Kolubah "Zizi" Roberts (born 19 July 1979) is a

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

n former professional

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. 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 Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional Association football, football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 ...

but never played an official match for them, appearing in friendly competitions and being loaned out to

Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...

in 1997,

Ravenna Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...

in 1998, and

AC Bellinzona AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona. It was founded in 1904, and won the Swiss Super League in 1948. After being folded in 2013 declaring bankruptcy, the team played the Ticino Group of 2.Liga, the sixth tier of the Swi ...

for the first half of the 1999–2000 season. In January 2000, he signed for Greek side

Ionikos FC Ionikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Ιωνικός) or Ionikos Nikaia is a Greek professional football club based in Nikaia, Piraeus, Greece, currently competing in the Super League Greece, the top-tier of the Greek football league system. Fr ...

, finishing out the season before moving to Panionios FC at the start of the following season. In August 2001, he signed with

Olympiakos FC Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σ.Φ.Π. ), known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional football club based in Piraeus, Attica. Part of the major multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP (' ...

, where he found relative success, scoring five times in just eight appearances. Roberts left for the United States in 2003, signing with

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side

Colorado Rapids The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Founded in 1995, as part of the Anschutz Corporation, la ...

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. 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 The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

: 2002

Individual

*Liberian Soccer Player of the Year: 2003

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Zizi 1979 births Living people Liberian men's footballers Liberian expatriate men's footballers Liberia men's international footballers Colorado Rapids players Ravenna FC players AC Monza players AC Bellinzona players Olympiacos F.C. players Panionios F.C. players Ionikos F.C. players Serie B players Super League Greece players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Footballers from Monrovia 1996 African Cup of Nations players 2002 African Cup of Nations players Major League Soccer players Junior Professional FC players Men's association football forwards Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Liberian expatriate sportspeople in the United States