Nizar Khalfan (born 21 June 1988) is a Tanzanian

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who plays for Pamba S.C.

Career

Early career

Khalfan started playing football in his hometown of

Mtwara Mtwara ( Portuguese: ''Montewara'') is the capital city of Mtwara Region in southeastern Tanzania. In the 1940s, it was planned and constructed as the export facility for the disastrous Tanganyika groundnut scheme, but was somewhat neglected whe ...

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 Mtibwa Sugar Football Club is a Tanzanian football (soccer), football club based in Turiani in northern Mvomero District. Their home games are played at Manungu Stadium.and using stadiums such as CCM jamhuri and Gairo as their home stadium Histor ...

. 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 Tadamon Sour, but soon returned to the

Tanzanian Premier League The Tanzania Mainland Premier League () is the top-level professional football league in Tanzania and is administered by the Tanzania Football Federation. History The league was first organised in 1921 in Dar es Salaam. By 1929, it had six part ...

with

Moro United Moro United F.C. is a Tanzanian football club based in Morogoro. They last played in the top level of Tanzanian professional football, the Tanzanian Premier League, during the 2011/12 season.Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Vancouver. They compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on March ...

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 Austin Aztex. 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 Philadelphia Union. 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

Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium Tanzania National Main Stadium also known as Benjamin Mkapa Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Miburani ward of Temeke District in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It opened in 2007 and was built adjacent to Uhuru Stadium, the former national ...

Dar-es-Salaam Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over s ...

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 footballers Men's association football midfielders Tanzania men's international footballers Tanzanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Lebanon Tanzanian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Expatriate footballers in Kuwait Tanzanian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Expatriate 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 Sour SC 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