Lucky Mkosana

Lucky Mkosana
Personal information
Full name Luckymore Mkosana
Date of birth (1987-09-30) September 30, 1987
Place of birth Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Penn FC
Number 77
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Dartmouth Big Green 73 (44)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Michigan Bucks 10 (3)
2012–2013 Harrisburg City Islanders 41 (20)
2013 → Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) 9 (2)
2014 Tampa Bay Rowdies 26 (2)
2015–2016 New York Cosmos 52 (9)
2017 IFK Mariehamn 9 (2)
2017 New York Cosmos 9 (2)
2018– Penn FC 17 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:52, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Luckymore "Lucky" Mkosana (born 30 September 1987 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean footballer who currently plays for Penn FC in the United Soccer League.

Career

Mkosana played college soccer at Dartmouth College between 2008 and 2011. During his time at Dartmouth, Mkosana was named Ivy League Player of the Year (2011), All-Ivy League First Team (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), Soccer America Freshman, All-America First Team, College Soccer News Freshman, All-America First Team and Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2008). He became Dartmouth’s all-time career leader with 34 career goals, breaking a record that had stood since 1953.[1] Mkosana played for USL Premier Development League club Michigan Bucks in 2011.[2] Chicago Fire selected Mkosana in the second round (No. 23 overall) of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, but wasn't signed by the club.[3] Mkosana signed with USL Pro club Harrisburg City Islanders in May 2012.[4] Mkosana signed with Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soccer League in January 2014.[5]

On 24 November 2014, Mkosana signed with North American Soccer League club New York Cosmos.[6] On 2 September 2015, Mkosana signed a contract extension to remain with the Cosmos.[7] The striker scored seven goals and added one assist across all competitions for the Cosmos in 2015. Mkosana scored a 90th-minute equalizing goal against New York City FC in the U.S. Open Cup, propelling the Cosmos to an eventual win in penalty kicks.[8]

On 30 December 2016, Mkosana signed a one-year contract, with the option of a second, with Finnish Veikkausliiga side IFK Mariehamn.[9]

Mkosana returned to New York Cosmos on 20 June 2017.[10]

International career

Mkosana received his first international call-up to the Zimbabwe national team for its African Cup of Nations qualifier on 9 September 2018.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 October 2016[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tampa Bay Rowdies 2014 North American Soccer League 26210–––272
New York Cosmos 2015 North American Soccer League 27532––20327
2016 25430––00284
Total 52962----206011
IFK Mariehamn 2017 Veikkausliiga 000000000000
Career total 7811720000208713

References

  1. ↑ "Lucky Mkosana Bio - DartmouthSports.com—Official Web Site of Dartmouth Varsity Athletics". Dartmouthsports.com. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120415085520/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2011/22344.html. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ Kingsley, Andrew. "Mkosana named Player of the Year". The Dartmouth. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  4. ↑ "Round 2 of the City Islanders-Richmond series to take place Friday night at Skyline Sports Complex | PennLive.com". Blog.pennlive.com. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  5. ↑ Mbele, Fortune (2014-01-05). "Zimbabwe: Mkosana Signs for U.S. Tampa Bay". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  6. ↑ "Cosmos sign Lucky Mkosana". Nycosmos.com. 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  7. ↑ "Cosmos Sign Lucky Mkosana To Extension". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  8. ↑ "First Team | New York Cosmos". New York Cosmos. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  9. ↑ "IFK Mariehamn vahvisti hyökkäystään – Mkosana sopimukseen". veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  10. ↑ http://www.nasl.com/news/2017/06/20/lucky-mkosana-re-joins-new-york-cosmos
  11. ↑ https://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/945420
  12. ↑ "L.Mkosana". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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