Saidou Khan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 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) |
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* 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]
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]