Nizar Khalfan (born 21 June 1988) is a Tanzanian professional

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who plays as a midfielder for Pamba.

Career

Early career

Khalfan started playing football in his hometown of

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with a youth team called Score FC. As a student Khalfan attended Ligula Primary School and Ocean Secondary School in Mtwara.

Club

Khalfan began his career with Mtibwa Sugar FC. He then joined the

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club Al Tadamon for the 2007–08 season. In January 2008 he left Al Tadamon for Lebanese club

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, but soon returned to the

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with Moro United. He joined Canadian side

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on 22 August 2009. He played nine games for the Caps in their successful 2009 season and signed a contract extension to play with the team in 2010. He scored his first goal for the Whitecaps on 12 June 2010 in a game against the

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. On 9 February 2011 signed a new one-year contract for the

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. Khalfan was waived by Vancouver on 23 November 2011, and was selected in the MLS Waiver Draft by

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. The Union released him three months later prior to the 2012 season.

International

Khalfan was formerly a member of the

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. He played in five of Tanzania's qualifying matches for the

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, scoring in the 4–1 victory over

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on 6 September 2008. He also scored the game-winning goal in a 2–1 victory over

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at the

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on 14 June 2007.

International goals

The following information is valid up to 11 November 2011.

References

External links

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Vancouver Whitecaps bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khalfan, Nizar 1988 births Living people People from Mtwara Region Tanzanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Tanzania men's international footballers Tanzanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon Tanzanian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Tanzanian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Tanzanian expatriate sportspeople in Canada USL First Division players USSF Division 2 Professional League players Major League Soccer players Lebanese Premier League players Mtibwa Sugar F.C. players Tadamon SC Sour players Moro United F.C. players Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players Vancouver Whitecaps FC players Young Africans S.C. players Mwadui United F.C. players Singida United F.C. players Kuwait Premier League players Al-Tadamon SC (Kuwait) players Homegrown Players (MLS) Tanzanian Premier League players 2009 African Nations Championship players Tanzania men's A' international footballers 21st-century Tanzanian sportsmen