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Sufyan Khan

Pakistani field hockey player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ125826058 ↗
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Sufyan Muhammad Khan (born 13 March 2004) is a Pakistani field hockey player. He plays as a defender and is a drag flick specialist.

Early life

Khan was born in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was initially mentored in his hometown by former Pakistan hockey player, Ihsanullah, before moving to the Dar Hockey Academy in Lahore.

Career

Club

Khan played for Pakistan Navy between 2022 and 2023 before moving to Mari Petroleum in 2023.

Under–21

Khan represented the Pakistan U–21 side at 2023 Sultan of Johor Cup, 2023 Junior Hockey World Cup, and 2023 Junior Asia Cup.

Senior national team

Khan made his senior international debut in 2022 at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, where the team finished third.

Since his debut, Khan is seen as a penalty corner specialist. He scored 5 goals in the Asian champions Trophy 2023 where Pakistan finished 5th. In the 2023 Asian Games he scored 3 goals where Pakistan failed to qualify for the medal round.

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“Sufyan Khan” enters the record as pakistani field hockey player. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Sufyan, Khan and Pakistani can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004, 2022, 2023—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2004-03-13. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Sufyan, Khan and Pakistani.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q125826058. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004, 2022 and 2023.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sufyan Khan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.