# Kenan Simambe

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kenan_Simambe
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kenan_Simambe.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenan_Simambe
> Source revision: 1348935069
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{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](/source/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](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1991–1993
| clubs1 = [Power Dynamos](/source/Power_Dynamos_F.C.)
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| totalcaps = 
| totalgoals = 
| nationalyears1 = 1993
| nationalteam1 = [Zambia](/source/Zambia_national_football_team)
| 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](/source/association_football) and member of the [national team](/source/Zambia_national_football_team). He was among those killed in the [crash of the team plane](/source/1993_Zambia_national_football_team_air_disaster) 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](/source/1994_FIFA_World_Cup) qualifying rounds, scoring a goal against [Namibia](/source/Namibia_national_football_team) on his debut on 30 January 1993.<ref>{{cite web|author=Courtney, Barrie|title=International Matches 1993 - Africa|website=[RSSSF](/source/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](/source/Zambia_national_football_team)
|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](/source/Independence_Stadium_(Zambia)), [Lusaka](/source/Lusaka), Zambia
|1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{fb|NAM}}
|4–0
|4–0
|[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification](/source/1994_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF))
|<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>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{1993 Zambia national football team air disaster}}

{{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

{{Zambia-footy-bio-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kenan Simambe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenan_Simambe) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenan_Simambe?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.