| 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(s) | 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 | 12 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 October 2022 | |||
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.
He was born in Lusaka. [1] He completed high school in 2012 at David Kaunda Technical School.
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.
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]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 1 | |
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 21 June 2016 | Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2016 COSAFA Cup | |