Charly Musonda (footballer, born 1969)

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Charles Musonda
Personal information
Full name Charles Musonda
Date of birth (1969-08-22) 22 August 1969 (age 53)
Place of birth Mufulira, Zambia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Mufulira Wanderers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1987 Cercle Brugge 19 (1)
1987–1997 Anderlecht 109 (6)
1996–1997 → Sacramento Scorpions (loan) 0 (0)
1997–1998 Energie Cottbus 0 (0)
Total128(7)
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

Charles Musonda (born 22 August 1969) is a Zambian former professional footballer. At his peak, he played as a midfielder for Belgian club Anderlecht.

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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 Belgium and first worked as a youth coach at AA Ghent before moving to Anderlecht to become a youth coach, scout and assistant trainer for the first team. [3]

Personal life

Musonda has three sons Lamisha, [4] Tika, [5] and Charly Jr. who all featured for Anderlecht's youth teams. Musonda's son Lamisha featured in the goal project with David Beckham. In June 2012, they joined Chelsea's youth ranks.

Honours

Club

Anderlecht [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Charles Musonda Biography and Statistics". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Christopher Berti. "Charly Musonda, l'homme au sourire éternel". DH Journal, 23 January 2004. Retrieved on 23 November 2008.
  3. ↑ Cerclemuseum.be.
  4. ↑ [ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "RSCA.BE, Official website of RSC Anderlecht". Archived from the original on 3 August 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  6. ↑ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
  7. ↑ "Tijdperk-Vanden Stock: 20 landstitels, 8 bekers en 3 Europabekers". Archived from the original on 17 October 2020.
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