Kenan Simambe
{{short description|Zambian footballer (1974-1993)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1974|8|23|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1993|4|27|1974|8|23}}
| death_place = Atlantic Ocean, off Gabon
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| position = Defender
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| years1 = 1991–1993
| clubs1 = Power Dynamos
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| nationalyears1 = 1993
| nationalteam1 = Zambia
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Kenan Simambe, also known as Kenani Simambe,{{cite web |title=Kenani Simambe |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/49327/Kenani_Simambe.html |website=National Football Teams}} (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.[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 }}
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.{{cite web|author=Courtney, Barrie|title=International Matches 1993 - Africa|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1993af.html|date=2 February 2005}}
Career statistics
= International =
: As of match played 30 January 1993.
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|+Appearances and goals by national team and year !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.
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|+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 |
References
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{{1993 Zambia national football team air disaster}}
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Category:Zambian men's footballers
Category:Zambia men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football players not categorized by position
Category:Footballers killed in the 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash
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