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{{short description|Zambian footballer (born 1978)}}
'''Rotson Kilambe''' (born August 6, 1978, in [[Kitwe]]) is a retired [[Zambia]]n [[football (soccer)|footballer]].

==Career==
A [[Striker (association football)|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 African Cup of Nations|1998]] and [[2000 African Cup of Nations|2000 African Nation Cup Finals]].

In September 2001, he was suspended for 6 months from international football since he tested positive for [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] use following a World Cup qualifier against [[Cameroon national football team|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 [[2002 African Cup of Nations|African Nations Cup Finals]] in [[Mali]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Banned Kilambe scores |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/1840358.stm |work=BBC |date=25 February 2002 |accessdate=2006-11-24 }}</ref>

Kilambe scored the winner and only goal of the game for [[Bloemfontein Celtic F.C.|Bloemfontein Celtic]] in the [[SAA Supa 8 2005]] final and then repeated the feat one year later, scoring for [[Kaizer Chiefs F.C.|Kaizer Chiefs]] in the 62nd minute of the [[SAA Supa 8 2006|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 national football team|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 (Zimbabwe)|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 (Zambia)|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 (association football)|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|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 (CAF)|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 scorers|Zambia Super League Top scorer]]: 2002

==See also==
*[[List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences]]

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

{{Zambia Squad 2000 Africa Cup of Nations}}

{{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]]


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