Rotson Kilambe

{{short description|Zambian footballer (born 1978)}} '''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, Yunnan Hongta, and Zanaco F.C. in his native Zambia.

Kilambe debuted 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 to play at the African Nations Cup Finals in Mali.<ref>{{cite news |title=Banned Kilambe scores |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/1840358.stm |work=BBC |date=25 February 2002 |access-date=2006-11-24 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How Celtic, Downs have fared in finals |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/2012-11-28-how-celtic-downs-have-fared-in-finals/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=SowetanLIVE |language=en-ZA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=South Africa 2005/06 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf06.html |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=South Africa 2006/07 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf07.html |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="nft">{{NFT player|7323|access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref> |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="7"|Zambia |1998||7||3 |- |1999||6||3 |- |2000||1||0 |- |2001||9||3 |- |2002||5||3 |- |2003||3||0 |- |2004||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !33!!12 |}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Rotson Kilambe |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition !scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- |style="text-align:center"|1 |{{dts|17 February 1998}} |Stade Général Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso |{{fb|Mozambique}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|3–1 |1998 Africa Cup of Nations |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zambia vs. Mozambique|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/16650/Zambia_Mozambique.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|2 |{{dts|27 September 1998}} |National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe |{{fb|Zimbabwe}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |1998 COSAFA Cup |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zimbabwe vs. Zambia|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/25167/Zimbabwe_Zambia.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|3 |{{dts|4 October 1998}} |Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia |{{fb|DRC|1997}} |style="text-align:center"|1–1 |style="text-align:center"|1–1 |2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zambia vs. DR Congo|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/25168/Zambia_Dr_Congo.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|4 |{{dts|24 January 1999}} |Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar |{{fb|Madagascar}} |style="text-align:center"|2–1 |style="text-align:center"|2–1 |2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Madagascar vs. Zambia|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/23700/Madagascar_Zambia.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|5 |{{dts|10 April 1999}} |Konkola Stadium, Chililabombwe, Zambia |{{fb|Kenya}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zambia vs. Kenya|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/23703/Zambia_Kenya.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|6 |{{dts|16 December 1999}} |Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras |{{fb|Honduras}} |style="text-align:center"|1–4 |style="text-align:center"|1–7 |Friendly |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Honduras vs. Zambia|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/5305/Honduras_Zambia.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|7 |{{dts|5 January 2001}} |Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya |{{fb|Kenya}} |style="text-align:center"|1–2 |style="text-align:center"|1–2 |Friendly |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kenya vs. Zambia|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/21662/Kenya_Zambia.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|8 |rowspan="2"|{{dts|29 July 2001}} |rowspan="2"|Tripoli Stadium, Tripoli, Libya |rowspan="2"|{{fb|Libya|1977}} |style="text-align:center"|2–2 |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–2 |rowspan="2"|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Libya vs. Zambia|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/21668/Libya_Zambia.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|9 |style="text-align:center"|4–2 |- |style="text-align:center"|10 |rowspan="2"|{{dts|6 July 2002}} |rowspan="2"|Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia |rowspan="2"|{{fb|Mozambique}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 |rowspan="2"|2002 COSAFA Cup |rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zambia vs. Mozambique|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/20097/Zambia_Mozambique.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|11 |style="text-align:center"|3–0 |- |style="text-align:center"|12 |{{dts|12 October 2002}} |Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia |{{fb|Benin}} |style="text-align:center"|1–1 |style="text-align:center"|1–1 |2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zambia vs. Benin|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/20100/Zambia_Benin.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref> |}

==Honours== ===Individual=== *Zambia Super League Top scorer: 2002

==References== <references/> http://zambiafootball.com

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kilambe, Rotson}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Kitwe Category:Zambian men's footballers Category:Doping cases in association football Category:Zambian expatriate men's footballers Category:Zambia men's international footballers Category:2000 African Cup of Nations players Category:Zambian sportspeople in doping cases Category:Zambian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Category:Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Category:Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. players Category:Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Expatriate men's footballers in China Category:Yunnan Hongta F.C. players Category:Zambian expatriate sportspeople in China Category:Power Dynamos F.C. players Category:Zanaco F.C. players