He began his career at
FC Volendam, making 57 league appearances for the club. In 2004, the club was relegated to the
Eerste Divisie, and Luirink moved to
FC Groningen.
FC Groningen At Groningen, he earned himself a place in the starting line-up as central defender, playing 20 games in Eredivisie, often partnering with
Gibril Sankoh or
Arnold Kruiswijk. In the season of 05/06, Luirink helped Groningen surprisingly achieve a fifth place and in the following play-offs UEFA cup football. Halfway through the season, Groningen left the Oosterpark Stadium for a new home, the Euroborg. This quickly got the nickname of "the green hell", because it was very difficult for other teams to win there. In the league competition Groningen were unbeaten at their new stadium, only PSV won there in a cup match.
AZ As he made a good impression at Groningen and for the Dutch U-21, AZ acted quickly and signed him. He started as a regular, but he appeared in only 16 matches for AZ in the season 06/07 because he picked up some severe injuries that kept him out most of the season. Having not made any appearances in the season 07/08 due to injury, Luirink played during the preparation of the following season but lightning struck again for Luirink, and he suffered another heavy knee injury, and during recovery things got worse as he had several setbacks and suffered from thrombosis in his leg. Despite all that, he recovered and was ready to return in the squad halfway through the season 08/09. Making his official return as a substitute on January twelfth, 2009 in a friendly match against AGOVV. Whilst at AZ he won the
2008–09 Eredivisie.
RKC Waalwijk On 14 August 2009 left
AZ Alkmaar to play on loan for
RKC Waalwijk, his contract ran over one year.
SC Cambuur Due to many injuries Luirink was sent on loan to Cambuur until the end of the season. Then his contract will end and he his free to join a new team.
Sparta Rotterdam On 21 June 2011, Luirink moved from AZ to the
Eerste Divisie side
Sparta Rotterdam, signing a two-year contract.
FC Volendam After he lost prospect of playing in the first eleven, Luirink made a transfer to
FC Volendam as a free agent. == Position ==