Kenan Simambe

{{short description|Zambian footballer (1974–1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kenan Simambe | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1974|8|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Kitwe, Zambia | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1993|4|27|1974|8|23}} | death_place = Atlantic Ocean, off Gabon | height = | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1991–1993 | clubs1 = Power Dynamos | caps1 = | goals1 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1993 | nationalteam1 = Zambia | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | medaltemplates = }} '''Kenan Simambe''', also known as '''Kenani Simambe''',<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Kenani Simambe |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/49327/Kenani_Simambe.html |website=National Football Teams}}</ref> (23 August 1974 – 27 April 1993) was a Zambian footballer and member of the national team. He was among those killed in the crash of the team plane in Gabon in 1993.<ref>[http://www.zamnet.zm/newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=30&id=1083591281 "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050112054552/http://www.zamnet.zm/newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=30&id=1083591281 |date=2005-01-12 }}</ref>

==Career== Simambe made his debut for Zambia during the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds, scoring a goal against Namibia on his debut on 30 January 1993.<ref>{{cite web|author=Courtney, Barrie|title=International Matches 1993 - Africa|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1993af.html|date=2 February 2005}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

== Career statistics == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name=":0" /> !National team !Year !Apps !Goals |- |Zambia |1993 |1 |1 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !1 !1 |}

: ''Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Simambe goal''.<ref name=":0" />

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+List of international goals scored by Kenan Simambe ! scope="col" |No. ! scope="col" |Date ! scope="col" |Venue !Cap ! scope="col" |Opponent ! scope="col" |Score ! scope="col" |Result ! scope="col" |Competition ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- |1 | style="text-align:left;" |30 January 1993 | style="text-align:left;" |Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia |1 | style="text-align:left;" |{{fb|NAM}} |4–0 |4–0 |1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Zambia vs. Namibia 1993-01-30 |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/19679/Zambia_Namibia.html |website=National Football Teams}}</ref> |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Simambe, Kenan}} Category:1974 births Category:1993 deaths Category:Zambian men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Zambia men's international footballers Category:Footballers killed in the 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash