Jaffar Khan ( ur, جعفر خان; born on March 10, 1981) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a

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. He is currently the keeping coach of Pakistan national football team.

Club career

Khan came through the

Pakistan Army F.C. The Pakistan Army Football Club is a Pakistani professional football club based in Rawalpindi, Punjab. The club was established in 1950 by Pakistan Army and is third oldest existing club in Pakistan after K-Electric (1913) and Pakistan Navy ...

, 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 for 1,260 minutes.

International career

He took Pakistan all the way to the final of the

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where they beat

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1-0 take Gold. After losing the

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in 2004-05 season on the final day, he helped them win the league title the following year. In the

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he kept a clean sheet as Pakistan beat

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in the finals.

Honours

Club

;Pakistan Army *

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: 2005–06, 2006–07 *

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: 2000, 2001

International

Pakistan *

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

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* 1981 births Living people Association football goalkeepers Pakistani footballers Pakistan international footballers Pakistan Army officers pakistan Army F.C. players Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan Asian Games competitors for Pakistan South Asian Games medalists in football {{Pakistan-mil-bio-stub