Rodgers Kola

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Rodgers Kola
Personal information

Date of birth	(1989-07-04) 4 July 1989
Place of birth	Lusaka, Zambia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Forward Winger
Club information
Current club	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Number	TBA
Youth career
2004–2006	Edusport
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2008	Zanaco	0	(0)
2008–2009	Golden Arrows	10	(1)
2009–2010	Hapoel Bnei Lod	14	(1)
2010–2011	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	29	(11)
2011–2012	Ashdod FC	17	(5)
2012–2014	K.A.A. Gent	5	(1)
2014-	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0	(0)
National team
2008–	Zambia	13	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Rodgers Kola (born 4 July 1989 in Lusaka) is a Zambian footballer who plays for Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona and the Zambian national team. He is a versatile forward who is usually deployed on the wing.^[1]

Club career

He signed for Russia's PFC Spartak Nalchik in July 2008 but could not link up with his team mates in Russia due to visa problems. Because of this, he returned to Zanaco in Zambia.

Kola successfully scored 2 goals at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and caught the eye of many European Clubs. He also scored 2 goals in a practice match against Zambia National U-20 Football team and another 2 against a German side in another practice match.

In 2009, He moved to Israel to play in Hapoel Bnei Lod who plays in the second division in Israel, a year later he moved to Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion from the same division.

In 2011, he started playing for the Israelian team Ashdod FC. Over there, he scored 7 goals in 31 games.

On 8. May 2012, it was announced that Kola would start playing in Belgium for the team K.A.A. Gent.

International career

He already played 13 gamed in the team of the African Cup of Nations 2012-winner Zambia, in which he scored 3 times.

References

↑ "Kola at goal". goal.com.

External links

Rodgers Kola at National-Football-Teams.com
Transfermarkt profile*
UEFA profile*

v t e Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. – current squad

1 Iluz 3 Kassio 4 Balilti 5 Tzedek (c) 6 Dilmoni 7 Abed 8 Mizrahi 11 Manga 12 Kalmanovich 14 Amasha 15 Brown 16 Kahlon 17 Ohayon 18 Panka 19 Kahat 20 Abudi 21 Kola 22 Chehanovich 23 Rochet 25 Elkayam 26 Maimoni 27 Abutbul 28 Shamir 55 Haimov Diab Manager: Bakhar

Persondata
Name	Kola, Rodgers
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	July 4, 1989
Place of birth	Lusaka, Zambia
Date of death
Place of death

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