Khalfan Ibrahim
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Khalfan Ibrahim Khalfan Al Khalfan | ||
| Date of birth | 18 February 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Doha, Qatar | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Al Sadd | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2004 | Al Arabi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004– | Al Sadd | 203 | (76) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003–2005 | Qatar U–17 | 8 | (9) |
| 2005 | Qatar U–20 | 2 | (2) |
| 2006 | Qatar U–23 | 7 | (3) |
| 2006– | Qatar | 85 | (19) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:47, 8 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1/7/2015 |
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Khalfan Ibrahim Khalfan Al Khalfan (Arabic: خلفان إبراهيم خلفان; born on 18 February 1988 in Doha) is a Qatari footballer who plays as a Winger for Al Sadd and the Qatar national team. He was named the Asian Player of the Year in 2006, becoming the first Qatari to win the title. He played for Al Arabi at youth level before moving to Al Sadd in 2004 on a professional contract.
His father, Ibrahim Khalfan Al Khalfan, is a former footballer who played for Al Arabi and the Qatar national team. He is sometimes dubbed as the "Maradona of Qatar" and is also nicknamed "Khalfaninho" by his supporters in reference to Ronaldinho.
Khalfan started out with Al-Arabi (his father's club) and was signed by Al-Sadd in 2004. He assimilated into Al Sadd's first team at the age of 17 in March 2005, scoring against Al-Shamal. In his next match against Al Rayyan, he was named Man of the Match.
2005–06 was a significantly improved season for him when he scored goals in the Qatar League, Crown Prince Cup and Asian Champions League, which brought him into the spotlight.
His performance in 2006–07 played a part in achieving the Asian Player of The Year title. He scored 5 goals in Al Sadd's start to the league campaign and then was a crucial member of the Asian Games gold medal winning Qatar team. However, in an Olympic qualifying match against Bahrain in February 2007, he got himself injured and was laid-off for more than one year, missing most of Al Sadd's record-breaking season in which they garnered 4 titles.
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