Saidou Khan (born 5 December 1995) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays for English club Swindon Town as a midfielder.[1][2]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | The Gambia | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Swindon Town | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 18 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:10, 19 November 2022 (UTC) |
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]
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]'
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tooting & Mitcham United | 2014–15[14][4] | Isthmian League Division One South | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Dulwich Hamlet | 2015–16[15] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Carshalton Athletic (loan) | 2015–16 | Isthmian League Division One South | No data currently available | |||||||||
Chipstead (loan) | 2015–16 | Isthmian League Division One South | No data currently available | |||||||||
Kingstonian | 2016–17[16] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
Chipstead | 2016–17 | Isthmian League Division One South | No data currently available | |||||||||
2017–18[17] | Isthmian League South Division | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
2018–19[18] | Isthmian League South Central Division | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Total | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||
Tooting & Mitcham United | 2018–19[19] | Isthmian League South Central Division | 25 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
Maidstone United | 2019–20[4][2] | National League South | 28 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
2020–21[4][2] | National League South | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
Total | 32 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | 42 | 3 | |||
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 2020–21[2] | National League | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
Chesterfield | 2021–22[2] | National League | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 42 | 7 | |
Swindon Town | 2022–23[2] | League Two | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
Career total | 175 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 201 | 12 |
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