Nizar Khalfan
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Nizar Khalfan is a Tanzania
n footballer currently playing with Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer
.
, before joined the Kuwaiti Premier League
club Al Tadamon for the 2007-08 season. In January 2008 he left Al Tadamon and signed a contract with the Lebanese club Tadamon Sour
.
After playing in the Tanzanian Premier League
with Moro United
he joined Canadian side Vancouver Whitecaps FC on 22 August 2009; he played nine games for the Caps in their successful 2009 season and signed a contract extension to play with the team in 2010. He scored his first goal for the Whitecaps on June 12, 2010 in a game against the Austin Aztex. On 9 February 2011 signed a new one-year contract for the 2011 Major League Soccer season
.
Khalfan was waived by Vancouver on November 23, 2011, and was selected in the MLS Waiver Draft by Philadelphia Union.
. He played in five of Tanzania's qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
, scoring in the 4-1 victory over Mauritius
on September 6, 2008. 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.
|2004–05||rowspan="3"|Mtibwa Sugar
||rowspan="3"|Tanzanian Premier League
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|2005–06||20||6||0||0||0||0||0||0||20||6
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|2006–07||20||9||0||0||0||0||0||0||20||9
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|2007–08||rowspan="1"|Al Tadamon||rowspan="1"|Kuwaiti Premier League
||18||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||18||1
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|2007–08||rowspan="2"|Tadamon Sour
||rowspan="2"|Lebanese Premier League
||14||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||14||2
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|2008–09||11||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||11||0
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|2008–09||rowspan="1"|Moro United||rowspan="1"|Tanzanian Premier League
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|2009||rowspan="2"|Vancouver Whitecaps||rowspan="1"|USL First Division
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|2010||rowspan="1"|USSF Division 2
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|2011
||rowspan="1"|Vancouver Whitecaps FC||rowspan="1"|Major League Soccer
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|2012
||rowspan="1"|Philadelphia Union||rowspan="1"|Major League Soccer
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78||23||0||0||0||0||0||0||78||23
18||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||18||1
25||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||25||2
48||3||5||0||0||0||0||0||53||3
0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
169||29||5||0||0||0||0||0||174||29
Updated November 28, 2011
Statistics accurate as of match played November 28, 2011
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
n footballer currently playing with Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
.
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.Club
Khalfan began his career with Mtibwa Sugar FCMtibwa Sugar FC
Mtibwa Sugar Football Club is a Tanzanian football club based in Turiani. Their home games are played at Manungu Stadium.-History:Mtibwa Sugar Sports Club was founded in 1988 by a group of workers of Mtibwa Sugar Estates Ltd. who decided to form a football team which will take part in league...
, before joined the Kuwaiti Premier League
Kuwaiti Premier League
The Kuwaiti Premier League is the top division of the Kuwait Football Association league pyramid system. It was created in 1961. Al Arabi holds the best record in the competition, winning it 16 times...
club Al Tadamon for the 2007-08 season. In January 2008 he left Al Tadamon and signed a contract with the Lebanese club Tadamon Sour
Tadamon Sour
Tadamon Sour is a Lebanese football team playing at the top level. It is based in Tyre. Their home stadium is Sour Stadium.-Beginning in 1939:...
.
After playing in the Tanzanian Premier League
Tanzanian Premier League
Tanzanian Premier League is the top division of the Football Association of Tanzania, it was created in 1965. The competition was simply known as national league and later First Division Soccer League until the name Premier league was adopted in 1997.-Format:...
with Moro United
Moro United
Moro United is a Tanzanian football club based in Morogoro..They play in the top level of Tanzanian professional football, the Tanzanian Premier League.Their home games are played at Jamhuri Stadium.-Performance in CAF competitions:...
he joined Canadian side Vancouver Whitecaps FC on 22 August 2009; he played nine games for the Caps in their successful 2009 season and signed a contract extension to play with the team in 2010. He scored his first goal for the Whitecaps on June 12, 2010 in a game against the Austin Aztex. On 9 February 2011 signed a new one-year contract for the 2011 Major League Soccer season
2011 Major League Soccer season
The 2011 Major League Soccer season was the 99th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer, the 33rd with a national first-division league, in the United States and Canada, and the 16th season of Major League Soccer. The season marked the arrival of two new league clubs, Portland Timbers and Vancouver...
.
Khalfan was waived by Vancouver on November 23, 2011, and was selected in the MLS Waiver Draft by Philadelphia Union.
International
Khalfan is an established member of the Tanzania national football teamTanzania national football team
The Tanzania national football team represents Tanzania in association football and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tanzania. Tanzania's home ground is Benjamin Mkapa national stadium in Dar-es-Salaam and their head coach is Jan Børge Poulsen....
. He played in five of Tanzania's qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
, scoring in the 4-1 victory over Mauritius
Mauritius national football team
The Mauritius national football team, nicknamed Club M, is the national team of Mauritius and is controlled by the Mauritius Football Association.-Early years:...
on September 6, 2008. He also scored the game winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso national football team
The Burkina Faso national football team, nicknamed Les Etalons , is the national team of Burkina Faso and is controlled by the Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 1984, when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso...
at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium
National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, named after the 3rd president of Tanzania, Benjamin William Mkapa. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It currently holds 60,000 people. The stadium opened in 2007. The structure cost TZS 56.4bn/-. It was...
in Dar-es-Salaam on 14 June 2007.
International goals
Currently as of November 11, 2011.| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 2006-09-02 | Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, named after the 3rd president of Tanzania, Benjamin William Mkapa. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It currently holds 60,000 people. The stadium opened in 2007. The structure cost TZS 56.4bn/-. It was... , Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2006 African Cup of Nations 2006 African Cup of Nations -Group B:---------------------Group C:---------------------Group D:---------------------Knockout stage:-Quarter-finals:-------------Semi-finals:-----Third-place play-off:-Final:-Scorers:... Qualifiers |
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| 2 | 2007-06-02 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2006 African Cup of Nations 2006 African Cup of Nations -Group B:---------------------Group C:---------------------Group D:---------------------Knockout stage:-Quarter-finals:-------------Semi-finals:-----Third-place play-off:-Final:-Scorers:... Qualifiers |
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| 3 | 2008-06-09 | Stade George V Stade George V George V Stadium is a football stadium in Curepipe, Mauritius. The stadium holds 6,200 people.- History :The construction of the George V Stadium started in 1954 and the stadium was ready in 1955. In 2003, the old stadium was demolished and the new stadium was built the same year... , Curepipe Curepipe Curepipe is a town centrally situated in Mauritius, an island country in the southwest Indian Ocean. It is second in size and importance to Port Louis, the capital.... , Mauritus |
1–2 | 1–4 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification The qualification competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC , CAF , CONCACAF , CONMEBOL , OFC , and UEFA — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament... |
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| 4 | 2009-01-13 | Mandela National Stadium, Kampala Kampala Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.-History: of Buganda, had chosen... , Uganda Uganda Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by... |
2–2 | 3–2 | 2009 CECAFA Cup 2009 CECAFA Cup The 2009 Orange CECAFA Senior Challenge tournament was the 33rd edition of the CECAFA Cup football tournament that involves teams from East and Central Africa... |
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| 5 | 2009-12-09 | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
Club
|-|2004–05||rowspan="3"|Mtibwa Sugar
Mtibwa Sugar FC
Mtibwa Sugar Football Club is a Tanzanian football club based in Turiani. Their home games are played at Manungu Stadium.-History:Mtibwa Sugar Sports Club was founded in 1988 by a group of workers of Mtibwa Sugar Estates Ltd. who decided to form a football team which will take part in league...
||rowspan="3"|Tanzanian Premier League
Tanzanian Premier League
Tanzanian Premier League is the top division of the Football Association of Tanzania, it was created in 1965. The competition was simply known as national league and later First Division Soccer League until the name Premier league was adopted in 1997.-Format:...
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|2005–06||20||6||0||0||0||0||0||0||20||6
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|2006–07||20||9||0||0||0||0||0||0||20||9
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|2007–08||rowspan="1"|Al Tadamon||rowspan="1"|Kuwaiti Premier League
Kuwaiti Premier League
The Kuwaiti Premier League is the top division of the Kuwait Football Association league pyramid system. It was created in 1961. Al Arabi holds the best record in the competition, winning it 16 times...
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|2007–08||rowspan="2"|Tadamon Sour
Tadamon Sour
Tadamon Sour is a Lebanese football team playing at the top level. It is based in Tyre. Their home stadium is Sour Stadium.-Beginning in 1939:...
||rowspan="2"|Lebanese Premier League
Lebanese Premier League
Lebanese Premier League is the top division of the Federation Libanaise de Football Association football league competitions. It was founded in 1900 and began in 1934 and their confederation is the AFC...
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|2008–09||11||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||11||0
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|2008–09||rowspan="1"|Moro United||rowspan="1"|Tanzanian Premier League
Tanzanian Premier League
Tanzanian Premier League is the top division of the Football Association of Tanzania, it was created in 1965. The competition was simply known as national league and later First Division Soccer League until the name Premier league was adopted in 1997.-Format:...
||21||7||0||0||0||0||0||0||21||7
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|2009||rowspan="2"|Vancouver Whitecaps||rowspan="1"|USL First Division
USL First Division
The United Soccer Leagues First Division was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico....
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|2010||rowspan="1"|USSF Division 2
USSF Division 2 Professional League
USSF Division 2 Professional League was a temporary professional soccer league created by the United States Soccer Federation in 2010 to last just one season. The twelve-team league was formed as a compromise between the feuding United Soccer Leagues and the North American Soccer League...
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|2011
2011 Major League Soccer season
The 2011 Major League Soccer season was the 99th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer, the 33rd with a national first-division league, in the United States and Canada, and the 16th season of Major League Soccer. The season marked the arrival of two new league clubs, Portland Timbers and Vancouver...
||rowspan="1"|Vancouver Whitecaps FC||rowspan="1"|Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
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|2012
2012 Philadelphia Union season
The 2012 Philadelphia Union season is the third season of the team's existence.- Team uniform :-Match results:-League table:ConferenceOverall-Results summary:-Current roster:As of November 23, 2011....
||rowspan="1"|Philadelphia Union||rowspan="1"|Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
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78||23||0||0||0||0||0||0||78||23
18||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||18||1
25||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||25||2
48||3||5||0||0||0||0||0||53||3
0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
169||29||5||0||0||0||0||0||174||29
Updated November 28, 2011
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania Tanzania national football team The Tanzania national football team represents Tanzania in association football and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tanzania. Tanzania's home ground is Benjamin Mkapa national stadium in Dar-es-Salaam and their head coach is Jan Børge Poulsen.... |
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| 2006 2006 in American soccer The 2006 season was the 94th year of competitive soccer in the United States.-National team:The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.-Tables:... |
3 | 1 | |
| 2007 2007 in American soccer The 2007 season was the 95th year of competitive soccer in the United States.-National team:The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.-Table:... |
7 | 2 | |
| 2008 2008 in American soccer The 2008 season was the 96th year of competitive soccer in the United States.-National team:The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.-Playoffs:... |
7 | 1 | |
| 2009 2009 in American soccer -National team:The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the rightcolumn.-MLS Cup:-Table:Purple indicates league title clinched.... |
6 | 1 | |
| 2010 2010 in American soccer The 2010 Season was the 98th season of competitive soccer in the United States.- National teams :The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.-Friendly matches:... |
4 | 0 | |
| 2011 2011 in American soccer The 2011 Season is the 99th season of competitive soccer in the United States.- National teams :The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.-Senior:... |
7 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 5 | |
Statistics accurate as of match played November 28, 2011