Rose Kadzere

Rose Kadzere
Personal information
Full name Rose Smith Kadzere[1]
Date of birth (2006-06-16) 16 June 2006[1]
Place of birth Lilongwe, Malawi
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Montpellier
Number 99
Youth career
–2024 Ascent Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– Montpellier 13 (3)
2024 Montpellier B 1 (1)
International career‡
2022 Malawi U17 4 (8)
2022 Malawi U20 2 (1)
2021– Malawi 11 (3)
Medal record
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Silver medal – second place2026 Morocco
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 March 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 October 2023

Rose Smith Kadzere (born 16 June 2006) is a Malawian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Montpellier and the Malawi national team.[2]

In 2026 she scored the winning goal against Ghana which qualified Malawi to the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Club career

Kadzere learnt her skills at the Ascent Soccer Academy.[3]

Montpellier (2024–present)

On October 3, 2024, at 18 years old, Kadzere became the first Malawian, male or female, to transfer directly to one of Europe's top five leagues, joining Montpellier in the French Première Ligue from Ascent Academy in Malawi.[4][5] On October 16, 2024, she made her debut for the reserve team in the Division 3 Féminine, scoring her first goal in the 60th minute to level the score in a 2–2 draw against Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne.[6] On November 2, 2024, she made her Première Ligue debut for the first team in a 7–0 victory over EA Guingamp, coming on as a substitute for Ifeoma Onumonu in the 70th minute and scoring her first goal eleven minutes later.[7]

International career

Kadzere is a Malawian youth and senior international. In November 2022, she was selected for Malawi's first-ever under-17 team to compete on the international stage at the 2022 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship, held on home soil.[8] With 8 goals throughout the tournament, she was named the championship's top scorer. In April 2024, She was nominated for the COSAFA Women's Most Promising Player Award.[9]

In September 2023, she was called up to the senior team for the 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship.[10] On September 25, 2023, she scored her second goal for the team in a historic 17–0 victory against Seychelles.[11] She and the team went on to secure the championship, marking Malawi's first women's trophy.[12]

In 2026 she was in Rabat in Morocco with the national team at the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.[13] Temwa Chawinga had scored an equaliser against Ghana and Mercy Sikelo's goalkeeping was solid.[14] Kadzere scored Malawi's second goal which won them a place in the semi-finals. More historically it earned a place for the Malawian team in the 2027 World Cup. Malawi has never competed before at that level.[15] Malawi joined Algeria, Morocco and Cameroon to qualify for the 2027 Women's World Cup in Brazil.[16]

Career statistics

International

As of match played February 25, 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Malawi 202120
202231
202362
202521
Total134
Scores and results list Malawi's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kadzere goal.
List of international goals scored by Rose Kadzere
No. Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 September 5, 2022 Port Elizabeth, South Africa  Comoros 2–0 6–0 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship [17]
2 September 25, 2023 Blantyre, Malawi  Seychelles 2–0 17–0 Friendly [11]
3 October 7, 2023 Johannesburg, South Africa  Eswatini 4–0 8–0 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship [18]
4 February 25, 2025 Lusaka, Zambia  Zambia 1–1 3–2 Friendly [19]
5 19 June 2025 Kenitra, Morocco  Morocco 2–0 2–4 [20]
5 30 November 2025 Lilongwe, Malawi  Zambia 1–0 1–1 [21]
6 1 August 2026 Rabat, Morocco  Egypt 1–0 3–1 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations [22]
7 9 August 2026  Ghana 1–0 2–1 [23]

Honors

Malawi

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Rose Kadzere / Fiche du joueuse". statsfootofeminin.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Ascent Soccer's International Rose Kadzere Signs for French Top Women's League Side Montpellier HSC". nyasatimes.com. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Kateta, Madalitso Wills (19 February 2025). "From dusty pitches to football stardom: the rise of the Chawinga sisters". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Rose Kadzere rejoint le MHSC". mhscfoot.com (in French). 3 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "18-year-old Ascent Soccer standout moves to French Premiere Ligue side Montpellier HSC". ascentsoccer.org. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "La réserve des pailladines accrochées par Le Puy Foot 43, Rose Kadzere buteuse". onefootball.com (in French). 16 October 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Premier but chez les professionnelles pour Rose Kadzere". onefootball.com (in French). 5 November 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Malawi to debut at COSAFA Women's Under-17 Championship". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "Trio up for COSAFA Women's Most Promising Player Award had a stellar year". cosafa.com. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "Malawi Coach names squad for Cosafa Cup". malawi24.com. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2024. Fazili has included five players from the Under 17 squad that took part in the 2022 Cosafa U17 Girls' Championship which Malawi hosted in December last year namely Rose Kabzere (Ascent Academy)
  11. 1 2 "Unfriendly Scorchers baptise Seychelles". times.mw. 26 September 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024. Rose Kadzere ...scored a goal each
  12. ↑ "Malawi's Cosafa-winning midfielder Rose Kadzere is joining France's Montpellier". bolanews.co. 26 September 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  13. ↑ "Rose_Kadzere". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  14. ↑ Nzangaya, Archangel (10 August 2026). "Ghana down, World Cup booked: Scorchers make history". Malawi24. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "History made! Malawi's Scorchers stun Ghana to book place at World Cup for the very first time – as nation erupts in wild celebration". 9 August 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "Women's World Cup 2027: Algeria, Cameroon, Malawi & Morocco qualify". BBC Sport. 9 August 2026. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  17. ↑ "EN, FR, PR: Chawinga hattrick steers Malawi to big win". cosafa.com. COSAFA. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2024. Rose Kadzere fired home from the edge of the six-yard box.
  18. ↑ "EN, FR, PR: Malawi into semifinals after Chawinga magic in Gauteng". cosafa.com. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2024. Rose Kadzere also registered her name on the score sheet.
  19. ↑ "Zambia 2–3 Malawi". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  20. ↑ "Morocco 4–2 Malawi". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  21. ↑ "Scorchers, Zambia share spoils". Football Association of Malawi. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  22. ↑ "Egypt 1–3 Malawi". FIFA. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  23. ↑ "Malawi 2–1 Ghana". FIFA. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
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