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Qatari footballer (born 1988)

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Khalfan Ibrahim Khalfan with Al Sadd in 2012 Personal information Full name Khalfan Ibrahim Khalfan Al Khalfan Date of birth (1988-02-18) 18 February 1988 (age 38) Place of birth Doha, Qatar Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] Position Winger Youth career 1998–2004 Al Arabi Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2004–2017 Al Sadd 298 (78) 2017–2018 Al-Arabi 19 (5) 2018–2019 Al Rayyan 12 (0) 2019–2020 Al-Arabi 1 (0) Total 330 (83) International career‡ 2003–2005 Qatar U–17 8 (9) 2005 Qatar U–20 2 (2) 2006 Qatar U–23 7 (3) 2006–2015 Qatar 90 (21) * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:47, 8 January 2017 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 February 2017

**Khalfan Ibrahim Khalfan Al Khalfan** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): خَلْفَان إِبْرَاهِيم خَلْفَان آل خَلْفَان; born 18 February 1988) is a retired [Qatari](/source/Qatar) international [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [winger](/source/Midfielder#Winger). He was named the [Asian Player of the Year](/source/Asian_Footballer_of_the_Year) in 2006,[2] becoming the first Qatari to win the title. He played for [Al Arabi](/source/Al-Arabi_SC_(Qatar)) at youth level before moving to [Al Sadd](/source/Al_Sadd_SC) in 2004 on a professional contract.

His father, [Ibrahim Khalfan](/source/Ibrahim_Khalfan), is a former footballer who played for Al Arabi and the Qatar national team. He is sometimes dubbed as the "[Maradona](/source/Diego_Maradona) of Qatar"[3] and is also nicknamed "Khalfaninho" by his supporters in reference to [Ronaldinho](/source/Ronaldinho).[4]

## Club career

### Al Sadd

#### Early career

Khalfan started out with Al-Arabi (his father's club) and was signed by Al-Sadd in 2004.[5] He assimilated into Al Sadd's first team at the age of 17 in March 2005, under head coach [Doru Isac](/source/Doru_Isac)[6] scoring against Al-Shamal.[7]

#### 2005–06

[2005–06](/source/2005%E2%80%9306_Qatar_Stars_League) was a significantly improved season for him when he scored goals in the [Qatar League](/source/Qatar_League), [Crown Prince Cup](/source/Qatar_Crown_Prince_Cup) and [Asian Champions League](/source/Asian_Champions_League).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

#### 2006–07

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[8] and then was a crucial member of the [Asian Games](/source/Football_at_the_2006_Asian_Games) gold medal-winning Qatar team. However, in an Olympic qualifying match against [Bahrain](/source/Bahrain_national_football_team) in February 2007, he got himself injured and was laid-off for more than one year, missing most of Al Sadd's season.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

#### 2007–08

He wasn't able to play in the 2007–08 league season due to injury as [Al-Gharafa](/source/Al-Gharafa) overtook Al-Sadd for the title.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

#### 2008–09

He returned from injury in the revamped 2008–09 season. He scored 8 goals in Al-Sadd's first 6 games.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

#### 2010–11

Khalfan won the [2011 AFC Champions League](/source/2011_AFC_Champions_League) with Al Sadd. Khalfan delivered an inspired performance against [Suwon](/source/Suwon_Samsung_Bluewings) in the semi-final second leg to keep the club's hopes alive. He featured in the final against [Jeonbuk](/source/Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors) which was won 4–2 on penalties. He assisted Keita by providing an accurate cross which Keita volleyed into the net, as well as forcing a Jeonbuk defender to head the ball into his own net on the earlier goal. The Koreans scored a late equalizer to make it 2–2, causing the game to go to extra-time and eventually penalties. His performance in the AFC Champions League earned him offers from other clubs, including a contract from Saudi club [Al Nassr](/source/Al_Nassr_FC), however it was announced by the Al Sadd management that they would only take offers from the club in the summer transfer window, as they needed Khalfan to play in the [2011 FIFA Club World Cup](/source/2011_FIFA_Club_World_Cup).[9][10]

Al Sadd's Asian triumph took them to Japan for the [Club World Cup](/source/2011_FIFA_Club_World_Cup) where Khalfan featured and scored against the African champions [Esperance](/source/Esperance_Sportive_de_Tunis) in their first match. [Abdul Kader Keita](/source/Kader_Keita)'s shot from a tight angle was only parried to the far post by Moez Ben Cherifia. Khalfan then reacted the fastest to nod home on the goal-line. The match, which proved to be an ill-tempered affair, was won 2–1. It was capped off with Esperance fans throwing projectiles onto the field and attempting to get past the security barricade.[11]

During this time, Khalfan accumulated 2 red cards in a row within 2 games in the Qatar Stars League, both in the 89th minute for physical altercations with other players. Al Sadd lost both of the matches in which he was red carded. However, he did not receive any red cards in international competitions.

#### 2011–12

Khalfan finished the [2011–12 Qatar Stars League](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Qatar_Stars_League) season as the top league scorer for Al Sadd, with 7 goals.[12]

He scored a goal in the [2012 Qatar Crown Prince Cup](/source/2012_Qatar_Crown_Prince_Cup) in a 4–2 win over Lekhwiya before getting involved in an altercation with Lekhwiya midfielder [Nam Tae-Hee](/source/Nam_Tae-Hee) after the match for unsportsmanlike behavior.[13] He went on to score Al Sadd's only goal against [Al Rayyan](/source/Al-Rayyan_Sports_Club) in the final, being named Man of the Match.[14]

#### 2012–13

Khalfan Ibrahim had a solid start to the season, playing a critical role of an attacking trio (with [Mamadou Niang](/source/Mamadou_Niang) and [Raúl González](/source/Ra%C3%BAl_(footballer))). They led Al Sadd from a win to another in their first league games, trying to get the club back as Al Sadd had only won 2 domestic competitions and the [ACL](/source/AFC_Champions_League) in the last 5 years after the 2006–07 season in which they won all domestic competitions.

After the first 4 games of [QSL](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Qatar_Stars_League), Khalfan (with Niang and Raúl) shared the second place on the top scorer table with 3 goals each. Khalfan scored his first hat-trick this season on [Al Sailiya](/source/Al-Sailiya_SC) game on 22 October, where his team won 4–1 and he was assisted twice by Niang and once by Raúl, recording the second hat-trick scored in the league this season.

Khalfan in 2011 in a QSL match

On 26 April 2013, in a [Crown Prince Cup](/source/Qatar_Crown_Prince_Cup) match against [Al Rayyan](/source/Al_Rayyan_SC), he scored an impressive solo goal as he dribbled 60 meters past the entire opposition defense to score a long-range goal. Some news agencies considered it a 'carbon copy' of [Diego Maradona](/source/Diego_Maradona)'s goal against England in the 1986 World Cup,[15] and also reminiscent of [Lionel Messi](/source/Lionel_Messi)'s 'Maradona goal' in 2007.[16] It was touted as a contender for the best goal of 2013[17] and has been described as arguably the best goal by all Qatari players in history.[18] His teammate, Raúl, stated he was the best player of the season, comparing him to [Diego Maradona](/source/Diego_Maradona).[19]

On 19 May, he was named as the QFA Player of the Year, beating off competition from teammate [Raúl Gonzalez](/source/Ra%C3%BAl_Gonzalez).[20]

#### 2013–14

Khalfan scored his first goal of the 2013–14 season against Al-Ahli on 20 September.

Süper Lig club [Beşiktaş](/source/Be%C5%9Fikta%C5%9F_J.K.) were rumored to be interested in signing Khalfan in the off season to replace [Hugo Almeida](/source/Hugo_Almeida).[21]

#### 2014–15

On 22 September 2014, he scored his 63rd goal for Al Sadd against [Al Shahania](/source/Al-Shahania_Sports_Club) in a 3–2 win, surpassing [Carlos Tenorio](/source/Carlos_Tenorio)'s 5-year-old record of 62 goals to become Al Sadd's all-time scorer.[22]

## International career

Khalfan during a national team training session in Doha

### Youth teams

Khalfan first played for Qatar's youth teams, scoring 6 goals in the under-17 Gulf Cup held in 2003, helping Qatar finish runners-up in the process. Qatar finished runner-up and Khalfan finished second in the scorers list with 6 goals. He was part of the Qatar squad which played at the [FIFA Under-17 World Cup](/source/FIFA_Under-17_World_Cup) in Peru, scoring one goal in the match against the mighty [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands_national_football_team). He and his young teammates battled their more illustrious opponents to a 2–2 stalemate at halftime but eventually lost out 3–5. It was a performance which caught the eye and contributed greatly to his [Asian Player of the Year](/source/Asian_Player_of_the_Year) title. In the same year he played in the [West Asian Games](/source/West_Asian_Games). Qatar's campaign was unsuccessful despite Khalfan scoring two goals. In all the above tournaments he played with a number of his teammates who along with him were to become the backbone of Al-Sadd and the senior national team.

### Senior team

After his stellar performances at the youth level, he and his teammates broke into the *Annabi'*s senior team. Their first major triumph was the [Asian Games](/source/Football_at_the_2006_Asian_Games) title won in front of home fans, with Khalfan scoring 2 goals. He scored two superb goals against Bangladesh in their [Asian Cup 2007](/source/Asian_Cup_2007) qualifying match.[23] He then took part in his first [Arabian Gulf Cup](/source/Arabian_Gulf_Cup), where Qatar couldn't defend their title despite Khalfan scoring one goal against Bahrain. In 2008, he played a prominent part in Qatar's [World Cup](/source/FIFA_World_Cup) qualifying campaign scoring against Asia's No 1 side-[Australia](/source/Australia_men's_national_soccer_team).

Khalfan took part in Qatar's [2014 World Cup Qualifications](/source/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_third_round) which were held from 2011. In a match versus [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia_national_football_team), which would be Indonesia's last hopes of qualifying for the World Cup, Khalfan scored an amazing goal from a long way out after dribbling past the defenders. Qatar proved to be too much for Indonesia, eventually winning the game 3–2 in a tightly clinched match.[24] Khalfan also got a brace in the home match against Indonesia in a 4–0 win, thus officially eliminating them from qualifying, and in the process, making him the top scorer for Qatar in the 2014 WCQ.[25]

Brazilian legend [Zico](/source/Zico_(footballer)) commented on Khalfan's performance against [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia_national_football_team), stating "*I saw that (2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match) between Indonesia and Qatar on television, and I saw this wonderful player. He has speed and great dribbling skills. He has the features of a Brazilian player. I am confident that Qatar can produce talented players like Khalfan Ibrahim*".[26]

## Career statistics

### Club

- *As of 28 August 2022*[27][28]

Club Season League League Cup1 League Cup2 Asia3 Other4 Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Al-Sadd 2004–05 QSL 10 1 0 0 - - 3 1 0 0 13 2 2005–06 12 1 4 1 - - 3 0 0 0 19 2 2006–07 16 5 5 0 - - 4 1 2 0 27 6 2007–08 6 2 3 0 - - - - 0 0 9 2 2008–09 21 15 1 0 - - - - 3 0 25 15 2009–10 9 2 3 0 0 0 6 1 2 0 20 3 2010–11 18 3 2 1 2 0 11 2 7 1 40 6 2011–12 17 7 4 3 2 2 - - 3 0 26 12 2012–13 21 10 5 2 0 0 - - 5 1 31 13 2013–14 26 14 3 1 0 0 10 3 0 0 33 18 2014–15 20 11 2 0 0 0 9 6 0 0 22 11 2015–16 19 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 3 2016–17 13 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 4 Total 208 78 34 8 4 2 48 14 22 2 316 104 Al-Sadd B 2015–16 Reserve League (Qatar) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Al-Rayyan SC 2018–19 QSL 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 15 0 Total 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 15 0 Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) 2017–18 QSL 19 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 2019–20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) Total 20 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 5 Career total 241 84 36 8 4 2 50 14 23 2 354 108

1Includes [Emir of Qatar Cup](/source/Emir_of_Qatar_Cup) and [Qatar Crown Prince Cup](/source/Qatar_Crown_Prince_Cup).

2Includes [Qatari Stars Cup](/source/Qatari_Stars_Cup).

3Includes [AFC Champions League](/source/AFC_Champions_League).

4Includes [FIFA Club World Cup](/source/FIFA_Club_World_Cup) and [Sheikh Jassem Cup](/source/Sheikh_Jassem_Cup).

### International goals

- *Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.*[29]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 16 August 2006 MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong Bangladesh 3–1 4–1 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier 2 16 August 2006 MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong Bangladesh 4–1 4–1 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier 3 24 January 2007 Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi Bahrain 1–0 1–2 18th Arabian Gulf Cup 4 14 June 2008 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Australia 1–3 1–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier 5 11 October 2011 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta Indonesia 2–1 3–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier 6 11 November 2011 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Indonesia 2–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier 7 11 November 2011 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Indonesia 3–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier 8 29 February 2012 Azadi Stadium, Tehran Iran 1–1 2–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier 9 9 October 2012 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha Oman 1–1 1–1 Friendly 10 7 November 2012 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Iraq 1–0 2–1 Friendly 11 5 January 2013 Madinat 'Isa Stadium, Isa Town United Arab Emirates 1–0 1–3 21st Arabian Gulf Cup 12 8 January 2013 Madinat 'Isa Stadium, Isa Town Oman 1–0 2–1 21st Arabian Gulf Cup 13 6 February 2013 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Malaysia 1–0 2–0 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifier 14 17 March 2013 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Thailand 1–0 1–0 Friendly 15 26 March 2013 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul South Korea 1–1 1–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier 16 29 May 2013 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. Doha Azerbaijan 1–0 1–1 Friendly 17 13 October 2013 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha Yemen 1–0 6–0 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifier 18 13 October 2013 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha Yemen 3–0 6–0 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifier 19 13 October 2013 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha Yemen 5–0 6–0 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifier 20 14 October 2014 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha Australia 1–0 1–0 Friendly 21 11 January 2015 Canberra Stadium, Canberra United Arab Emirates 1–0 1–4 2015 AFC Asian Cup

### Notable matches

- [Qatar](/source/Qatar_national_football_team) vs. [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh_national_football_team) (Asian Cup 2007 Qualifiers) – First International match, scored twice.

- Al-Sadd vs [Al-Rayyan](/source/Al-Rayyan_Sports_Club) – Scored two breath taking goals in a league match in 2007.

- [Qatar](/source/Qatar_national_football_team) vs. [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia_national_football_team) (World Cup 2014 Qualifiers) – 3–2 win, scored once and assisted twice.

## Honours

**Al Sadd**

- [Qatar Stars League](/source/Qatar_Stars_League): [2003–04](/source/2003%E2%80%9304_Qatar_Stars_League), [2005–06](/source/2005%E2%80%9306_Qatar_Stars_League), [2006–07](/source/2006%E2%80%9307_Qatar_Stars_League), [2012–13](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Qatar_Stars_League)

- [Emir of Qatar Cup](/source/Emir_of_Qatar_Cup): [2005](/source/Emir_of_Qatar_Cup), [2007](/source/Emir_of_Qatar_Cup), [2014](/source/Emir_of_Qatar_Cup)

- [Qatar Crown Prince Cup](/source/Qatar_Crown_Prince_Cup): [2006](/source/Qatar_Crown_Prince_Cup), [2007](/source/Qatar_Crown_Prince_Cup), [2008](/source/Qatar_Crown_Prince_Cup)

- [Sheikh Jassem Cup](/source/Sheikh_Jassem_Cup): [2007](/source/Sheikh_Jassem_Cup), [2014](/source/Sheikh_Jassem_Cup)

- [Qatari Stars Cup](/source/Qatari_Stars_Cup): [2010](/source/2010_Qatari_Stars_Cup)

- [AFC Champions League](/source/AFC_Champions_League): [2011](/source/2011_AFC_Champions_League)

- [FIFA Club World Cup](/source/FIFA_Club_World_Cup) Bronze Medalist: [2011](/source/2011_FIFA_Club_World_Cup)

**Individual**

- [Asian Player of the Year](/source/Asian_Footballer_of_the_Year): 2006

- [Qatar Stars League](/source/Qatar_Stars_League) Young Player of the Year: 2006

- Best Arab Player: 2007

- [Qatar Player of the Year](/source/Qatar_Stars_League): 2013

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Qatar Squads v t e Qatar squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup 1 Burhan 2 Ismail 3 Kasola 4 Quaye 5 Al-Haydos 6 Bilal (c) 7 Rizik 8 Al-Hamad 9 Al-Marri 10 Yasser 11 Fábio César 12 Ahmed 13 Majid 14 Ibrahim 15 Al-Bloushi 16 El-Sayed 17 Al-Sulaiti 18 Al-Ghanim 19 Muftah 20 Afif 21 Mubarak 22 Al-Sheeb 23 Soria Coach: Metsu v t e Qatar squad – 2015 AFC Asian Cup 1 Burhan 2 Musa 3 Hassan 4 Mukhtar 5 Hatem 6 Bilal (c) 7 Muftah 8 Assadalla 9 M. Abdullah 10 Ibrahim 11 Al-Haydos 12 Magid M. 13 I. Majid 14 Abdulraouf 15 Abubakar 16 Khoukhi 17 Ismaeel 18 T. Abdullah 19 Muntari 20 Boudiaf 21 Soufiane 22 Al-Sheeb 23 Abdul Maqsoud Coach: Belmadi

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