Francis Kasonde (born 1 September 1986) is a Zambian professional

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who plays for

Mufulira Wanderers Mufulira Wanderers are Zambia's most successful football club, based in the Copperbelt town of Mufulira and currently playing in the Zambia National Division One after their 2019/2020 season relegation. Popularly known as Mighty Mufulira Wan ...

. Kasonde mainly plays as a

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but also can play as a defensive midfielder or as a right-back.

Club career

Kasonde has played for

Power Dynamos F.C. Power Dynamos is a Zambian football club based in Kitwe that plays in the MTN/FAZ Super Division. They play their home games at Arthur Davies Stadium in Kitwe. The club is currently sponsored by Copperbelt Energy Corporation. Power Dynamo ...

Kitwe, Zambia Kitwe is the third largest city in terms of infrastructure development (after Lusaka and Ndola) and second largest city in terms of size and population (after Lusaka) in Zambia. With a population of 517,543 (''2010 census provisional'') Kitwe is ...

and Omani side

Al-Suwaiq Club Al-Suwaiq Club ( ar, نادي السويق) is an Omani sports club based in Al-Suwaiq. The club is currently playing in the Oman Professional League, top division of Oman Football Association. Their home ground is Al-Seeb Stadium. The stadium ...

. In June 2017, Kasonde signed a six-month contract with Malaysia Premier League side Sabah. On 30 June 2017, Kasonde made his debut in a 1–0 victory during league match over PDRM.

International career

Kasonde is also a regular member of the Zambian national team from 2005 until 2013. He was the key of the Zambian team that won the

2012 African Cup of Nations The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football ( ...

. He earned his international debut in 2005 and scored his first goal against Egypt in a 1–1 draw.

Honours

Zambia *

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

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* * 1986 births Living people Men's association football defenders Zambian footballers Zambia men's international footballers Zambian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate footballers in India Suwaiq Club players Al-Hazem F.C. players TP Mazembe players Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. players Salgaocar FC players ZESCO United F.C. players Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players Power Dynamos F.C. players Mufulira Wanderers F.C. players Israeli Premier League players Saudi Professional League players Expatriate footballers in Oman Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Oman Expatriate footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Zambian expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players 2009 African Nations Championship players Zambia men's A' international footballers {{Zambia-footy-bio-stub