Tanzanian footballer (born 1988)
Nizar Khalfan (born 21 June 1988) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pamba.
Career
Early career
Khalfan started playing football in his hometown of Mtwara with a youth team called Score FC. As a student Khalfan attended Ligula Primary School and Ocean Secondary School in Mtwara.[2]
Club
Khalfan began his career with Mtibwa Sugar FC. He then joined the Kuwaiti Premier League club Al Tadamon for the 2007–08 season.[3] In January 2008 he left Al Tadamon for Lebanese club Tadamon Sour,[4] but soon returned to the Tanzanian Premier League with Moro United. He joined Canadian side Vancouver Whitecaps FC on 22 August 2009.[5] He played nine games for the Caps in their successful 2009 season and signed a contract extension to play with the team in 2010.[6] He scored his first goal for the Whitecaps on 12 June 2010 in a game against the Austin Aztex.[7] On 9 February 2011 signed a new one-year contract for the 2011 Major League Soccer season.[8]
Khalfan was waived by Vancouver on 23 November 2011, and was selected in the MLS Waiver Draft by Philadelphia Union.[9] The Union released him three months later prior to the 2012 season.[10]
International
Khalfan was formerly a member of the Tanzania national football team. He played in five of Tanzania's qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, scoring in the 4–1 victory over Mauritius on 6 September 2008.[11] He also scored the game-winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Burkina Faso at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar-es-Salaam on 14 June 2007.[12]
International goals
The following information is valid up to 11 November 2011.[13]
# |
Date |
Venue |
Opponent |
Score |
Result |
Competition
|
1 |
2 September 2006 |
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
Burkina Faso |
2–1 |
2–1 |
2008 African Cup of Nations Qualifiers
|
2 |
9 December 2006 |
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
DR Congo |
1–0 |
2–0 |
Friendly
|
3 |
2 June 2007 |
CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza, Tanzania |
Senegal |
1–0 |
1–1 |
2008 African Cup of Nations Qualifiers
|
4 |
9 June 2008 |
Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius |
Mauritius |
1–2 |
1–4 |
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
5 |
13 January 2009 |
Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda |
Burundi |
2–2 |
3–2 |
2009 CECAFA Cup
|
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