Rotson Kilambe Explained

Rotson Kilambe (born August 6, 1978, in Kitwe) is a retired Zambian footballer.

Career

A striker, Kilambe played in South Africa for Kaizer Chiefs, Bloemfontein Celtic and Mamelodi Sundowns and for Power Dynamos and Yunnan Hongta and Zanaco F.C. in his native Zambia.

Kilambe made his debut for the Zambia national football team in 1998 and has since played a major part in his country's successes. He played at the 1998 and 2000 African Nation Cup Finals.

In September 2001, he was suspended for 6 months from international football since he tested positive for cannabis use, following a World Cup qualifier against Cameroon. Kilambe was the first African player to be banned by FIFA on doping related charges. The ban denied him the chance of playing at the African Nations Cup Finals in Mali.^[1]

Kilambe scored the winner and only goal of the game for Bloemfontein Celtic in the SAA Supa 8 2005 final, and then repeated the feat one year later, scoring for Kaizer Chiefs in the 62nd minute of the 2006 final.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Career Statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Zambia	1998	7	3
	1999	6	3
	2000	1	0
	2001	9	3
	2002	5	3
	2003	3	0
	2004	2	0
Total		33	12

Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kilambe goal.

List of international goals scored by Rotson Kilambe

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1		Stade Général Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso		1–0	3–1	1998 Africa Cup of Nations	^[5]
2		National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe		1–0	1–0	1998 COSAFA Cup	^[6]
3		Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia		1–1	1–1	2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	^[7]
4		Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar		2–1	2–1	2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	^[8]
5		Konkola Stadium, Chililabombwe, Zambia		1–0	1–0	2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	^[9]
6		Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras		1–4	1–7	Friendly	^[10]
7		Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya		1–2	1–2	Friendly	^[11]
8		Tripoli Stadium, Tripoli, Libya		2–2	4–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[12]
9				4–2
10		Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia		1–0	3–0	2002 COSAFA Cup	^[13]
11				3–0
12		Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia		1–1	1–1	2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	^[14]

Honours

Individual

• Zambia Super League Top scorer

2002

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

1. News: Banned Kilambe scores . BBC . 25 February 2002 . 2006-11-24 .
2. Web site: How Celtic, Downs have fared in finals . 2023-12-27 . SowetanLIVE . en-ZA.
3. Web site: South Africa 2005/06 . 2023-12-27 . www.rsssf.org.
4. Web site: South Africa 2006/07 . 2023-12-27 . www.rsssf.org.
5. Web site: Zambia vs. Mozambique. National Football Teams. 22 October 2024.
6. Web site: Zimbabwe vs. Zambia. National Football Teams. 22 October 2024.
7. Web site: Zambia vs. DR Congo. National Football Teams. 22 October 2024.
8. Web site: Madagascar vs. Zambia. National Football Teams. 22 October 2024.
9. Web site: Zambia vs. Kenya. National Football Teams. 22 October 2024.
10. Web site: Honduras vs. Zambia. National Football Teams. 22 October 2024.
11. Web site: Kenya vs. Zambia. National Football Teams. 22 October 2024.
12. Web site: Libya vs. Zambia. National Football Teams. 22 October 2024.
13. Web site: Zambia vs. Mozambique. National Football Teams. 22 October 2024.
14. Web site: Zambia vs. Benin. National Football Teams. 22 October 2024.

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