Safiullah Khan (born March 1979) is a Pakistani footballer, who is a member of

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. Khan is a forward who earned his first international cap during the IndoPak football series in 2005. He also got the Highest Goal-Scorer Award in the AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers 2009.

Career

Khan debut was on 16 June 2005 which was the second game in a series of three games against

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, the game finished 1–0 loss to Pakistan. After a three year absence Khan was selected to play in an

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against

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on April 6, 2009. In the match he scored four goals with the game finishing 6–0 in Pakistan's favour, becoming at the time, the only player in Pakistan soccer history to score four goals in an international fixture. On 8 April 2009 in the same competition Khan scored again in the 2–2 draw against

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References

* 1979 births Living people Pakistani footballers Pakistan men's international footballers Men's association football forwards {{Pakistan-footy-bio-stub