Saidou Khan

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Saidou Khan
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth The Gambia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Swindon Town
Number 8
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Tooting & Mitcham United 9 (0)
2015–2016 Dulwich Hamlet 0 (0)
2015 → Carshalton Athletic (loan)
2015–2016 → Chipstead (loan)
2016–2017 Kingstonian 14 (0)
2017–2018 Chipstead
2018–2019 Tooting & Mitcham United 25 (2)
2019–2021 Maidstone United 32 (0)
2021 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 11 (0)
2021–2022 Chesterfield 37 (6)
2022– Swindon Town 66 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:40, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Saidou Khan (born 5 December 1995) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays for English club Swindon Town as a midfielder. [1] [2]

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Early and personal life

Khan grew up in Sanchaba in The Gambia; his father worked a soldier on a peacekeeping mission in Liberia, and later moved to London to work as a security guard. [3] Khan grew up "obsessed" with football; his favourite player was AC Milan's Kaká, and he is nicknamed 'Kaka' in The Gambia. [3] Khan's father died of cancer when Khan was 12 years old. [3] Khan moved to England in 2010, two years after his father's death. [3]

Club career

Khan spent his early career in English non-league football with Tooting & Mitcham United, Dulwich Hamlet, Carshalton Athletic, Chipstead and Kingstonian. [3] [4] During this time Khan studied at the University of East London and worked part-time at a Lidl supermarket. [3] He later played in the National League South with Maidstone United, [5] [6] [7] and the National League with Dagenham & Redbridge. [8] He also has two unsuccessful trials with Football League club Milton Keynes Dons; he nearly quit football after his second rejection. [3]

He signed for National League club Chesterfield in July 2021, on a two-year contract. [9] [10] By November 2021 he was the club's joint-top scorer that season. [11] The club rejected a transfer bid for Khan in January 2022. [12] He signed for Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee in July 2022. [13]

International career

In May 2023, Khan received his first call-up to the Gambia national side ahead of their 2023 AFCON qualifier against South Sudan. [14]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 May 2023.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tooting & Mitcham United 2014–15 [15] [4] Isthmian League Division One South9000—0090
Dulwich Hamlet 2015–16 [16] Isthmian League Premier Division0000—1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Carshalton Athletic (loan) 2015–16 Isthmian League Division One South
Chipstead (loan) 2015–16 Isthmian League Division One South
Kingstonian 2016–17 [17] Isthmian League Premier Division14000—1 [lower-alpha 2] 0150
Chipstead 2016–17 Isthmian League Division One South
2017–18 [18] Isthmian League South Division25020—3 [lower-alpha 3] 0300
2018–19 [19] Isthmian League South Central Division4010—1 [lower-alpha 1] 060
Total29030—40360
Tooting & Mitcham United 2018–19 [20] Isthmian League South Central Division252——00252
Maidstone United 2019–20 [4] [2] National League South 28052—2 [lower-alpha 2] 0352
2020–21 [4] [2] National League South4010—2 [lower-alpha 2] 171
Total32062—41423
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2020–21 [2] National League 110———110
Chesterfield 2021–22 [2] National League37631—2 [lower-alpha 4] 0427
Swindon Town 2022–23 [2] League Two 351100010371
Career total19291330013121813
  1. 1 2 Appearance in the Alan Turvey Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in the FA Trophy
  3. ↑ Two appearances in the FA Trophy, one in the Alan Turvey Trophy
  4. ↑ Appearances in the National League play-offs

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References

  1. ↑ "Saidou Khan – Chesterfield FC".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "England - S. Khan - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "'My dad would be so proud'". BBC Sport.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Saidou Khan Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Time to step up". 31 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Stones come first for Khan". 27 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Khan going nowhere". 9 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Dagenham sign midfielder Saidou Khan on loan from Maidstone United". 19 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "BREAKING: Chesterfield beat other clubs to sign Gambian-born midfielder". www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Saidou joins Spireites". 10 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "The goalscoring target Chesterfield midfielder Saidou Khan is aiming for this season".
  12. ↑ "REJECTED: 'He is happy here' - Chesterfield turn down bid for midfielder Saidou Khan".
  13. ↑ "Swindon sign Chesterfield midfielder Khan" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. ↑ "Khan earns first international call-up" – via www.swindontownfc.co.uk.
  15. ↑ "Tooting & Mitcham United – Appearances – Saidou Khan – 2014-2015". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  16. ↑ "Dulwich Hamlet – Appearances – Saidou Khan – 2015-2016". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  17. ↑ "Kingstonian – Appearances – Saidou Khan – 2016-2017". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  18. ↑ "Chipstead – Appearances – Saidou Khan – 2017-2018". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  19. ↑ "Chipstead – Appearances – Saidou Khan – 2018-2019". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  20. ↑ "Tooting & Mitcham United – Appearances – Saidou Khan – 2018-2019". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 6 September 2022.


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