Peter Shalulile
Personal information
Full name Peter Shalulile
Date of birth (1993-10-23) 23 October 1993
Place of birth Windhoek, Namibia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Mamelodi Sundowns
Number 38
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Tura Magic
2015–2020 Highlands Park 117 (44)
2020– Mamelodi Sundowns 86 (54)
International career‡
2011–2012 Namibia U20
2014– Namibia 49 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Peter Shalulile (born 23 October 1993) is a Namibian professional footballer who plays as a striker for South African Premier Division club Mamelodi Sundowns and the Namibia national team.

Club career

Peter is a product of Tura Magic FC in Namibia a club he joined when they were campaigning in the NFA Khomas second division and helped gain promotion in the 2011–2012 season. He made his way up from the U-20 to the Senior Namibia National Soccer Team and scored crucial goals en route to their first ever trophy which was the COSAFA Cup in 2015.

He joined Highlands Park who were playing in the South African second tier at the time after an impressive showing at the COSAFA Cup in 2015 and helped them gain promotion. His two crucial goals in the Playoff encounter against Mbombela at the Makhulong Stadium on Wednesday June 15, 2016 sent Highlands Park to the top flight of South African Football.

Midway through the 2019–20 season, the media speculated that Shalulile was being hunted by three of South Africa's biggest clubs, Mamelodi Sundowns, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates. This was all down to his mercurial performance in front of the goal. And indeed he finished the season as joint top goalscorer alongside Orlando Pirates' Gabadinho Mhango. At the end of that same 2019–20 season, the player and both Highlands Park F.C and Mamelodi Sundowns F.C confirmed that he has signed for the latter club. He adapted fairly quick as he scored 4 goals in 7 league appearances. Shalulile is the second Namibian player to join Mamelodi Sundowns after Ronnie 'The Magnet' Fillemon Kanalelo, who played for the Brazilians between 1997 and 2005. In his maiden season at Masandawana, Shalulile does not seem to be struggling with proving his worth to the club. His commitment in attack, defence and link up play with his teammates show exactly why Sundowns decided to sign him.

On 22 April 2023 against CR Belouizdad in the CAF Champions League quarter finals, Shalulile became the latest player to join the list of prominent players who have managed to bag 100 goals or more in the Premier Soccer League, joining the likes of Siyabonga Nomvethe, Collins Mbesuma and Masandawana’s all-time top goal scorer, Daniel Mudau.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Nedbank Cup MTN 8 CAF Champions League Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Highlands Park 2015–16 NFD 2052000—12238
2017–18 29151000—003015
2016–17 SAPD 1411000—00151
2018–19 2472000—10277
2019–20 30163340—203919
Total 117449340004213449
Mamelodi Sundowns 2020–21 SAPD 2515441093003922
2021–22 3023324293004630
2022–23 2112352086003423
2023–24 10400325211199
Total 8654101110431141113884
Career total 203981914144311453272133

International

As of 23 June 2023
National teamYearsAppsGoals
Namibia 201410
2015121
201662
201741
201831
201993
202030
202174
202211
202333
Total 4916

International career

On the international scene Peter has scored sixteen goals for the senior national team, the last being in Namibia's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Burundi on 20 June 2023.

He was a member of the Namibian under-19 squad that won the Metropolitan Under-19 Premier Cup in South Africa in 2011.[1]

International goals

As of match played 20 June 2023. Namibia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Shalulile goal.[2][3]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 28 May 2015Moruleng Stadium, Saulspoort, South Africa Madagascar3–23–22015 COSAFA Cup
2 26 March 2016Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi Burundi2–03–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3 4 June 2016Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia Niger1–01–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4 11 November 2017Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia Zimbabwe2–03–1Friendly
5 16 October 2018Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia Mozambique1–01–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6 23 March 2019National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia Zambia1–31–42019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7 4 September 2019Denden Stadium, Asmara, Eritrea Eritrea1–02–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 10 September 2019Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia Eritrea2–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 28 March 2021Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia Guinea1–02–12021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10 2–0
11 12 October 2021Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Senegal1–12–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 11 November 2021Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo Congo1–11–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
13 4 June 2022Orlando Stadium, Soweto, South Africa Burundi1–01–12023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
14 24 March 2023Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon Cameroon1–01–12023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
15 28 March 2023Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Cameroon1–02–12023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
16 20 June 2023National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Burundi1–32–32023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

  • In 2021, he won PSL football of the season award.[4][5]

Individual Honours

Mamelodi Sundowns

References

  1. ↑ Kuya, Yanditswe (5 May 2012). "Amavubi U20 aracakirana na Namibia U20" (in Swahili). Ruhago Yacu. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Peter Shalulile at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. ↑ Staff Reporter (6 June 2021). "PSL Awards 2021: Mamelodi Sundowns star Peter Shalulile wins". Kick Off.
  5. ↑ Vedan, Eshlin (6 June 2021). "Mamelodi Sundowns' Peter Shalulile strikes gold at PSL Awards". Independent Online.
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