Jaffar Khan

Jaffar Khan (Urdu, Pashto: جعفر خان; born on March 10, 1981) is a former Pakistani football player who played as a goalkeeper.

Jaffar Khan
Personal information
Full name Jaffar Khan
Date of birth (1981-03-10) March 10, 1981
Place of birth Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Pakistan Army
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2019 Pakistan Army
International career
2004 Pakistan U23
2001–2013 Pakistan 44 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Pakistan
WinnerSouth Asian Games2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Khan came through the Pakistan Army F.C., and selected for the first team in 1998. In 2000, he kept a clean sheet in the PFF President's Cup final against Allied Bank in which they won 1–0. Khan helped them retain the trophy in 2001 until 2006-07 where he set a new goalkeeping record by not conceding a goal through 16 matches.[1][2][3]

International career

Khan made his senior international debut in 2001, and replaced Haroon Yousaf as the captain of international team in 2003.[4]

He was also called by the Pakistan national under-23 team, whom he took all the way to the final of the 2004 South Asian Games against India, where his string of saves gave Pakistan a 1–0 victory.[1][5][lower-alpha 1]

Like several players of Army FC, Jaffar Khan remained actively serving in the Pakistan Army as a Non-Commissioned Officer and during the 2007-08 season, he received a summons to join the UN peacekeeping operations in Congo.[1][5] When he was away on military duty, Pakistan succumbed to one of their worst defeats, losing by 7–0 to Iraq.[1][5][8]

In December 2009, at the end of the SAFF Championship in Bangladesh, Jaffar publicly stated his decision to retire from international football after a fallout with Pakistan’s Austrian coach György Kottán, but returned after regular call-ups following the next South Asian Cup.[9][5] At the 2011 SAFF Championship, he conceded a single goal in the three matches all resulting in a draw, failing to register the qualification for the semifinal round.[1]

Coaching career

Khan got an AFC License C and did a specialised goalkeeping course in Bahrain.[10] He was briefly appointed as goalkeeping coach for the Pakistan national team from 2014 to 2015.[11] In 2019 following his retirement from football, he became the goalkeeping coach for his club.[10][12] On August 2023, Khan was appointed as the goalkeeping coach for the Pakistan under 16 national team for the 2023 SAFF U16 Championship held in Bhutan.[13]

Personal life

Khan was born in Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province into an ethnic Pashtun family.[5] Like several players of Army FC, Jaffar Khan was still in service with the Pakistan Army as a Non-Commissioned Officer with the Frontier Force Regiment, and during the 2007-08 season was called up to service for UN peacekeeping operations in Congo.[1][5][8]

Career statistics

International
Appearances and goals by year and competition[14]
National team Year Apps Goals
Pakistan 2001 5 0
2002 2 0
2003 9 0
2005 7 0
2006 8 0
2009 2 0
2011 5 0
2012 1 0
2013 5 0
Total 44 0

Honours

Club

Pakistan Army

International

Pakistan U-23

References
  1. Editorial Staff (2011-12-08). "When football helped break an Indo-Pak barrier". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  2. "Pakistan 2006/07 (National Tournaments)". rsssf. RSSSF. August 2, 2007. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  3. Raheel, Natasha (2016-04-28). "Save goalkeepers to save football: If he is being ignored, you know he's a keeper". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  4. "Jaffar replaces Haroon as captain". DAWN.COM. 2003-11-26. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  5. Editorial Staff (2013-03-01). "FPDC Analysis: The curious case of Jaffar Khan". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  6. "Football team to be honoured". DAWN.COM. 2006-11-25. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  7. "PFF announces squad". DAWN.COM. 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  8. Ahsan, Ali (2018-01-05). "The decade-long decline of Pakistani football after a rare high". These Football Times. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  9. Editorial Staff (2011-07-18). ""Commitment" - The Pakistani excuse". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  10. "Jaffar desires to improve Pakistan's goalkeeping". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  11. "Jaffar Khan - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  12. Wasim, Umaid (2022-04-21). "In Ramzan tournament final, a local team shows grit against Army but wilts and falls apart". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  13. "SAFF U16 Championship 2023: U16 football camp underway in Abbottabad". The Nation. 2023-08-04. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  14. "Jaffar Khan (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com.
  1. Contrary to the Pakistan Football source, he was not present in the 2006 South Asian Games held in Colombo at the age of 25, where Pakistan again won the gold.[6][7]
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