Saidou Khan

Saidou Khan
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-12-05) 5 December 1995
Place of birth The Gambia
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Club Africain
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)
2022–2025 Swindon Town 66 (2)
2024–2025 → Tranmere Rovers (loan) 10 (0)
2025– Club Africain 6 (0)
International career‡
2024– Gambia 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:07, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:50, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Saidou Khan (born 5 December 1995) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Club Africain and the Gambia national team.[1][2]

Early and personal life

Khan grew up in Sanchaba in The Gambia; his father worked as 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]

He moved on loan to Tranmere Rovers in August 2024.[14]

On 9 May 2025, Swindon announced the player would be leaving in June when his contract expired. [15]

He subsequently joined Tunisian side Club Africain.[16]

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.[17] He debuted with the Gambia in a 1–1 tie 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification with Madagascar on 11 October 2024.[18]

Career statistics

As of 1 October 2025.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tooting & Mitcham United 2014–15[19][4] Isthmian League Division One South 9000—0090
Dulwich Hamlet 2015–16[20] Isthmian League Premier Division 0000—1[a]010
Carshalton Athletic (loan) 2015–16 Isthmian League Division One South
Chipstead (loan) 2015–16 Isthmian League Division One South
Kingstonian 2016–17[21] Isthmian League Premier Division 14000—1[b]0150
Chipstead 2016–17 Isthmian League Division One South
2017–18[22] Isthmian League South Division 25020—3[c]0300
2018–19[23] Isthmian League South Central Division 4010—1[a]060
Total 290300040360
Tooting & Mitcham United 2018–19[24] Isthmian League South Central Division 252——00252
Maidstone United 2019–20[4][2] National League South 28052—2[b]0352
2020–21[4][2] National League South 4010—2[b]171
Total 320620041423
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2020–21[2] National League 110———110
Chesterfield 2021–22[2] National League 37631—2[d]0427
Swindon Town 2022–23[25] League Two 35110001[e]0371
2023–24[26] League Two 311101000331
2024–25[27] League Two 0000000000
Total 662201010702
Tranmere Rovers (loan) 2024–25[27] League Two 100000000100
Club Africain 2025–26 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 6000000060
Career total 239101431013126714
  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
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

References

  1. ↑ "Saidou Khan – Chesterfield FC".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "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 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Saidou joins Spireites". 10 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "The goalscoring target Chesterfield midfielder Saidou Khan is aiming for this season". 16 November 2021.
  12. ↑ "REJECTED: 'He is happy here' - Chesterfield turn down bid for midfielder Saidou Khan". 21 January 2022.
  13. ↑ "Swindon sign Chesterfield midfielder Khan". BBC Sport. 15 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "Tranmere Rovers sign Saidou Khan on loan from Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 30 August 2024.
  15. ↑ "Swindon Town offer Paul Glatzel new contract but release eight". BBC Sport. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  16. ↑ "Transfer news: Saidou Khan makes move to Club Africain". Swindon Advertiser. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  17. ↑ "Khan earns first international call-up" – via www.swindontownfc.co.uk.
  18. ↑ "Match Centre". Match Centre.
  19. ↑ "Tooting & Mitcham United – Appearances – Saidou Khan – 2014-2015". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  20. ↑ "Dulwich Hamlet – Appearances – Saidou Khan – 2015-2016". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  21. ↑ "Kingstonian – Appearances – Saidou Khan – 2016-2017". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  22. ↑ "Chipstead – Appearances – Saidou Khan – 2017-2018". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  23. ↑ "Chipstead – Appearances – Saidou Khan – 2018-2019". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  24. ↑ "Tooting & Mitcham United – Appearances – Saidou Khan – 2018-2019". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Saidou Khan in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Saidou Khan in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  27. 1 2 "Games played by Saidou Khan in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
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