Shabir Khan (born 10 November 1985) is a former

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who played as a defender. Born in England, he represented the Pakistan national team. Khan spent his entire career at Worcester, having progressed through their youth system. He joined Gloucester City on a one-month loan deal in December 2006 and Stourport Swifts on loan in September 2011. He made his international debut for

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in 2010.

Club career

Born to a Pakistani father and a English mother in

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, Khan came up through the youth system at

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, and broke into the first team in 2004, making his debut against Cambridge City in February that year. On 7 December 2006 he joined Gloucester City on loan. He made his debut for ''the Tigers'' on 9 December 2006 in a 2–0 defeat to

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. In 2015, he was red carded while playing for

during a game against

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when he performed a belly-to-belly suplex on Charlie Russell. He was however not fined or suspended for this incident.

International career

Because his father was born in Pakistan, Shabir Khan is eligible to play for the Pakistan national team. Khan was called up to represent

in the SAFF Cup 2009 in

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in December 2009, where he scored against Bhutan. After a three-year hiatus, Khan returned to international action, taking part in friendlies against

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in November 2012 and later in February 2013 against

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and

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Career statistics

International

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

Honours

;Worcester City *PASE Youth League Northern Division (1): 2003–04 * Worcestershire FA Youth Player of Season (1): 2003–04

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Shabir 1985 births Living people English people of Pakistani descent Sportspeople of Pakistani descent Pashtun people Southern Football League players Gloucester City A.F.C. players English men's footballers Pakistani men's footballers Pakistani expatriate men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Footballers from Worcester, England Pakistan men's international footballers Worcester City F.C. players Stourport Swifts F.C. players British Asian footballers 21st-century English sportsmen 21st-century Pakistani sportsmen