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| Full name | Peter Shalulile | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-10-23)23 October 1993 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Windhoek, Namibia | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | 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 | 104 | (61) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014– | Namibia | 66 | (20) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 October 2025 | |||
Peter Shalulile (born 23 October 1993) is a Namibian professionalfootballer who plays as astriker forSouth African Premiership clubMamelodi Sundowns andcaptains theNamibia national team. He is regarded as one of the best strikers to play in the South Africa top flight division.
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 joinedNational First Division clubHighlands 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.
Shalulile signed forMamelodi 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]
| Club | Season | League | Nedbank Cup | MTN 8 | CAF Champions League | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 8 | |
| 2017–18 | 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 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Total | 104 | 61 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 41 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 172 | 92 | ||
| Career total | 222 | 105 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 306 | 141 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | |
| Total | 64 | 20 | |
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.[2]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 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 | 2–0 | |||||
| 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 |
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