Jeffrey Monakana | |
Fullname: | Jeffrey Monakana |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1993 |
Birth Place: | Edmonton, England |
Height: | 1.77m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | 2002–2012 |
Youthclubs1: | Arsenal |
Years1: | 2012–2014 |
Clubs1: | Preston North End |
Caps1: | 40 |
Goals1: | 4 |
Years2: | 2013 |
Clubs2: | → Colchester United (loan) |
Caps2: | 9 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2014–2016 |
Clubs3: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2014 |
Clubs4: | → Crawley Town (loan) |
Caps4: | 4 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Clubs5: | → Aberdeen (loan) |
Years5: | 2014–2015 |
Caps5: | 10 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Clubs6: | → Mansfield Town (loan) |
Years6: | 2015 |
Caps6: | 6 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Clubs7: | → Carlisle United (loan) |
Years7: | 2015 |
Caps7: | 1 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Clubs8: | → Bristol Rovers (loan) |
Years8: | 2015 |
Caps8: | 3 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Years9: | 2016 |
Clubs9: | FC Voluntari |
Caps9: | 3 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Years10: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs10: | Sutton United |
Caps10: | 5 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Years11: | 2017 |
Clubs11: | → Margate (loan) |
Caps11: | 5 |
Goals11: | 0 |
Years12: | 2017 |
Clubs12: | → Welling United (loan) |
Caps12: | 14 |
Goals12: | 1 |
Years13: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs13: | Welling United |
Caps13: | 1 |
Goals13: | 0 |
Years14: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs14: | Wealdstone |
Caps14: | 37 |
Goals14: | 4 |
Years15: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs15: | Dulwich Hamlet |
Caps15: | 27 |
Goals15: | 4 |
Years16: | 2020 |
Clubs16: | Fjölnir |
Caps16: | 4 |
Goals16: | 0 |
Years17: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs17: | Magni Grenivík |
Caps17: | 8 |
Goals17: | 5 |
Totalcaps: | 177 |
Totalgoals: | 19 |
Club-Update: | 15:38, 17 April 2024 (UTC) |
Jeffrey Monakana (born 5 November 1993) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Monakana progressed through the youth system at Arsenal,[1] [2] then finally in 2008, At the age of 14, Monakana was handed a four-year contract.
Monakana[3] signed a one-year deal with Preston North End on 31 May 2012, effective from 1 July 2012.[4] The 18-year-old winger became the ninth summer signing for Preston manager Graham Westley. Monakana performed well in pre-season, notably his contributions against Athens[5] [6] and Wimbledon.[7] [8]
He made his full debut in a home League Cup tie against Huddersfield Town, on 13 August 2012,[9] Playing for 70 minutes, and had an excellent game, setting Jack King up for the first goal in a 2–0 win. His first senior goal came in a second round League Cup tie against Crystal Palace.[10] He went on to score six goals and 10 assist in his first year at professional football. In the game against Brentford opposing manager Uwe Rosler stating that Monakana was a handful with his pace and skill.
On 12 September 2013, Monakana joined fellow League One side Colchester United on a month's loan.[11] He scored on his debut for the club in a 2–2 draw with Bradford City on 14 September.[12] On 15 October 2013, after starting every match since joining Monakana's loan was extended at the club until the beginning of December 2013.[13]
On 14 January 2014, Monakana transferred to Football League Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee, signing an 18-month contract with the club's development squad.[14] On 27 March 2014, Monakana joined League One side Crawley Town on a month's loan.[15] In July 2014, Monakana joined Aberdeen on loan for six months.[16] In February 2015, Monakana joined Mansfield Town on loan for a month.[17] In March 2015, Monakana was loaned out again, joining Carlisle United this time on loan until the end of the season.[18]
On 4 August 2015, Monakana joined League Two side Bristol Rovers on a one-month loan.[19]
On 16 January 2016, Monakana signed a contract for six-months with Romanian club FC Voluntari.[20]
On 22 December 2016, it was announced that Monakana had signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with National League club Sutton United.[21] He made his first appearance for Sutton as a substitute on 1 January 2017 in a 2–0 home victory over Bromley, before making his full debut on 10 January in a 1–0 away defeat against Braintree Town.[22] [23]
In August 2017 he signed a loan deal with Welling United. The deal was made permanent on 17 November 2017.[24] In March 2018, he signed for Wealdstone.[25] He moved to Dulwich Hamlet, also of National League South, in June 2019.[26]
On 4 September 2020, Monakana joined Icelandic Úrvalsdeild side Fjölnir until the end of the season.[27]
In February 2021, he returned to Iceland to join 1. deild karla side Magni Grenivík.[28]
In March 2024, following his inability to fully recover from his injury, Monakana announced his retirement from football.[29]
Monakana is of DR Congolese descent.[30]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Preston North End | 2012–13 | League One | 38 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4[31] | 0 | 47 | 6 | |
2013–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Preston total | 40 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 6 | |||
Colchester United (loan) | 2013–14 | League One | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2013–14 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Crawley Town (loan) | 2013–14 | League One | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Aberdeen (loan) | 2014–15 | Scottish Premiership | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Mansfield Town (loan) | 2014–15 | League Two | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Carlisle United (loan) | 2014–15 | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Bristol Rovers (loan) | 2015–16 | League Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Voluntari | 2015–16 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Sutton United | 2016–17[32] | National League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[33] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Sutton total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
Margate (loan) | 2016–17 | National League South | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Welling United (loan) | 2017–18 | National League South | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
Welling United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Wealdstone | 2017–18 | National League South | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
2018–19 | National League South | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 32 | 3 | |||
Total | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 4 | |||
Dulwich Hamlet | 2019–20 | National League South | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||
Fjölnir | 2020 | Úrvalsdeild | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Career total | 168 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 187 | 16 |