Molik Jesse Khan

Molik Jesse Khan (born 8 April 2004) is a Trinidad and Tobago footballer who plays as a midfielder for Club Sando F.C and the Trinidad and Tobago national football team.

Molik Jesse Khan
Personal information
Full name Molik Jesse Khan
Date of birth (2004-04-08) 8 April 2004
Place of birth San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Club Sando FC
Youth career
2014–2019 W Connection
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 W Connection 15 (1)
National team‡
2018 Trinidad and Tobago U15 10 (4)
2019 Trinidad and Tobago U17
2021– Trinidad and Tobago 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:53, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:53, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Early life and education

Khan played for Naparima College at high school, where he won the Trinidad and Tobago National High School Championships for three consecutive years.[1] Khan and Naparima College finished seasons unbeaten, breaking long standing records in the Trinidad and Tobago youth football circuit.[2]

Khan then enrolled at 13-time national soccer champions St Benedict's Preparatory[3] school in Newark, New Jersey the former high school of American soccer legends Claudio Reyna, Gregg Berhalter and Tab Ramos. In his only season at St Benedict's, Khan led the team to an unbeaten New Jersey State Championship making him a high school champion in a second country.[4]

Career

Club

Khan made his professional debut for W Connection at age 15, becoming one of the youngest professional footballers in the history of TT Pro League.[5] A few weeks after his professional debut Khan scored in the TT Pro League becoming one of the league's youngest-ever goal scorers.[6] In April 2021, Khan was offered a two-week trial at Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls and stayed with the club for four months.[7]

International

Khan has represented Trinidad and Tobago at the youth level.[8] Because of Khan's efforts in the TT Pro League he was called up by new Trinidad and Tobago national team head coach and ex-England international, Terry Fenwick, for his first senior team camp. At 16, Khan was the youngest player selected.[9]

Following Trinidad and Tobago's elimination from the 2022 World Cup Trinidad and Tobago interim coach, Angus Eve, named 17-year old Khan as the youngest member of Trinidad and Tobago's 26-man squad for the 2021 Gold Cup qualifiers in Miami, Florida.[10] Eve who is Trinidad and Tobago's most capped player has described Khan as "the future of Trinidad and Tobago football".[11] On the 21st of January 2022, aged just 17 years old, Khan made his senior international debut for Trinidad and Tobago against Bolivia during an international friendly in Sucre, Bolivia. Khan entered the game at the start of the second half.[12]

References
  1. "Champs Naparima clobbers Caps 5-0 to keep lead". www.guardian.co.tt.
  2. "SSFL 19: Champions again! Unbeaten 'Naps' win fourth Premier title after 4-0 romp over QRC". 5 November 2019.
  3. https://www.sbp.org/athletics/fall-sports/soccer
  4. https://www.benedictnewsonline.org/7139/benedict-news/gray-bees-varsity-soccer-team-triumphant-in-state-championship-final/
  5. SporTT), Calisa Joseph (Total. "Meet Molik Khan". Soca Warriors Online - Trinidad and Tobago Football.
  6. Liburd, Lasana (16 February 2020). "Jean protests 'Wales of a decision', Connection crumble to 4-1 Rangers loss after controversial call". Wired868.
  7. "Trinidad international Molik Jesse Khan on trial with New York Red Bulls". 29 June 2021.
  8. "Fevrier picks 20-man U-15 team". www.guardian.co.tt.
  9. Express), Ian Prescott (T&T. "Eyes on youth: Teenagers aplenty in Fenwick's first T&T training squad". Soca Warriors Online - Trinidad and Tobago Football.
  10. "Marcus 'Lobo' Joseph, Molik Khan and Kevin Molino called up for Trinidad and Tobago Gold Cup qualifiers". 24 June 2021.
  11. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Press Call with Eve Md-2 ahead of Gold Cup Qualifier. YouTube.
  12. https://tt.loopnews.com/content/khan-delighted-make-soca-warriors-debut
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