Jadid Khan Pathan (born 6 January 1989) is a Pakistani

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who plays as a

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for

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club Afghan Chaman, which he

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. He has also played for

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at international level, earning his first international cap during the 2008 SAFF Cup against the

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. Khan won the Pakistan Premier League Golden Boot in the 2011–12 season, after finishing as top-scorer.

Early life

Khan was born in

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, in the

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of Pakistan. He spent majority of his career playing for his hometown club Afghan Chaman, where he was the team captain from 2008 to 2011.

Club career

Afghan Chaman

2007–08

Khan made his debut for Afghan Chaman in the 2007–08 season. Khan spent most of his first season as a substitute, he scored his first goal for the club on 3 December 2007, scoring the opening goal in 7th minute in a 2–2 draw against

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. Khan's second goal was also against Pakistan Navy in a reverse fixture on 11 January 2008, with the match ending with another 2–2 scoreline, with Khan scoring the equaliser in the 26th minute after Muhamamd Shahzad gave lead to Pakistan Navy from the spot in the 20th minute. Khan scored three goals in his debut season in 15 appearances, with his last goal coming in a 2–0 victory against

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2008–09

Khan was made the captain of the team after one year of joining. Khan scored his first goal of the 2007–08 season 2 months after the start of the season, scoring the opening goal in 51st minute against

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in a 2–0 victory. Khan's second goal of the season was against

in a 3–1 loss, where he scored the first goal of the game in 38th minute. On 22 November 2008, Khan his first senior hat-trick against

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completing his hat-trick in 15 minutes, scoring his first goal in 61 minute, second in 67th minute and third in 76th minute. Khan ended his 2008–09 season with five goals in 26 appearances.

2009–10

Khan scored only one goal in his 2009–10 against

in a 3–0 victory on 2 October 2009.

2010–11

After a bad season, Khan started the

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with an assist and a goal in the game against

, assisting Moaz Khan for the opening goal in 37th and then scoring in 46th minute from Abdul Nasir's assist. Khan assisted Fazal Rehman to score the equaliser against Pak Elektron. On 14 October 2010, Khan scored his second career hat-trick in a 3–0 away win over Young Blood, scoring the goals in 70th, 81st and 87th minutes. Khan scored his seventh goal of the season against

in a 2–2 draw. Khan's eight goal of the season was opener against Habib Bank in a 1–1 draw on 4 November 2010. He provided the assist for Abdul Hadi's consolation goal against

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in a 2–1 loss. On 10 November 2010, Khan scored his ninth goal of the campaign in a 4–1 win over National Bank, finding the net in 76th minute. Khan ended the campaign with 10 goals in 30 appearances.

2011–12

Khan scored in the opening match of 2011–12 season against PMC Athletico in 13th minute in a 3–0 win. Khan scored his second goal of the season against

when dribbled past four defenders to score a solo goal in the 38th minute, causing home crowd to shower the player with cash prizes. Khan went on a one and half month goal drought before scoring a brace against

on 18 September 2011, finding the net 76th minutes to reduce the deficit to 2–1, before scoring his in the 90th minute to draw the game 2–2. Four days later Khan scored the winner against National Bank in 58th minute. Khan scored his brace of the season in a reverse fixture against

, against whom he scored a brace earlier in season. Khan found the net 39th and 56th minute in a 3–2 win. On 13 December 2011, Khan scored his third career hat-trick away from home against Baloch Nushki in a 1–3 win. Khan scored the equaliser in 30th minute before twice finding the net again on 48th and 76th minute. Three days later Khan scored four goals against Pakistan Police in a 6–0 victory. Khan scored his first goal in 13th minute, second in 50th, third in 56th and fourth in 65th minute. Khan won the golden boot after finishing the season as the top-scorer with 22 goals in 30 appearances, giving his team their highest position ever when they finished second in the league.

2012–13

Khan started the 2012–13 season with a goal in the opening match against local rivals

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in a 1–1 draw. Khan scored his third goal against title contenders

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in a 1–1 draw, scoring the goal in 9th minute of the game. Khan then scored against Pakistan Airlines in a narrow 1–0 victory. Khan failed to continue to his good form from last season and ended the league season with 6 goals in 25 appearances.

WAPDA

2013

During the 2012–13 season Khan joined

after the end of the

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, in

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, Khan scored in the opening game against

in 5th minute, Khan completed his brace at 58th minute. Khan then scored against

in a 3–1 victory in the cup competition. Khan reached the

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where they were knocked-out by eventual winners National Bank.

Afghan Chaman

Second Spell: 2013–2016

Khan returned to his hometown club Afghan Chaman for the 2013–14 season. Khan opened his campaign by scoring in a 2–2 draw against newly promoted Pak Afghan Clearing. A month later, Khan scored his second goal in a 4–3 defeat to

, scoring in 29th minute. On 27 November 2013, Khan scored the brace against

in a 3–2 victory, avenging the last week's 4–3 to the Portmen. Khan scored the goals in 19th and 76th minute. Khan ended the season with 10 goals in 30 appearances. Khan scored a brace against Baloch Quetta in 5–1 win in the 2014–15 campaign, finding the net in the 20th and 66th minute.

WAPDA

Second spell: 2016

After no footballing activity in Pakistan since the conclusion of

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, Khan once again joined

for

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as Afghan Chaman were not participating the national cup competition. Khan scored a hat-trick against

in the group-stage as WAPDA defeated Pakistan Navy 5–1. Khan found the scored in 12th, 74th and 86th minute. Khan and WAPDA were knocked out in quarter-finals after

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defeated them 3–1.

Sui Southern Gas

2017–2019

In 2017, Khan joined newly promoted

after getting frustrated with life at Afghan Chaman. He was signed by former

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coach

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Return to Afghan Chaman

Khan returned to Afghan Chaman in 2019, helping the side winning the Balochistan Football Cup organised by

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as captain, after winning in the final against

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club Jallawan FC. His goal in the semi-finals against Afghan FC Pishin at the 45th minute in a 1–0 victory sealed the club's place to the final.

International career

On 6 April 2009, Khan scored his first goal for

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against

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in a 6–0 win at

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. Khan scored the second goal of the match in 31st minute. In 2011, Khan led the Pakistan under-23 team as captain at the 2012 Summer Olympics Qualifiers against

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. Khan also played for his country in a 1–1 draw against Nepal in the 2011 SAFF where he was substituted in the beginning of the first half, Pakistan finished third in Group B. Furthermore, he also played in 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualifications, he was substituted off against

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on 38th minute due to injury. In 2013, Khan was part of the national squad in 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualifications, as an unused substitution throughout the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Khan goal.''

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan Pathan, Jadid Pakistani men's footballers Pakistan men's international footballers Pashtun footballers Footballers from Chaman Afghan FC Chaman players Living people 1989 births Men's association football midfielders SSGC FC players WAPDA F.C. players People from Killa Abdullah District 21st-century Pakistani sportsmen