![]() Khalfan with Al Rayyan in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fahad Khalfan Noubi Al Bloushi | ||
Date of birth | 23 March 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Qatar | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward / Center-forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Ahli | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
ASPIRE Sports Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2017 | Al-Rayyan | 29 | (6) |
2012–2013 | → Al-Sailiya (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2015 | → Al-Shahania (loan) | 10 | (4) |
2016–2017 | → Al-Shahania (loan) | 26 | (7) |
2017–2018 | Qatar | 12 | (0) |
2018–2022 | Al Arabi | 26 | (3) |
2020 | → Umm Salal (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2021-2022 | → Al-Sailiya (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2022– | Al-Ahli | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2010– | Qatar | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2010 |
Fahad Khalfan Al Bloushi (born 23 March 1992) is a Qatari footballer who is a striker for Al-Ahli. He has also played for the Qatar national team.
Khalfan played for the youth teams of Al-Rayyan. [1] He achieved recognition by the national team coach, Bruno Metsu, for scoring decisive goals in the Sheikh Jassem Cup in 2010.
Primarily featuring for the team, he scored 11 goals in 18 appearances in 2010–11 season of the reserve league, and 8 goals in 8 appearances in 2011–12. In the 2011–12 season of the Qatar Stars League, he came on as a substitute for Daniel Goumou in the 86th minute and scored a two-minute brace against Qatar SC in stoppage time. [2]
Khalfan received a call-up to the Qatar national team after his outstanding performances for Al-Rayyan in pre-season. [3] Khalfan made his debut for the national team in a friendly game against Bahrain [4] on September 3, 2010 at the age of 18. He was the first ASPIRE graduate to play for the senior football team of Qatar.
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