{{short description|Zambian footballer (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Collins Sikombe | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|6|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Lusaka, Zambia | height = 179 cm | currentclub = NAPSA Stars | position = Midfielder | years1 = 2015–2016 | clubs1 = Lusaka Dynamos | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2016– | clubs2 = NAPSA Stars | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2018 | clubs3 = → Lusaka Dynamos (loan) | caps3 = | goals3 = | nationalyears1 = 2017– | nationalteam1 = Zambia | nationalcaps1 = 22 | nationalgoals1 = 5 | ntupdate = 13 June 2021 }}
'''Collins Sikombe''' (born 19 June 1997) is a Zambian footballer who plays as a midfielder for NAPSA Stars and the Zambia national football team.<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/68167/Collins_Sikombe.html|title=Collins Sikombe|website=national-football-teams.com|accessdate=21 July 2020}}</ref>
==Career== ===Club=== In 2018, Sikombe was the subject of a dispute between NAPSA Stars and Lusaka Dynamos, in which NAPSA attempted to recall Sikombe from a loan Lusaka Dynamos claimed he wasn't on, arguing they had purchased him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zambianfootball.co.zm/sikombe-still-lusaka-dynamos-despite-napsa-recall/zfadmin/|title=Sikombe still at Lusaka Dynamos despite NAPSA recall|website=zambianfootball.co.zm|date=18 July 2018|accessdate=21 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://futaa.com/gh/article/160406/sikombe-remains-with-lusaka-dynamos|title=Sikombe remains with Lusaka Dynamos|website=futaa.com|date=18 July 2018|accessdate=21 July 2020}}</ref>
===International=== Sikombe made his senior international debut on 4 June 2017 in a 0-0 friendly draw with Gabon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/17611/Gabon_Zambia.html|title=Gabon vs. Zambia (0:0)|website=national-football-teams.com|accessdate=21 July 2020}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===International=== <!-- NOTE: when updating stats, update the infobox too! --> {{updated|matches played 13 June 2021.}}<ref name="NFT"/> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="5"|Zambia |2017||2||0 |- |2018||3||0 |- |2019||0||0 |- |2020||8||4 |- |2021||9||1 |- ! colspan=2|Total!!22!!5 |}
====International goals==== :''Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT"/> {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 12 March 2020 || Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia || rowspan=2 | {{fb|MWI}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 1–0 || rowspan=3 | Friendly |- | 2. || 7 October 2020 || National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 1–0 |- | 3. || 25 October 2020 || Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia || {{fb|ETH}} || align=center | '''2'''–0 || align=center | 3–1 |- | 4. || 12 November 2020 || National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia || {{fb|BOT}} || align=center|'''2'''–1 || align=center| 2–1 || 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |- | 5. || 19 January 2021 || Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon || {{fb|TAN}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 || 2020 African Nations Championship |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.eurosport.com/football/collins-sikombe_prs426286/person.shtml Collins Sikombe] at EuroSport
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sikombe, Collins}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Lusaka Dynamos F.C. players Category:NAPSA Stars F.C. players Category:Zambia Super League players Category:Zambian men's footballers Category:21st-century Zambian sportsmen Category:Zambia men's international footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Footballers from Lusaka Category:Zambia men's A' international footballers Category:2020 African Nations Championship players
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