Rotson Kilambe

Zambian footballer
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IntroZambian footballer
PlacesZambia
isAthlete Football player Association football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth6 August 1978, Kitwe
Age46 years
The details

Biography

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 and Yunnan Hongta and Zanaco F.C. in his native Zambia.

Kilambe made his debut 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 of playing at the African Nations Cup Finals in Mali.

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