Fahad Khalfan (Qatari footballer)

Fahad Khalfan Al Bloushi (born 23 March 1992) is a Qatari footballer who is a striker. He has also played for Al-Kharaitiyat and the Qatar national team.

Fahad Khalfan
Khalfan with Al Rayyan in 2011
Personal information
Full name Fahad Khalfan Noubi Al Bloushi
Date of birth (1992-03-23) 23 March 1992
Place of birth Qatar
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward / Center-forward
Team information
Current team
 Al-Kharaitiyat
Number 12
Youth career
ASPIRE Sports Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2017 Al-Rayyan 29 (6)
2012–2013 → Al-Sailiya (loan) 9 (1)
2015 → Al-Shahania (loan) 10 (4)
2016–2017 → Al-Shahania (loan) 26 (7)
2017–2018 Qatar 12 (0)
2018–2022 Al Arabi 26 (3)
2020 → Umm Salal (loan) 10 (1)
2021-2022 → Al-Sailiya (loan) 14 (0)
2022–2023 Al-Ahli 13 (0)
2023– Al-Kharaitiyat 0 (0)
International career‡
2010– Qatar 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2010

Career

Club career

Khalfan played for the youth teams of Al-Rayyan.[1] He achieved recognition by the national team coach, Bruno Metsu, for scoring decisive goals in the Sheikh Jassem Cup in 2010.

Primarily featuring for the team, he scored 11 goals in 18 appearances in 2010–11 season of the reserve league, and 8 goals in 8 appearances in 2011–12. In the 2011–12 season of the Qatar Stars League, he came on as a substitute for Daniel Goumou in the 86th minute and scored a two-minute brace against Qatar SC in stoppage time.[2]

International career

Khalfan received a call-up to the Qatar national team after his outstanding performances for Al-Rayyan in pre-season.[3] Khalfan made his debut for the national team in a friendly game against Bahrain[4] on September 3, 2010 at the age of 18. He was the first ASPIRE graduate to play for the senior football team of Qatar.

He became renowned for one of the greatest blunders in competitive football on November 15, 2010. In a match against Uzbekistan in the 2010 Asian Games, with the game tied 0-0, Khalfan intercepted a pass to the opposing goalkeeper in the first minute of extra time and then dribbled to a position where he was a yard from the open goal. Instead of tapping the ball into the empty net with his right foot, he tried to shoot powerfully with the outside of his left foot. This caused the ball to collide with the post and miss.[5] Qatar subsequently lost the match in extra time, 0–1, and was eliminated in the quarter-final stage of the 2010 Asian Games.

References
  1. Rayyan club - Player profile
  2. "Al Rayyan vs. Qatar SC - 7 April 2012 - Soccerway".
  3. "Aspire celebrates first graduate to play for the national team of Qatar" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  4. ASPIRE celebrates first graduate’s Qatar debut, Gulf-Times.com
  5. "WATCH: Soccer Striker Misses WIDE OPEN Shot". HuffPost. 16 November 2010.
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