Zizi Roberts

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Zizi Roberts

| image =

| fullname = Zizi Roberts

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|7|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Monrovia, Liberia

| height = {{height|m=1.79}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1994–1997

| clubs1 = Junior Professional

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1997–1999

| clubs2 = Milan

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1997–1998

| clubs3 = → Monza Briazna (loan)

| caps3 = 27

| goals3 = 5

| years4 = 1998–1999

| clubs4 = → Ravenna Calcio (loan)

| caps4 = 18

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1999

| clubs5 = → AC Bellinzona (loan)

| caps5 = 13

| goals5 = 6

| years6 = 2000

| clubs6 = Ionikos

| caps6 = 15

| goals6 = 8

| years7 = 2000–2001

| clubs7 = Panionios

| caps7 = 30

| goals7 = 13

| years8 = 2001–2002

| clubs8 = Olympiakos

| caps8 = 8

| goals8 = 5

| years9 = 2003–2005

| clubs9 = Colorado Rapids

| caps9 = 17

| goals9 = 9

| nationalyears1 = 1996–2003

| nationalteam1 = Liberia

| nationalcaps1 = 31

| nationalgoals1 = 9

| pcupdate = 13:42, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

| ntupdate =

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Kolubah "Zizi" Roberts (born 19 July 1979) is a Liberian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He began his professional career in 1996 at the age of 17 and played for teams in Liberia, the United States, Switzerland, Greece, and Italy.

Club career

In 1997, Roberts signed for A.C. Milan but never played an official match for them, appearing in friendly competitions and being loaned out to Monza in 1997, Ravenna in 1998, and AC Bellinzona for the first half of the 1999–2000 season.{{Cite web|author=Rota, Davide|title=Players from Africa, Asia and North-America in Italy|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/othercont-players-in-it.html|access-date=2009-06-10}}

In January 2000, he signed for Greek side Ionikos FC, finishing out the season before moving to Panionios FC at the start of the following season. In August 2001, he signed with Olympiakos FC, where he found relative success, scoring five times in just eight appearances.{{Cite web|author=Mastrogiannopoulos, Alex |title=Foreign players in Greece since 1959/60 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/foreign-players-in-grk6080.html |access-date=2009-06-10 |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210204039/http://www.rsssf.com/players/foreign-players-in-grk6080.html |archive-date=10 December 2008 }}

Roberts left for the United States in 2003, signing with Major League Soccer side Colorado Rapids in August. In two years with the Rapids, he appeared in 17 games, scoring six goals.

International career

Roberts was a regular for the Liberia national team between 1997 and 2003.{{FIFA player|156330|Zizi Roberts}} In all, he played 31 games for Liberia, scoring nine goals. In 2003, the final year of his national team career, he was named Liberian Soccer Player of the Year.