Charly Musonda
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Musonda | ||
| Date of birth | 22 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Mufulira, Zambia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mufulira Wanderers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1987 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | (1) |
| 1987–1997 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 109 | (6) |
| 1996–1997 | → Sacramento Scorpions (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Energie Cottbus | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1988–1993 | Zambia | 48 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 July 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 July 2007 |
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Charles Musonda (born 22 August 1969) is a Zambian former professional footballer. At his peak, he played as a midfielder for Belgian Champions Anderlecht.
Career
His debut as a professional for Zambia came in 1988 against Ghana in Lusaka which Zambia won 2–0 and Musonda did not disappoint, tellingly imposing himself on the game. He was one of the star players at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul as Zambia reached the quarter finals, trouncing Italy and Guatemala with 4–0 scorelines along the way.[1]
When a plane carrying the Zambian National team developed problems and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Gabon on 28 April 1993 killing all 30 people on board including crew members and Football Association of Zambia president Michael Mwape, Musonda was traumatised as he was supposed to have been on the same plane. According to one report, he was called up by the national coach Godfrey Chitalu for the 1994 World Cup qualification match against Senegal but Anderlecht's team manager, Michel Verschueren, asked him to refuse the invitation and to play for Anderlecht, which Musonda did and therefore missed the fateful flight, though in an interview Musonda himself disclosed that when he first heard about the plane crash, he was in bed recovering from knee surgery and that was what saved his life. He would undergo seven operations on the same knee between 1991 and 1996.[2]
Musonda returned to Anderlecht to become a youth coach and kit manager for the first team.[3]
Personal life
Musonda has four sons Lamisha (23),[4] Tika (20),[5] Charly Musonda Jr. (18) and Matty Knox (16)[6] who all featured for Anderlecht's youth teams. Musonda's son Lamisha featured in the goal project with David Beckham. As of 9 June 2012, they joined Chelsea FC's youth ranks, joining fellow Belgium players Romelu Lukaku, Eden Hazard,Thorgan Hazard and Thibaut Courtois
References
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- ↑ Christopher Berti. "Charly Musonda, l'homme au sourire éternel". DH Journal, 23 January 2004. Retrieved on 2008-11-23.
- ↑ Cerclemuseum.be.
- ↑ [1][dead link]
- ↑ [2][dead link]
- ↑ [3][dead link]
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- Living people
- 1969 births
- People from Mufulira
- Zambian footballers
- Zambia international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Zambia
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- 1986 African Cup of Nations players
- Zambian expatriate footballers
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
- Association football midfielders
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- FC Energie Cottbus players
- USISL players
- Sacramento Scorpions players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- People from Copperbelt Province
