title: Charles Zulu
text: # Charles Zulu
  
  Charles Zulu (born 2 January 1996) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sensational Zanaco and the Zambia national football team.
  
  ## Early life
  
  He was born in Lusaka. He completed high school in 2012 at David Kaunda Technical School.
  
  ## Club career
  
  He signed for South African Premier Division club Cape Town City on a four-year contract on 23 October 2020. After one season he went on to Azam.
  
  ## International career
  
  At the youth level he was capped at under-17, under-20 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. He scored his first goal at the 2016 COSAFA Cup; the winner in a 3–2 victory over Lesotho.
  
  ## Career statistics
  
  ### International
  
      As of match played 14 November 2017.
  
  | National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Zambia | 2014 | 3 | 0 |
  | Zambia | 2015 | 5 | 0 |
  | Zambia | 2016 | 4 | 1 |
  | Zambia | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
  | Total | Total | 12 | 1 |
  
  ### International goals
  
      Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first.
  
  | No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | 21 June 2016 | Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia | Lesotho | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2016 COSAFA Cup |
  