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Zizi Roberts
Personal information
Full name	Zizi Roberts
Date of birth	(1979-07-19) 19 July 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Monrovia, Liberia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1997	Junior Professional	0	(0)
1997–1999	Milan	0	(0)
1997–1998	→ Monza Briazna (loan)	27	(5)
1998–1999	→ Ravenna Calcio (loan)	18	(1)
1999	→ AC Bellinzona (loan)	13	(6)
2000	Ionikos	15	(8)
2000–2001	Panionios	30	(13)
2001–2002	Olympiakos	8	(5)
2003–2005	Colorado Rapids	17	(9)
International career
1996–2003	Liberia	31	(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:42, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.

Honors

Club

Olympiacos

Greek Championship: 2002

Individual

Liberian Soccer Player of the Year: 2003

References

^ Rota, Davide. "Players from Africa, Asia and North-America in Italy". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alex. "Foreign players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
^ Zizi Roberts – FIFA competition record (archived)

v t e Liberia squad – 1996 African Cup of Nations
GK Bestman GK Tokpah GK Wreh DF Cooper DF Dixon DF Johnson DF Mattar DF Roberts DF Theo MF Clarke MF Farh MF Freeman MF Sarwieh MF Sebwe FW Debbah FW Makor FW Nagbe FW Sarr Jr FW Sogbie FW Weah FW Wreh Coach: Lardner

v t e Liberia squad – 2002 African Cup of Nations
1 Crayton 2 F. Johnson 3 E. Dixon 4 Kpoto 5 D. Sebwe 6 K. Sebwe 7 Seator 8 D. Johnson 9 Roberts 10 Debbah 11 Sarr Jr 12 Makor 13 Brown 14 Weah 15 Daye 16 Jackson 17 Gebro 18 Yenay 19 Menyongar 20 J. Dixon 21 Kojo 22 Bestman Coach: Vava

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