Felix Mumba Sunzu (born 2 May 1985, in

Chingola Chingola is a city in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, the country's copper-mining region, with a population of 216,626 (2010 census). It is the home of Nchanga Copper Mine, a deep-shaft high-grade content copper mining operation, which subsequent ...

) is a

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

striker who currently plays for

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Career

Sunzu began his career with

Konkola Blades Konkola Blades is a Zambian professional football club based in Chililabombwe, that competes in the Zambian Premier League. They play their home games at the 20,000-capacity Konkola Stadium in Chililabombwe. Achievements * Zambian Cup Accordi ...

. He played in his first season 25 games scores 15 goals for

and joined than in February 2007 on loan to

AS Marsa Avenir Sportif de La Marsa ( ar, المستقبل الرياضي بالمرسى) or ASM is a football club from La Marsa in Tunisia. Founded in 1939, the team plays in green and yellow colours. Their ground is Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui, which has ...

, he played sixteen games and scores two goals for the

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (; ar, الرابطة المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم) was previously called the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994. is the top division football tournament in Tunisia und ...

club. He joined than in June 2008 back to

and was than loaned out on 2 September 2008 to French

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

club

LB Châteauroux La Berrichonne de Châteauroux (), commonly referred to as La Berrichonne or simply Châteauroux, is a Football in France, French association football club based in Châteauroux. The football team is a part of a sports club that consists of seve ...

who for one year. He turned than in July 2009 back to

who played between 21 October 2009 and was than released from

, he played in his second stint only two games in the

. On 25 July 2011, Felix Sunzu became one of Simba's most expensive signing this season after completing a 35,000 US dollar (about 50m/-) move from Al-Hilal of Sudan recently. he signed a two-year deal with the former Mainland champions.

International career

Sunzu made his debut on 28 January 2009 in the

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

(AFCON) against

Cameroon national football team The Cameroon national football team ( French: ''équipe du Cameroun de football''), also known as the Indomitable Lions (French: ''les lions indomptables''), represents Cameroon in men's international football. It is controlled by the Fédéra ...

in the

2008 Africa Cup Of Nations The 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the MTN Africa Cup of Nations due to the competition's sponsorship by MTN, was the 26th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football tournament for nations affiliated to the Confederat ...

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and only has AFCON appearance.

Background

He is the son of Konkola Blades goalkeeping legend Felix Sunzu Sr and is the older brother of Lille defender

Stoppila Sunzu Stoppila Sunzu (born 22 June 1989), also known as Stophira Sunzu, is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Shijiazhuang Ever Bright. He scored the winning penalty kick for Zambia in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Final ...

and also has a younger brother named Jackson who plays for Konkola Mine Police.

Personal life

Felix is the older brother of Stophira Sunzu and the son of former

Goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

, Felix Sunzu Sr who originates from the

Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

.Zanaco’s Chileshe : Sunzu ‘ll be the anchorman for the Chipolopolo

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sunzu, Felix 1985 births Living people Zambian men's footballers Zambia men's international footballers Zambian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent LB Châteauroux players Zambian expatriates in France Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players Men's association football forwards