Jaffar Khan

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Jaffar Khan
Khan in 2013
Personal information
Full name Jaffar Khan
Date of birth (1981-03-10) 10 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2019 Pakistan Army
International career
2002–2010 Pakistan U23
2001–2013 Pakistan 44 (0)
Managerial career
2021– Pakistan Army
Medal record
Representing  Pakistan
Winner South Asian Games 2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jaffar Khan (Urdu, Pashto: جعفر خان; born on 10 March 1981) is a Pakistani football manager and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current head coach of Pakistan Army.

Club career[edit]

Khan came through the Pakistan Army F.C., 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 through 16 matches.[1][2][3]

International career[edit]

Khan was discovered by then Pakistan youth team and under-23 manager John Layton back in early 1999,[4] and found his way into the Pakistan national football team soon enough. Khan made his senior international debut in 2001, and replaced Haroon Yousaf as the captain of international team in 2003.[5]

He was also called by the Pakistan national under-23 team, whom he took all the way to the final of the 2004 South Asian Games against India, where his string of saves gave Pakistan a 1–0 victory.[1][6][a]

Like several players of Army FC, Jaffar Khan remained actively serving in the Pakistan Army as a Non-Commissioned Officer and during the 2007-08 season, he received a summons to join the UN peacekeeping operations in Congo.[1][6] When he was away on military duty, Pakistan succumbed to one of their worst defeats, losing by 7–0 to Iraq.[1][6][9]

In December 2009, at the end of the SAFF Championship in Bangladesh, Jaffar publicly stated his decision to retire from international football after a fallout with Pakistan's Austrian coach György Kottán, but returned after regular call-ups following the next South Asian Cup.[10][6] At the 2011 SAFF Championship, he conceded a single goal in the three matches all resulting in a draw, failing to register the qualification for the semifinal round.[1]

Coaching career[edit]

Khan got an AFC License C and did a specialised goalkeeping course in Bahrain.[11] He was briefly appointed as goalkeeping coach for the Pakistan national team from 2014 to 2015.[12] In 2019 following his retirement from football, he became the goalkeeping coach for his club.[11][13] In 2021, Khan was appointed as head coach of Pakistan Army.[14][15][16]

In August 2023, Khan was appointed as the goalkeeping coach for the Pakistan under 16 national team for the 2023 SAFF U16 Championship held in Bhutan.[17]

Personal life[edit]

Khan was born in Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province into an ethnic Pashtun family.[6] Like several players of Army FC, Jaffar Khan was still in service with the Pakistan Army as a Non-Commissioned Officer with the Frontier Force Regiment, and during the 2007-08 season was called up to service for UN peacekeeping operations in Congo.[1][6][9]

Career statistics[edit]

International[edit]

Appearances and goals by year and competition[18]
National team Year Apps Goals
Pakistan 2001 5 0
2002 2 0
2003 9 0
2005 7 0
2006 8 0
2009 2 0
2011 5 0
2012 1 0
2013 5 0
Total 44 0

Honours[edit]

Pakistan Army

Pakistan U-23

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Editorial Staff (2011-12-08). "When football helped break an Indo-Pak barrier". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  2. ^ "Pakistan 2006/07 (National Tournaments)". rsssf. August 2, 2007. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  3. ^ Raheel, Natasha (2016-04-28). "Save goalkeepers to save football: If he is being ignored, you know he's a keeper". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  4. ^ Editorial Staff (2013-11-23). "John Layton: "If everyone works together, Pakistani Football can progress."". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  5. ^ "Jaffar replaces Haroon as captain". DAWN.COM. 2003-11-26. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Editorial Staff (2013-03-01). "FPDC Analysis: The curious case of Jaffar Khan". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  7. ^ "Football team to be honoured". DAWN.COM. 2006-11-25. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  8. ^ "PFF announces squad". DAWN.COM. 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  9. ^ a b Ahsan, Ali (2018-01-05). "The decade-long decline of Pakistani football after a rare high". These Football Times. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  10. ^ Editorial Staff (2011-07-18). ""Commitment" - The Pakistani excuse". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  11. ^ a b "Jaffar desires to improve Pakistan's goalkeeping". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  12. ^ "Jaffar Khan - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  13. ^ Wasim, Umaid (2022-04-21). "In Ramzan tournament final, a local team shows grit against Army but wilts and falls apart". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  14. ^ Staff, Editorial (2021-08-23). "Afzaal shines as Army demolish Huma FC [The News]". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  15. ^ Staff, Editorial (2022-04-21). "In Ramzan tournament final, a local team shows grit against Army but wilts and falls apart [Dawn]". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  16. ^ Staff, Editorial (2023-01-26). "Army make winning start in Challenge Cup [The News]". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  17. ^ "SAFF U16 Championship 2023: U16 football camp underway in Abbottabad". The Nation. 2023-08-04. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  18. ^ "Jaffar Khan (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com.
  1. ^ Contrary to the Pakistan Football source, he was not present in the 2006 South Asian Games held in Colombo at the age of 25, where Pakistan again won the gold.[7][8]

External links[edit]

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