Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 22 September 1997||||||||||||
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) [2] | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder, defender [2] | ||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Red Arrows | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
2014 | Lusaka Foundation [2] | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
Red Arrows | |||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||
2014 | Zambia U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
2015 | Zambia U20 | ||||||||||||
2020– | Zambia | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 November 2020 [3] |
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Wilombe represented Zambia at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [4] She was named to the Zambia squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. [5]
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