Frankie Musonda

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]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Luton Town
Number 37
Youth career
2006–2015 Luton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Luton Town 3 (0)
2017 → Braintree Town (loan) 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:41, 11 March 2017 (UTC).

Frankie Chisenga Musonda (born 12 December 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for League Two club Luton Town.

Career

Born in Bedford, Bedfordshire,[2] Musonda 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,[6][7][8] before reaching the quarter-finals of the 2015–16 FA Youth Cup, losing 1–0 to Blackburn Rovers,[8][9][10] and later won the Youth Alliance Cup.[11][12][13]

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][14] 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.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17]

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.[18] He signed for National League club Braintree Town on 3 March 2017 on an initial one-month loan, having made five appearances in the EFL Trophy for Luton.[19] Musonda debuted a day later in a 2–1 defeat at home to Wrexham and completed the loan spell with three appearances.[20] He 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 one-year extension.[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 March 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Luton Town 2015–16[22] League Two 3000000030
2016–17[23] League Two 0000005[lower-alpha 1]151
2017–18[24] League Two 0000000000
Total 3000005181
Braintree Town (loan) 2016–17[20] National League 30———30
Career total 60000051111
  1. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "EFL: Club list of registered players as at 20th May 2017" (PDF). English Football League. 20 May 2017. p. 82. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Frankie Musonda". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  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. 24 February 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Under-18s clinch Youth Alliance title". Luton Town F.C. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Simmonds, Mike (13 January 2016). "Hatters U18s clinch Youth Alliance title". Luton Today. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Luton Town: Nathan Jones will not 'just hand' youth chance". BBC Sport. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Report: Brave youngsters exit at the quarter-finals". Luton Town F.C. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  10. ↑ Simmonds, Mike (24 February 2016). "FA Youth Cup: Brave Hatters U18s knocked out by Blackburn". Luton Today. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  11. ↑ Lawson, Ross (20 April 2016). "Report: Hatters youngsters win Youth Alliance Cup". Luton Town F.C. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  12. ↑ Catterick, Phill (21 April 2016). "Luton Town win Football League Youth Alliance Cup Final". English Football League. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  13. ↑ Simmonds, Mike (21 April 2016). "Hinds at the double as Hatters U18s clinch Youth Alliance Cup". Luton Today. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "Luton Town 3–4 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Mansfield Town 0–2 Luton Town". BBC Sport. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Luton Town 0–2 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "Luton Town 4–1 Exeter City". BBC Sport. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  18. ↑ May, Jamie (30 August 2016). "Hatters youngsters take their chance as Gillingham are beaten in Checkatrade Trophy". Luton Today. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  19. ↑ "Frankie Musonda: Luton Town defender joins Braintree Town on loan". BBC Sport. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  20. 1 2 "F. Musonda". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  21. ↑ "Luton Town defender Frankie Musonda signs new deal with League Two club". BBC Sport. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Frankie Musonda in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Frankie Musonda in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Frankie Musonda in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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