Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frankie Chisenga Musonda [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 12 December 1997||
Place of birth | Bedford, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
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) |
2022–2024 | Ayr United | 47 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Zambia | 14 | (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 sometimes plays as a defender for Scottish Championship club Ayr United. Born in England, he plays for the Zambia national team.
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]
Musonda signed for newly promoted Scottish Championship club Raith Rovers on 11 August 2020 on a one-year contract. [32]
On 22 June 2022, Musonda joined Scottish Championship side Ayr United on a two-year deal. [33]
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]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Luton Town | 2015–16 [36] | League Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2016–17 [37] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 [a] | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
2017–18 [38] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 [a] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
2018–19 [39] | League One | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2019–20 [40] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 1 | ||
Braintree Town (loan) | 2016–17 [16] | National League | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Oxford City (loan) | 2017–18 [21] | National League South | 12 | 1 | — | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
2018–19 [16] | National League South | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
Total | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |||
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) | 2018–19 [41] | National League South | 11 | 2 | — | — | 2 [c] | 0 | 13 | 2 | ||
St Albans City (loan) | 2019–20 [28] | National League South | 13 | 1 | — | — | 3 [d] | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
Raith Rovers | 2020–21 [16] | Scottish Championship | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 3 | |
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 | 110 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 142 | 10 |
Raith Rovers