Knowledge Musona

Knowledge Musona
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-21) 21 June 1990
Place of birth Norton, Zimbabwe
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Anderlecht
Number 11
Youth career
Manyame FC
Haka United
2006–2009 Aces Youth Soccer Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Kaizer Chiefs 49 (19)
2011–2014 1899 Hoffenheim 16 (0)
2012–2013 → Augsburg (loan) 14 (0)
2013–2014 → Kaizer Chiefs (loan) 19 (8)
2015–2018 Oostende 104 (35)
2018– Anderlecht 4 (0)
National team‡
2010– Zimbabwe 30 (20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:10, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2017

Knowledge Musona (born 21 June 1990) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a striker for Anderlecht in the Belgian Pro League and the Zimbabwe national team. Previously he has played senior football in South Africa and Germany.

Personal life

Knowledge "The smiling Assassin" Musona hails from Norton, Mashonaland West and attended Lord Malvern High School in Harare. His younger brother Walter Musona is also a professional footballer.[1]

Club career

Musona joined Kaizer Chiefs in 2009 without having made any appearance in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League. At Aces he played with current Mamelodi Sundowns player Khama Billiat.

He was used sparingly as a substitute in the 2009–10 season but still managed to score a handful of crucial goals. In July 2010 he was awarded the PSL Club Rookie of the Year award.[2]

The 2010–11 season proved to be Musona's break through season as he scored 15 goals in 28 league games to win the Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot which attracted the interest of European clubs such as German Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim, Serbian giants Partizan and Scottish heavyweights Celtic.

On 28 July 2011, Musona signed 1899 Hoffenheim, with the player signing a five-year contract for R19,5 million.[3] He made his debut as a substitute against SC Freiburg in a 3–1 win[4] and scored his first goal in a 2–1 DFB Pokal win over Köln on 25 October 2011. On 18 May 2012, it was announced that Musona would join Bundesliga side Augsburg on a one-year loan for the upcoming season.[5]

In July 2013, he left Germany moved back to his old South African club Kaizer Chiefs on a loan deal. He scored eight goals in 19 South African League matches, including a vital goal against Black Leopards which sent Kaizer Chiefs into the last 16 of the Nedbank Cup.[6] Musona scored a hat trick in a 3–0 first-round, second-leg CAF Champions League victory over Liga Muculmana in Maputo on 6 March progressing to the next round of the competition on a 7–0 aggregate scoreline after winning 4–0 at Moses Mabhida Stadium.[7] Musona suffered an ankle sprain in a 2–0 win over AS Vita Club in the CAF Champions League on March 29, 2014 where they lost 3–2 on aggregate. Musona ended the season with 16 goals in 25 starts in all competitions.[8] He attracted interest from clubs in Belgium, Germany and Roda in the Netherlands.[9] On 5 August, Musona started training with La Liga club, Granada.[10]

On 18 December 2014, Musona signed for Belgian club Oostende, effective 1 January 2015, with the player signing a two-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. His agent Paschalis Tountouris stated that this move was the ideal step to revive his career.[11] He joined Bafana Bafana midfielder Andile Jali at the Belgian club.[12]

International career

He made his national team debut in a friendly against South Africa on 3 March 2010.Is often considered the finest striker to ever come out of Zimbabwe.He scored a blinder of a goal vs Tunisia at AFCON 2017 beating two defenders and smashing the ball beyond the goalkeeper. His goals have also helped Belgian League outfit KV Oostende. On the 11th of June 2017 he scored a hatrick to join other Zimbabwe hatrick heroes like the legendary Peter Ndlovu and Vitalis Takawira

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 19 May 2018 [13][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Kaizer Chiefs 2009–10 South African Premier Division 2140000??00214
2010–11 28150000??002815
Kaizer Chiefs 4919000000004919
Hoffenheim 2011–12 Bundesliga 16011——00171
Augsburg (loan) 2012–13 Bundesliga 14031——00171
Kaizer Chiefs (loan) 2013–14 South African Premier Division 1981132?53[lower-alpha 1]02616
Oostende 2014–15 Pro League 15500——00155
2015–16 351310——003613
2016–17 First Division A 291033——1[lower-alpha 2]03313
2017–18 24722—2[lower-alpha 3]1002810
Oostende 1033565—211012241
Career total 2016211832264022178
  1. ↑ Appearances in the MTN 8
  2. ↑ Appearance in the Belgian 'Europa League' play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearances in the Europa League

International

Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 September 2010SKD Sports Complex, Paynesville Liberia
1–0
1–1
2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.17 November 2010Estádio do Maxaquene, Maputo Mozambique
1–0
3–1
Friendly
3.5 June 2011Rufaro Stadium, Harare Mali
1–0
2–1
2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.
2–1
5.8 October 2011Estádio da Várzea, Praia Cape Verde
2–1
2–1
6.15 November 2011Rufaro Stadium, Harare South Africa
1–1
2–1
Friendly
7.
2–1
8.29 February 2012Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura Burundi
1–1
1–2
2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
9.17 June 2012National Sports Stadium, Harare
1–0
1–0
10.26 March 2013Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria Egypt
1–1
2–1
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.9 June 2013National Sports Stadium, Harare
1–1
4–2
12.10 September 2013Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg South Africa
1–0
2–1
Friendly
13.6 September 2015Rufaro Stadium, Harare Guinea
1–1
1–1
2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
14.28 March 2016National Sports Stadium, Harare Swaziland
1–0
4–0
15.5 June 2016 Malawi
1–0
3–0
16.13 November 2016 Tanzania
1–0
3–0
Friendly
17.23 January 2017Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville Tunisia
1–3
2–4
2017 Africa Cup of Nations
18.11 June 2017National Sports Stadium, Harare Liberia
1–0
3–0
2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
19.
2–0
20.
3–0

References

  1. ↑ "Zimbabwe/South Africa: Musona Impresses Mamelodi Sundowns". 25 July 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2017 – via AllAfrica.
  2. ↑ "Musona scoops PSL rookie of season award". IOL Sport. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Neuer Angreifer für Hoffenheim" [New Striker for Hoffenheim] (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Knowledge Musona sets Hoffenheim's European target". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "Xhaka nach Gladbach, Klasnic auf Vereinssuche" (in German). Spiegel Online. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Musona zurück in der Heimat" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  7. ↑ mobi.supersport.com/football/caf-champions-league/news/140308/Musona_treble_sends_Chiefs_through
  8. ↑ www.realnet.co.uk. "Kaizer Chiefs medics worried about Knowledge Musona". Kick Off. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Second-tier Dutch club want Zimbabwean striker Knowledge Musona". sowetanlive.co.za. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Knowledge Musona Is Training With Granada CF". www.soccerladuma.co.za. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Musona chooses Belgium - The Herald". www.herald.co.zw. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Tiyani wa ka Mabasa" [Musona joins Oostende]. Kick Off. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  13. ↑ Knowledge Musona at Soccerbase
  14. ↑ Knowledge Musona at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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