21 Facts About Khalfan Ibrahim

Khalfan Ibrahim Khalfan Al Khalfan is a retired Qatari international footballer who played as a winger.

Khalfan Ibrahim was named the Asian Player of the Year in 2006, becoming the first Qatari to win the title.

Khalfan Ibrahim played for Al Arabi at youth level before moving to Al Sadd in 2004 on a professional contract.

Khalfan Ibrahim's father, Ibrahim Khalfan, is a former footballer who played for Al Arabi and the Qatar national team.

Khalfan Ibrahim is sometimes dubbed as the "Maradona of Qatar" and is nicknamed "Khalfaninho" by his supporters in reference to Ronaldinho.

Khalfan Ibrahim assimilated into Al Sadd's first team at the age of 17 in March 2005, under head coach Doru Isac scoring against Al-Shamal.

Khalfan Ibrahim scored 5 goals in Al Sadd's start to the league campaign and then was a crucial member of the Asian Games gold medal-winning Qatar team.

Khalfan Ibrahim scored 8 goals in Al-Sadd's first 6 games.

Khalfan Ibrahim won the 2011 AFC Champions League with Al Sadd.

Khalfan Ibrahim delivered an inspired performance against Suwon in the semi-final second leg to keep the club's hopes alive.

Khalfan Ibrahim assisted Keita by providing an accurate cross which Keita volleyed into the net, as well as forcing a Jeonbuk defender to head the ball into his own net on the earlier goal.

Al Sadd's Asian triumph took them to Japan for the Club World Cup where Khalfan Ibrahim featured and scored against the African champions Esperance in their first match.

Khalfan Ibrahim then reacted the fastest to nod home on the goal-line.

Khalfan Ibrahim went on to score Al Sadd's only goal against Al Rayyan in the final, being named Man of the Match.

Khalfan Ibrahim had a solid start to the season, playing a critical role of an attacking trio.

Khalfan Ibrahim first played for Qatar's youth teams, scoring 6 goals in the under-17 Gulf Cup held in 2003, helping Qatar finish runners-up in the process.

Qatar finished runner-up and Khalfan Ibrahim finished second in the scorers list with 6 goals.

Khalfan Ibrahim was part of the Qatar squad which played at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Peru, scoring one goal in the match against the mighty Netherlands.

Khalfan Ibrahim scored two superb goals against Bangladesh in their Asian Cup 2007 qualifying match.

Khalfan Ibrahim then took part in his first Arabian Gulf Cup, where Qatar couldn't defend their title despite Khalfan scoring one goal against Bahrain.

Khalfan Ibrahim took part in Qatar's 2014 World Cup Qualifications which were held from 2011.