Charles Zulu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Zulu | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Lusaka, Zambia | ||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Azam | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2020 | Zanaco | ||
| 2020–2021 | Cape Town City | 13 | (0) |
| 2021– | Azam | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| Zambia U17 | |||
| Zambia U20 | |||
| Zambia U23 | |||
| 2014–2019 | Zambia | 19 | (2) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 June 2026 | |||
Charles Zulu (born 2 January 1996) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aba Red Nkana Football Club and the Zambia national football team.
Early life
[edit]He was born in Lusaka.[1] He completed high school in 2012 at David Kaunda Technical School.
Club career
[edit]He signed for South African Premier Division club Cape Town City on a four-year contract on 23 October 2020.[2] After one season he went on to Azam.
International career
[edit]At the youth level he was capped at under-17,[3] under-20[4] and under-23 levels.
Zulu made his senior international debut for Zambia in 2014, playing 90 minutes in a 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Niger.[5] He scored his first goal at the 2016 COSAFA Cup; the winner in a 3–2 victory over Lesotho.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 14 November 2017.[1]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | 2 | |
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first.[1]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 21 June 2016 | Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia |  Lesotho |
3–2 | 3–2 | 2016 COSAFA Cup |
| 2. | 11 June 2025 | Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa |  Botswana |
1–2 | 3–3 | 2025 COSAFA Cup |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Charles Zulu at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "CT City sign Zulu from Zanaco". FourFourTwo. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Malcolm, Ian (29 October 2012). "Mashaba leads under-17 side past Zambia". Goal. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Charles Zulu profile". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Niger 0-0 Zambia". CAF. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ "FT – Lesotho 2 Zambia 3". COSAFA. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
External links
[edit]- Charles Zulu at Soccerway
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lusaka
- Zambian men's footballers
- 21st-century Zambian sportsmen
- Zambia men's international footballers
- Zambia men's under-20 international footballers
- Zambia men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Zanaco F.C. players
- Cape Town City F.C. (2016) players
- Azam F.C. players
- Zambian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
- Zambian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- Expatriate men's footballers in Tanzania
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