Frankie Musonda
Personal information
Full name Frankie Chisenga Musonda[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-12) 12 December 1997[2]
Place of birth Bedford, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Ayr United
Number 4
Youth career
2006–2015 Luton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 Luton Town 14 (0)
2017 → Braintree Town (loan) 3 (0)
2018 → Oxford City (loan) 12 (1)
2018 → Oxford City (loan) 5 (1)
2019 → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 11 (2)
2019–2020 → St Albans City (loan) 11 (1)
2020 → St Albans City (loan) 2 (0)
2020–2022 Raith Rovers 48 (3)
2022– Ayr United 42 (2)
International career‡
2022– Zambia 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:41, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:31, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Frankie Chisenga Musonda (born 12 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Championship club Ayr United. Born in England, he plays for the Zambia national team.

Career

Luton Town and loan spells

Born in Bedford, Bedfordshire,[2] Musonda Chisenga joined Luton Town in 2006 aged eight and progressed through the club's youth system.[3] During his time in the club's academy he played in numerous positions, including as a striker, before settling on a central defensive role.[4] He was part of the under-11 team which defeated Bayern Munich 3–2 to win the Aarau Masters in 2009.[4][5] Musonda was promoted to Luton's under-18 team as a first year scholar in 2014 and was named captain.[3] He began 2015–16 playing for both the under-18 team and the development squad alongside senior professionals.[4] After leading the under-18's on a 16-match unbeaten run, during which the team conceded only seven goals, he signed a one-and-a-half-year professional contract with Luton on 4 November 2015.[4] Musonda continued to captain the under-18 team which went on to win the Youth Alliance South East title and the Youth Alliance Cup,[6][7][8] and also reached the quarter-finals of the FA Youth Cup, in which they lost 1–0 to Blackburn Rovers.[7][9]

Musonda first became involved with the Luton first-team when he was named on the bench on his eighteenth birthday for a League Two match against Northampton Town, though he remained an unused substitute.[2][10] On 23 January 2016, Musonda was introduced as a 94th-minute substitute for Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu in a 2–0 win away to Mansfield Town to make his professional debut.[11] He made his second appearance of the season on 9 April, coming on as an 85th-minute substitute for Dan Potts in a 2–0 defeat at home to Accrington Stanley.[12] Musonda was introduced as an 89th-minute substitute for Jake Howells in Luton's final match of the season, a 4–1 win at home to Exeter City.[13]

Musonda scored his first professional goal on his first appearance of 2016–17 in a 2–1 win away to Gillingham in the EFL Trophy on 30 August 2016.[14] He made four further appearances in the EFL Trophy, before joining National League club Braintree Town on 3 March 2017 on an initial one-month loan.[15] Having made his debut a day later in a 2–1 home defeat to Wrexham, Musonda finished his loan spell at Braintree with three appearances.[16]

Shortly after the start of 2017–18, Musonda signed a new contract with Luton on 9 August 2017 to keep him at the club until the summer of 2019, with the option of a further year.[17] He joined National League South club Oxford City on 9 February 2018 on a one-month youth loan and made his debut after starting in a 4–1 home win over Hemel Hempstead Town a day later.[18][19] The loan was extended on 16 March until the end of the season.[20] Musonda made 13 appearances and scored one goal as Oxford finished 16th in the National League South.[21][22] His contract with Luton was extended by a further year at the end of the season after a promotion clause was triggered as a result of the club's promotion to League One.[23] He rejoined Oxford City on 26 October 2018 on loan for a month.[24] Musonda's second loan spell with Oxford ended having scored one goal from seven appearances.[25] He was loaned to another National League South club, Hemel Hempstead Town, on 9 January 2019 until the end of 2018–19.[26]

Musonda joined St Albans City of the National League South on 18 October 2019 on loan until January 2020.[27] His debut came a day later in a 1–0 home defeat to Bath City and made 12 further appearances, completing the loan with 13 appearances and one goal before returning to Luton.[28][29] He returned to St Albans on 6 March 2020 on loan until the end of the season.[30] Musonda was released by Luton when his contract expired in June 2020.[31]

Raith Rovers

Musonda signed for newly promoted Scottish Championship club Raith Rovers on 11 August 2020 on a one-year contract.[32]

Ayr United

On 22 June 2022, Musonda joined Scottish Championship side Ayr United on a two-year deal.[33]

International career

Musonda was born in England to a Zambian father and English mother. He was called up to represent the Zambia national team in March 2022.[34] He debuted for Zambia in a friendly 3–1 win over the Congo on 25 March 2022, scoring his side's third goal on his debut.[35]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Luton Town 2015–16[36] League Two 3000000030
2016–17[37] League Two 0000005[lower-alpha 1]151
2017–18[38] League Two 0000004[lower-alpha 1]040
2018–19[39] League One 00—002[lower-alpha 1]020
2019–20[40] Championship 000000—00
Total 300000111141
Braintree Town (loan) 2016–17[16] National League 30———30
Oxford City (loan) 2017–18[21] National League South 121——1[lower-alpha 2]0131
2018–19[16] National League South 5120——71
Total 20220—10232
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 2018–19[41] National League South 112——2[lower-alpha 3]0132
St Albans City (loan) 2019–20[28] National League South 131——3[lower-alpha 4]0161
Raith Rovers 2020–21[16] Scottish Championship 2232020—263
2021–22 Scottish Championship 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 22 0
Total 87 3 7 0 2 0 1 0 48 3
Ayr United 2022−23 Scottish Championship 30 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 11010806018114210
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in Oxfordshire Senior Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in FA Trophy
  4. ↑ One appearance in Herts Charity Cup, one in FA Trophy, one in Herts Senior Cup

Honours

Raith Rovers

References

  1. ↑ "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Frankie Musonda". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Next season's youth team squad finalised". Luton Town F.C. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "James Justin & Frankie Musonda turn professional". Luton Town F.C. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "European masters". Luton Today. Johnston Publishing. 24 February 2009. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Hatters U18s clinch Youth Alliance title". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Luton Town: Nathan Jones will not 'just hand' youth chance". BBC Sport. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Simmonds, Mike (21 April 2016). "Hinds at the double as Hatters U18s clinch Youth Alliance Cup". Luton Today. Johnston Publishing. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "FA Youth Cup: Brave Hatters U18s knocked out by Blackburn". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Luton Town 3–4 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Mansfield Town 0–2 Luton Town". BBC Sport. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Luton Town 0–2 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Luton Town 4–1 Exeter City". BBC Sport. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "Hatters youngsters take their chance as Gillingham are beaten in Checkatrade Trophy". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  15. ↑ "Frankie Musonda: Luton Town defender joins Braintree Town on loan". BBC Sport. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  16. 1 2 3 4 "F. Musonda: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  17. ↑ "Luton Town defender Frankie Musonda signs new deal with League Two club". BBC Sport. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  18. ↑ "Musonda's loan switch to Oxford City confirmed". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  19. ↑ "Loan watch: Musonda starts as City hammer Hemel". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  20. ↑ "Luton midfielder heads to City on loan". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  21. 1 2 "Player profiles: Frankie Musonda". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  22. ↑ "Conference South: 2017/18: Latest table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  23. ↑ "Luton confirm new contracts for Potts and Sheehan". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  24. ↑ "Football: Mark Jones urges Oxford City to build on Emirates FA Cup heroics on return to Vanarama National League South action". Oxford Mail. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  25. ↑ "Frankie recalled by Luton". Oxford City F.C. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
  26. ↑ "Hatters defender moves out on loan". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  27. ↑ "Frankie Musonda joins St Albans City on loan". Luton Town F.C. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  28. 1 2 "Frankie Musonda appearances: Season 2019–20 appearances". St Albans City F.C. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  29. ↑ "Loan round-up | Quartet return, Isted back out to Stones". Luton Town F.C. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  30. ↑ Simmonds, Mike (6 March 2020). "Luton defender joins Saints on loan". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  31. ↑ Simmonds, Mike (29 June 2020). "Hatters release five players as Jones announces retained list". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  32. ↑ Mellon, Ralph (11 August 2020). "New defender joins Raith Rovers". The Southern Reporter. Selkirk. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  33. ↑ "Frankie Musonda joins the Honest Men". Ayr United FC. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  34. ↑ Collin, Iain. "Raith Rovers star Frankie Musonda determined to make up for lost time after long-awaited Zambia call-up".
  35. ↑ "Zambia vs. Congo - 25 March 2022". Soccerway. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  36. ↑ "Games played by Frankie Musonda in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  37. ↑ "Games played by Frankie Musonda in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  38. ↑ "Games played by Frankie Musonda in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  39. ↑ "Games played by Frankie Musonda in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  40. ↑ "Games played by Frankie Musonda in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  41. ↑ "The team: Frankie Musonda: 2018/19 season". Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019.
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