Muhammad Essa
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| Full name | Muhammad Essa Khan | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 November 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chaman, Pakistan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre Forward | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Khan Research Laboratories (manager) | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Afghan Chaman | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | Pakistan Telecommunication | 34 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Afghan Chaman | 22 | (12) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | WAPDA | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Khan Research Laboratories | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2017 | K-Electric | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2006 | Pakistan U23 | 11 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2001–2009 | Pakistan | 39 | (11) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | K-Electric (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Pakistan (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | K-Electric | |||||||||||||
| 2023– | Khan Research Laboratories | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Muhammad Essa Khan (Urdu, Pashto: محمد عیسیٰ خان; born 20 November 1983) is a Pakistani football manager and former footballer who played as a forward. He is the current head coach of Khan Research Laboratories.
A former captain of the Pakistan national team, he is regarded among the most talented football players Pakistan has produced. He was used as a playmaker particularly in support of a striker, or a genuine centre forward because of his ball holding and passing skills. He was a left-footed free-kick specialist. In his playing days, Essa was one of the most well known faces in Pakistani football, due to his regular goal scoring at international level.