Lyson Zulu

Lyson Zulu (born November 20, 1990 in Kalingalinga ) is a former Zambian soccer player who unexpectedly came to an international match for the Zambian national soccer team in 2009 .

Career

Zulu played in Zambia at youth level alongside Hijani Himoonde , Fwayo Tembo and Given Singuluma at Lusaka Edusport and took part in the Gothia Cup in Sweden (silver medalist 2003) and the Norway Cup . He was given a scholarship to study sports performance in the UK at the University of Bath . He was there in English amateur football with Team Bath and Loughborough before he was 19 years old when he was invited to the Zambian national team.

For a friendly game between Zambia and Ghana on August 12, 2009 at the Brisbane Road stadium in London, only nine Zambian national players were initially available due to administrative failures (applying for visas too late ), so with Zulu, Kasase Kabwe and Lengwe Kapotwe three in UK-based Zambians recruited for the game. Zulu started the game in the unfamiliar striker position and was barely able to stand up against the Ghanaian defenders Francis Dickoh and Eric Addo , but played for the full 90 minutes in the 1: 4 defeat.

After completing his studies, he returned to Zambia and worked at the Olympic Youth Development Center in the role of Head of Football and Health and Education Officer and later held the position of program manager . In 2019 he moved to the Zambian Football Association as Technical Director .

Web links

• Lyson Zulu in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Full report in the Lusaka Times
• International match photos of Zulu at Getty Images [1] [2]

Individual evidence

1. ↑ youthsporttrust.org: Zulu's story.pdf Lyson Zulu AN INTERNATIONAL INSPIRATION , accessed on 23 October 2019
2. ↑ oydc.org.zm: OYDC Director congratulates Lyson Zulu, on his appointment as FAZ Technical Director (April 10, 2019) , accessed on October 23, 2019