Stoppila Sunzu

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Stoppila Sunzu
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-06-22) 22 June 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Chingola, Zambia
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Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lille
(on loan from Shanghai Shenhua)
Number 13
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Konkola Blades
2007–2008 Afrisports
2008–2010 Zanaco Lusaka 7 (0)
2008–2009 → Châteauroux (loan) 0 (0)
2010–2014 TP Mazembe
2014 Sochaux 27 (4)
2015– Shanghai Shenhua 13 (1)
2015– → Lille (loan) 9 (1)
2015– → Lille B (loan) 3 (0)
International career‡
2007 Zambia U20
2008– Zambia 61 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:24, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:27, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Stoppila Sunzu (born 22 June 1989), also known as Stophira Sunzu, is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Lille OSC, on loan from Chinese Super League club Shanghai Greenland Shenhua. He scored the winning penalty kick for Zambia in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Final.

Early life

Stopilla Sunzu was born in Chingola and is the younger brother of Felix Sunzu and the son of Felix Sunzu Sr, a goalkeeper who was originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo.[1]

Club career

He began his career with Afrisports of Kitwe.[citation needed] He was discovered at a U-16 tournament in Chambeshi, Zambia and he was referred to Afrisports.[2]

He then joined Konkola Blades under a loan arrangement.[citation needed] He was a prominent member of the Zambian under-20 squad that played at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[citation needed] In that tournament, Zambia defeated an Uruguayan side that featured Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani.[citation needed] After this the 19-year-old was invited for trials at the English side Reading.[citation needed] The Championship side was keen on securing him on a longer deal but due to work permit problems the move did not materialise.[citation needed] He signed a loan contract for Châteauroux in September 2008 and after the end of the season end on 30 June 2009 returned to Zanaco FC.[3]

In 2010, Sunzu transferred to TP Mazembe of Democratic Republic of Congo.[citation needed] His registration to Zanaco was a loan from Afrisports and there was some initial dispute regarding his move to TP Mazembe but it was eventually resolved.[4] He was sent off in their opening 2010 FIFA Club World Cup game.[citation needed] In January 2013, he trained with Reading in the English Premier League with a view to being offered a contract.[citation needed] He returned to the 2013 African Cup of Nations without any contract being signed.[5][6] Sunzu came to Reading on the premise of being a free agent, with his three-year contract expiring in December 2012.[citation needed] Moses Katumbi, president of TP Mazembe, accused Sunzu's handlers of lying to Reading about his contract stating that it does not expire until 2015.[7]

On 6 January 2014, Sunzu joined French Ligue 1 club Sochaux-Montbéliard along with his teammate Nathan Sinkala.[8][9] He scored important goals to ensure the team survived relegation.[citation needed]

On 29 December 2014, Sunzu transferred to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Greenland Shenhua.[10] He made his debut and scored his first goal for Shanghai Greenland Shenhua on 8 March 2015, in a 6–2 victory against city rivals Shanghai Shenxin.[11]

Sunzu was loaned to Lille on 28 July 2015.[12]

International career

Sunzu represented his country at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.[13] He made his full international debut against Botswana in a 2009 African Championship of Nations qualifier. Sunzu scored the winning penalty of the penalty shoot-out in the final of the 2012 African Cup of Nations against Ivory Coast, which Zambia won 8–7.[14]

In October 2013, due to a disagreement between their club TP Mazembe and the Zambian Football Association over international call-ups, Sunzu and two other players (Nathan Sinkala and Rainford Kalaba) were the subject of a Zambian arrest warrant.[15] All three players later had their passports confiscated by Zambian immigration authorities,[16] before being pardoned by the Zambian government.[17]

Honours

Zanaco

TP Mazembe

Zambia

References

  1. ↑ Zanaco’s Chileshe : Sunzu ‘ll be the anchorman for the Chipolopolo
  2. ↑ Zambia: Afrisports Boss Hails Sunzu, Kalaba Nomination
  3. ↑ Transferred to LBC
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  10. ↑ 申花正式宣布苏祖加盟 新赛季套票价格微涨 at news.163.com 2014-12-29 Retrieved 2015-7-28 (Chinese)
  11. ↑ 中超-恩里克3球卡希尔造乌龙 申花6-2申鑫 at sports.sina.com 2015-03-08 Retrieved 2015-7-28 (Chinese)
  12. ↑ 申花宣布苏祖加盟法甲里尔 赞比亚铁卫租借一年 at sports.sohu.com 2015-07-28 Retrieved 2015-7-28 (Chinese)
  13. ↑ Fifa Profile
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External links

  • Stoppila Sunzu at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Stoppila Sunzu at Soccerway

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