Kennedy Musonda

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Kennedy Musonda
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-12-22) 22 December 1994 (age 30)
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Young Africans
Number 25
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Lusaka Dynamos
2016 Nakambala Leopards
2017 Zanaco
2018 Kabwe Youth Soccer Academy
2019 Green Eagles
2020–2023 Power Dynamos
2023– Young Africans
International career‡
2019– Zambia 15 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Kennedy Musonda (born 22 December 1994) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Tanzanian Premier League club Young Africans and the Zambia national team. [1] He joined to Yanga in the small window from power Dynamo and wore jersey number 25, he played all remaining matches of the premier league and helped the club to defending their title and reach the club to the final of confederation cup and lose to Usma, Algeria-based club of away goal awarded.is the only player of Zambia to win two league titles in one season, with Power Dynamos of Zambia also with Young Africans in Tanzania.

International

As of match played 19 November 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Zambia 201910
202310
2024134
Total154
Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Musonda goal.
List of international goals scored by Kennedy Musonda
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
110 September 2024 Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, ZambiaFlag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 1–03–2 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [2]
215 October 2024 Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, CameroonFlag of Chad.svg  Chad 1–01–02025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [3]
315 November 2024Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, ZambiaFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1–01–02025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [4]
419 November 2024 Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Paynesville, LiberiaFlag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 2–02–02025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kennedy Musonda". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Zambia vs. Sierra Leone". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Chad vs. Zambia". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Zambia vs. Ivory Coast". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "Sierra Leone vs. Zambia". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 November 2024.


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