| Frankie Musonda | |
| Fullname: | Frankie Chisenga Musonda[1] |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1997[2] |
| Birth Place: | Bedford, England |
| Height: | 1.83m (06feet) |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Ayr United |
| Clubnumber: | 4 |
| Youthyears1: | 2006–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | Luton Town |
| Years1: | 2015–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Luton Town |
| Caps1: | 14 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017 |
| Clubs2: | → Braintree Town (loan) |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2018 |
| Clubs3: | → Oxford City (loan) |
| Caps3: | 12 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2018 |
| Clubs4: | → Oxford City (loan) |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2019 |
| Clubs5: | → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) |
| Caps5: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs6: | → St Albans City (loan) |
| Caps6: | 11 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2020 |
| Clubs7: | → St Albans City (loan) |
| Caps7: | 2 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs8: | Raith Rovers |
| Caps8: | 48 |
| Goals8: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2022– |
| Nationalteam1: | Zambia |
| Nationalcaps1: | 17 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 19:41, 22 June 2022 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 17:31, 25 March 2022 (UTC) |
| Years9: | 2022– |
| Clubs9: | Ayr United |
| Caps9: | 47 |
| Goals9: | 3 |
Frankie Chisenga Musonda (born 12 December 1997) is a professional footballer who sometimes plays as a defender for 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.
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.[16] 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.[17] [18] The loan was extended on 16 March until the end of the season.[19] Musonda made 13 appearances and scored one goal as Oxford finished 16th in the National League South.[20] 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.[21] He rejoined Oxford City on 26 October 2018 on loan for a month.[22] Musonda's second loan spell with Oxford ended having scored one goal from seven appearances.[23] He was loaned to another National League South club, Hemel Hempstead Town, on 9 January 2019 until the end of 2018–19.[24]
Musonda joined St Albans City of the National League South on 18 October 2019 on loan until January 2020.[25] 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.[26] He returned to St Albans on 6 March 2020 on loan until the end of the season.[27] Musonda was released by Luton when his contract expired in June 2020.[28]
Musonda signed for newly promoted Scottish Championship club Raith Rovers on 11 August 2020 on a one-year contract.[29]
On 22 June 2022, Musonda joined Scottish Championship side Ayr United on a two-year deal.[30]
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.[31] 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.[32]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Luton Town | 2015–16 | League Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | League One | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 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 | National League | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Oxford City (loan) | 2017–18[33] | National League South | 12 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | National League South | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) | 2018–19[34] | National League South | 11 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |||
| St Albans City (loan) | 2019–20[35] | National League South | 13 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Raith Rovers | 2020–21[36] | 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