 12 2 0 0 0 0 12 2
Dalkurd (loan) 2016 Superettan 5 3 0 0 0 0 5 3
Vejle 2016–17 1. Division 10 4 0 0 0 0 10 4
2017–18 15 5 0 0 0 0 15 5
Total 25 9 0 0 0 0 25 9
Career total 83 16 0 0 6 0 89 16
  1. ^ Appearances in the CAF Champions League

Honours

Sfaxien

References

  1. ^ Philippe Troussier : Imed Louati est excellent mais il doit quitter le CSS
  2. ^ Imed Louati à Hangzhou Greentown sous forme de prêt de 6 mois Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "杭州绿城宣布突尼斯新星加盟：身高1米9 前场多面手". Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  4. ^ 绿城签澳大利亚国脚弃布拉比 努阿提租借战韩国
  5. ^ "Hårdt arbejde og grønt græs" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  6. ^ Imed Louati forlader Vejle Boldklub, vejle-boldklub.dk, 10 July 2019
  7. ^ Hobro IK henter Imed Louati[permanent dead link‍], hikfodbold.dk, 13 September 2019
  8. ^ Louati og tre lejesvende forlader Hobro, bold.dk, 22 May 2021
  9. ^ Imed Louati at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 February 2018.