Karim Soltani  Karim Soltani (; born 29 August 1984) is an Algerian footballer. He primarily plays as a winger, but can also play as a striker. Born in Brest, France, Soltani began his career at age 11 in a small club in the city. In 2000, at age 15, he joined the junior ranks of local club Stade Brest. He only remained with the club for two years before being spotted by scouts for Le Havre AC. In 2002, at age 17, Soltani signed a two-year amateur contract with Le Havre's junior team. At the end of his contract, he was given a one-year extension to play with the first team but he failed to make any appearances for the club. In the summer of 2005, Soltani signed with VVV-Venlo, who were then playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second highest division in the Netherlands. In his first season, he made 19 appearances, scoring 3 goals for the club. He would build on those numbers in his second season, making 30 appearances and scoring 7 goals, and leading the club to promotion to the Eredivisie. In the 2007–08 season, Soltani scored 3 goals in 28 appearances for the club. On 30 March 2008, it was reported that Soltani was going to leave VVV-Venlo at the end of his contract and return to France to be closer to his family. However, he decided to remain in the Netherlands and instead joined ADO Den Haag at the start of the 2008–09 season. Although it was expected Soltani to return to France, he chose to sign for Eredivisie outfit ADO Den Haag. He debuted for the club in an away 2–5 triumph against Sparta Rotterdam in Het Kasteel in the opening day of the 2008–09 season. He netted his first goal in another away triumph of ADO Den Haag against NAC Breda that ended 0–4. At the end of the season he totalled 6 goals in 27 league matches played. He also featured in 3 KNVB Cup games scoring 1 goal. In his second season for ADO Den Haag Soltani totalled 4 goals in 28 league games, plus 1 match in the KNVB Cup. On 23 July 2010 he signed a one-year contract with Super League Greece side Iraklis Thessaloniki. He had contract offers from Brest, Nantes and Lens but he decided to sign for Iraklis as the club's offer was considered by Soltani to be the best both financially and athletically.