Safiullah Khan

Safiullah Khan (Urdu, Pashto: ; born 13 March 1979) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a forward. Khan made his international debut in 2005, and won the highest goal-scorer award in the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers, where he finished as the top-scorer with 5 goals. He is the first Pakistani player to score four goals in a single international match.

Early life Khan was born in Dir, in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan on 13 March 1979. After a three-year absence Khan was selected to play in an AFC Challenge Cup qualifier against Brunei 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 first in Pakistan soccer history to score four goals in an international fixture. With 5 total goals, he finished as joint top scorer of the qualification round along with Kasun Jayasuriya. On 8 April 2009 in the same competition Khan scored again in the 2–2 draw against Sri Lanka.

Post-retirement After retirement, Khan participated in the AFC Future Coaches Project programme in 2008 and 2010 under Gyorgy Kottan in Spain. He later joined University of Agriculture in Peshawar as Assistant Director Sports.

In 2014, he also participated in the FATA International Peace Football Cup with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa football team.

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Khan goal.

Honours

Pak Elektron Football Federation League: 2007–08

Khan Research Laboratories Pakistan Premier League: 2009–10 Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup: 2009, 2010, 2011