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Nizar Khalfan 
Personal information Full name Nizar Khalfan Date of birth June 21, 1988 Place of birth Mtwara, Tanzania Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Vancouver Whitecaps FC Number 16 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2005–2007 Mtibwa Sugar 57 (16) 2007 Al Tadamon 18 (1) 2008 Tadamon Sour 25 (2) 2008–2009 Moro United 31 (7) 2009–2010 Vancouver Whitecaps 26 (2) 2011– Vancouver Whitecaps FC 22 (1) National team 2006– Tanzania 25 (5) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 26, 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).Nizar Khalfan (born June 21, 1988 in Mtwara) is a Tanzanian footballer currently playing with Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer.
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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, before joined the Kuwaiti Premier League club Al Tadamon for the 2007-08 season.[3] In January 2008 he left Al Tadamon and signed a contract with the Lebanese club Tadamon Sour.[4]
After playing in 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 June 12, 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]
International
Khalfan is an established 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 September 6, 2008.[9] 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.[10]
International goals
Currently as of November 11, 2011.[11]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 2006-09-02 Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 
Burkina Faso2–1 2–1 2006 African Cup of Nations Qualifiers 2 2007-06-02 
Senegal1–2 1–4 2006 African Cup of Nations Qualifiers 3 2008-06-09 Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritus 
Mauritius1–2 1–4 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 4 2009-01-13 Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda 
Burundi2–2 3–2 2009 CECAFA Cup 5 2009-12-09 
Congo DR1–0 2–0 Friendly See also
References
- ^ Nizar Khalfan (1988-06-21). "Nizar Khalfan | Vancouver Whitecaps FC". Whitecapsfc.com. http://www.whitecapsfc.com/players/nizar-khalfan. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ "Nazir Khalfan Vancouver Whitecaps". Whitecapsfc.com. 2010-01-02. http://www.whitecapsfc.com/men/roster/players/nizar_khalfan.aspx. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ "Residency Beefs Up Roster, Signing Three; Cut Two". Soccersceneusa.blogspot.com. 2004-02-29. http://soccersceneusa.blogspot.com/. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ^ "Profile on". National-football-teams.com. http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=13316. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ^ "Canada awaits Nizar, Nadir - This Day". Whitecapsfc.com. 2009-07-01. http://www.whitecapsfc.com/archive/feature07010902.aspx. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ^ "Hirano, Moose, and Khalfan re-sign". Whitecapsfc.com. 2009-11-03. http://www.whitecapsfc.com/archive/feature11030902.aspx. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ^ "USSF Division-2 Pro League". Ussf.demosphere.com. 2010-06-12. http://ussf.demosphere.com/stats/2010/1634203.html. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ "Whitecaps FC sign Khalfan and Koffie". Whitecapsfc.com. 2011-02-09. http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2011/02/whitecaps-fc-sign-khalfan-and-koffie. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ "FIFA Game Report: Mauritius vs Tanzania". Fifa.com. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=250418/match=300036577/report.html. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ^ "Tanzanian XI leave for Bukina Faso for Cup qualifier". English.peopledaily.com.cn. 2007-06-14. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200706/14/eng20070614_384269.html. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ^ http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?player=26525®ion=-11
External links
Vancouver Whitecaps FC – current squad 1 Cannon · 2 Boxall · 3 Duckett · 4 Rochat · 6 DeMerit · 7 Jarju · 9 Harris · 11 Thorrington · 12 Brovsky · 13 Nanchoff · 14 Janicki · 15 Davies · 16 Khalfan · 17 Salgado · 18 Nolly · 19 Mitchell · 20 Chiumiento · 22 Salinas · 23 Tan · 24 Sylvestre · 25 Leathers · 26 Harvey · 28 Koffie · 29 Hassli · 31 Teibert · 33 Vagenas · 37 Sanvezzo ·
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Categories:- 1988 births
- Living people
- Tanzanian footballers
- Tanzania international footballers
- Tanzanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Lebanon
- Expatriate footballers in Kuwait
- Association football midfielders
- Expatriate soccer players in Canada
- USL First Division players
- USSF Division 2 Pro League players
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC players
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC (MLS) players
- Tanzanian sportspeople stubs
- East African football biography stubs
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