Kaleemullah
Khan playing for Sacramento Republic in 2015
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| Full name | Kaleemullah Khan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chaman, Balochistan, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward / Winger / Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Tulsa Roughnecks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Government High School, Chaman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Young Afghan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Khan Research Laboratories | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Khan Research Laboratories | 94 | (72) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Dordoi Bishkek | 22 | (20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Sacramento Republic | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 23 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → K-Electric (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2015 | Pakistan U23 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Pakistan | 25 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2015 |
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Kaleemullah Khan (Urdu: کلیم الله خان; born 20 September 1992) is a Pakistani footballer who plays for K-Electric on loan from Tulsa Roughnecks and the Pakistan national team. Khan plays as a midfielder or forward, and has been deployed in a variety of attacking roles – as an attacking midfielder, second striker, centre forward and on either wing. He has been praised for his positioning, teamwork and stamina, and has shown consistency in scoring and creating goals.
Khan was born in Chaman, Balochistan. Khan had a tough childhood growing up in Chaman, a Pakistani city that borders Afghanistan and falls in the main NATO route from Pakistan to Afghanistan. Growing up Kaleemullah saw all aspects of life closely – from youngsters being lured by terrorist groups to growing up playing football in the empty barren grounds with no amenities. Kaleemullah struggled hard and traveled for two days sitting on the floor of an unreserved compartment in a train and reached for his first selection. His struggle and life is now a subject of an upcoming documentary film. Khan is now the first Pakistani footballer to sign for an international football management agency.
A product of KRL's youth system, he made his first-team breakthrough in the 2009 season; he played almost every game as the club won the league and cup double and qualified for the President's Cup. Khan scored 35 goals in all competitions in the 2012 season as KRL won a historic double; the league title, cup and qualified for the President's Cup reaching the final in 2013, scoring 5 goals in the competition. Khan won his fourth league title with KRL in 2013 season and went on to sign for Dordoi in 2014, where he played a major role in helping the team win a treble; the league title, league cup and super cup, scoring 18 goals and receiving the award for the league's highest top goalscorer, and was also named as the Best Player of Kyrgyzstan League. On 18 June 2015 it was announced that Kaleemullah had signed with the Sacramento Republic of the United Soccer League on a four-month contract, the third tier of the United States soccer league system. He joined Bolton Wanderers on the 9/02/18 for a record fee of £50.24p.
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