Olivier Karekezi

Fils Olivier Karekezi (; born 25 May 1983) is a Rwandan former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is also a former captain of the Rwanda national team.

Club career Karekezi signed for Helsingborgs IF in 2005, leaving his native club APR FC, and scored five goals in 18 matches during the 2005 season. In 2006, he scored 11 goals for Helsingborg and thereby became their top scorer in Allsvenskan. In January 2008 he transferred to Hamarkameratene. In March 2010 he joined the Swedish second division club, Östers IF on a two-year deal.

Karekezi took a pay cut to play for his former club APR. Having previously got US$52,000 (Rwf30.9m) a year at Swedish second division side Östers IF, he agreed a two-year deal with APR in the region of US$24, 000 (Rwf14m) a year.

Towards the end of September 2012, he joined Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club CA Bizertin in a two-year deal. In July 2013, he announced that he would retire from football when his contract with Bizertin expired in March 2015. However, he joined Swedish third-tier outfit Trelleborgs FF on 22 January 2014.

Karekezi spent two-and-a-half seasons with Swedish side Råå IF in Division 3 Södra Götaland. He returned to the club in March 2018, eight months after he had left Råå IF.

Career statistics Scores and results list Rwanda's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Karekezi goal.