Peter Shalulile

Peter Shalulile
Personal information
Full name	Peter Shalulile
Date of birth	23 October 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Windhoek, Namibia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2015	Tura Magic
2015–2020	Highlands Park
2020–2026	Mamelodi Sundowns
2026–	Young Africans
International career
2014–	Namibia
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Shalulile (born 23 October 1993) is a Namibian professional footballer who plays for Tanzania Premier League Champions Young Africans as a striker and captains the Namibia national team. He is regarded as one of the best strikers to play in the South Africa top flight division.

Club career

Tura Magic

Peter is a product of Tura Magic FC in Namibia a club he joined when they were campaigning in the NFA Khomas second division andhelped 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.

Highlands Park

He joined National First Division club Highlands Park after an impressive showing at the COSAFA Cup in 2015, and helped them gain promotion, scoring two crucial goals in the playoff encounter against Mbombela at the Makhulong Stadium in June 2016.

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, due to his goalscoring abilities. He finished the season as joint top goalscorer alongside Orlando Pirates' Gabadinho Mhango.

Mamelodi Sundowns

Shalulile signed for Mamelodi Sundowns at the end of the season. He scored 4 goals in his first 7 league appearances. Shalulile is the third Namibian player to join Mamelodi Sundowns after Ronnie 'The Magnet' Fillemon Kanalelo, who played for Sundowns between 1997 and 2005 and left winger Mohale Naruseb.^[1]

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 Premiership, joining the likes of Siyabonga Nomvethe, Collins Mbesuma and Masandawana’s all-time top goal scorer, Daniel Mudau.^{[citation needed]}

Young Africans S.C

Shalulile signed for Young Africans in July 2026, with a signing fee of $700,000.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League			Nedbank Cup		MTN 8		CAF Champions League		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Highlands Park	2015–16	NFD	20	5	2	0	0	0	—		1	2	23	7
	2017–18	NFD	29	15	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	30	15
	2016–17	SAPD	14	1	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	15	1
	2018–19		24	7	2	0	0	0	—		1	0	27	7
	2019–20		30	16	3	3	4	0	—		2	0	39	19
	Total		117	44	9	3	4	0	0	0	4	2	134	49
Mamelodi Sundowns	2020–21	SAPD	25	15	4	4	1	0	9	3	0	0	39	22
	2021–22		30	23	3	2	4	2	9	3	0	0	46	30
	2022–23		21	12	3	5	2	0	8	6	0	0	34	23
	2023–24		21	9	3	0	3	2	11	3	1	1	39	15
	2024-25		24	6	3	0	3	0	4	0	4	2	38	8
	2025-26		13	3	2	1	2	0	1	0	5	2	23	6
	Total		134	68	18	12	15	4	42	15	10	5	219	104
Career total			251	112	27	15	19	4	42	15	14	7	353	153

International

National team	Years	Apps	Goals
Namibia	2014	1	0
	2015	12	1
	2016	6	2
	2017	4	1
	2018	3	1
	2019	9	3
	2020	3	0
	2021	7	4
	2022	1	1
	2023	3	3
	2024	11	0
	2025	6	4
Total		66	20

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 24 March 2025.

He was a member of the Namibian under-19 squad that won the Metropolitan Under-19 Premier Cup in South Africa in 2011.^[3]

International goals

As of match played 24 March 2025. Namibia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Shalulile goal.^[4]^[5]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 May 2015	Moruleng Stadium, Saulspoort, South Africa	Madagascar	3–2	3–2	2015 COSAFA Cup
2	26 March 2016	Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi	Burundi	2–0	3–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3	4 June 2016	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	Niger	1–0	1–0	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4	11 November 2017	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	Zimbabwe	2–0	3–1	Friendly
5	16 October 2018	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	Mozambique	1–0	1–0	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6	23 March 2019	National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia	Zambia	1–3	1–4	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7	4 September 2019	Denden Stadium, Asmara, Eritrea	Eritrea	1–0	2–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	10 September 2019	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	Eritrea	2–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	28 March 2021	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	Guinea	1–0	2–1	2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10	28 March 2021	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	Guinea	2–0	2–1	2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11	12 October 2021	Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Senegal	1–1	2–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	11 November 2021	Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	Congo	1–1	1–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
13	4 June 2022	Orlando Stadium, Soweto, South Africa	Burundi	1–0	1–1	2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
14	24 March 2023	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Cameroon	1–0	1–1	2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
15	28 March 2023	Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Cameroon	1–0	2–1	2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
16	20 June 2023	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Burundi	1–3	2–3	2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
17	24 March 2025	Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	1–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
18	9 September 2025	Obed Itani Chilume Stadium, Francistown, Botswana	São Tomé and Príncipe	1–0	3–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
19				2–0
20				3–0