Lubambo Musonda (born 1 March 1995) is a Zambian professional

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who plays as a left winger for

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club

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, on loan from AC Horsens, and the Zambia national team.

Club career

Musonda has played for

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Power Dynamos 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 Dynamos is ...

and

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. Following the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Musonda went on trial with

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. In August 2015 Musonda signed for Gandzasar Kapan. On 19 January 2019, Śląsk Wrocław announced the signing of Musonda on a one-and-a-half year contract, with the option to extend the contract for two additional years. After two and a half years in Poland, Musonda joined

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club AC Horsens on 16 August 2021, signing a deal until June 2024. In August 2023, Musonda joined

on a one-year loan deal.

International career

At the youth level he played in the

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, scoring against

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in its qualifiers, and the

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. Musonda made his senior international debut for

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in 2014. In December 2014 he was named as part of Zambia's preliminary squad for the

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Musonda goal.''

Honours

Gandzasar * Armenian Cup: 2017–18

References

1995 births Living people Zambian men's footballers Zambian expatriate men's footballers Zambia men's international footballers Zambia men's under-20 international footballers Men's association football wingers Footballers from Lusaka 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players National Assembly F.C. players Power Dynamos F.C. players Ulisses FC players FC Gandzasar Kapan players Śląsk Wrocław players AC Horsens players Silkeborg IF players Armenian Premier League players Ekstraklasa players II liga players Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark {{Zambia-footy-bio-stub