| Nizar Khalfan | |
| Fullname: | Nizar Hassan Khalfan Khalfani |
| Birth Date: | 1988 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Mtwara, Tanzania |
| Height: | 5ft 8in[1] |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Pamba S.C. |
| Years1: | 2005–2007 |
| Clubs1: | Mtibwa Sugar |
| Caps1: | 57 |
| Goals1: | 16 |
| Years2: | 2007 |
| Clubs2: | Al Tadamon |
| Caps2: | 18 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2008 |
| Clubs3: | Tadamon Sour |
| Caps3: | 25 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs4: | Moro United |
| Caps4: | 21 |
| Goals4: | 7 |
| Years5: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs5: | Vancouver Whitecaps |
| Caps5: | 26 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2011 |
| Clubs6: | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| Caps6: | 22 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2012–2015 |
| Clubs7: | Young Africans SC |
| Years8: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs8: | Mwadui United |
| Years9: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs9: | Singida United |
| Years10: | 2019– |
| Clubs10: | Pamba |
| Nationalyears1: | 2004–2012 |
| Nationalteam1: | Tanzania |
| Nationalcaps1: | 45 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
| Club-Update: | 14 April 2021 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 14 April 2021 |
Nizar Khalfan (born 21 June 1988) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pamba.
Khalfan started playing football in his hometown of Mtwara with a youth team called Score FC. As a student Khalfan attended Ligula Primary School and Ocean Secondary School in Mtwara.[2]
Khalfan began his career with Mtibwa Sugar FC. He then joined the Kuwaiti Premier League club Al Tadamon for the 2007–08 season.[3] In January 2008 he left Al Tadamon for Lebanese club Tadamon Sour,[4] but soon returned to the Tanzanian Premier League with Moro United. He joined Canadian side Vancouver Whitecaps FC on 22 August 2009.[5] He played nine games for the Caps in their successful 2009 season and signed a contract extension to play with the team in 2010.[6] He scored his first goal for the Whitecaps on 12 June 2010 in a game against the Austin Aztex.[7] On 9 February 2011 signed a new one-year contract for the 2011 Major League Soccer season.[8] Khalfan was waived by Vancouver on 23 November 2011, and was selected in the MLS Waiver Draft by Philadelphia Union.[9] The Union released him three months later prior to the 2012 season.[10]
Khalfan was formerly a member of the Tanzania national football team. He played in five of Tanzania's qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, scoring in the 4–1 victory over Mauritius on 6 September 2008.[11] He also scored the game-winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Burkina Faso at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar-es-Salaam on 14 June 2007.[12]
The following information is valid up to 11 November 2011.[13]
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2008 African Cup of Nations Qualifiers | |||
| 2 | Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |||
| 3 | CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza, Tanzania | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2008 African Cup of Nations Qualifiers | |||
| 4 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||||
| 5 | Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2009 CECAFA Cup |