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Knowledge Musona
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-21) 21 June 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Norton, Zimbabwe
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team 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)
International career‡
2010– Zimbabwe 30 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kaizer Chiefs 2009–10 South African Premier Division 21 4 0 0 0 0 ? ? 0 0 21 4
2010–11 28 15 0 0 0 0 ? ? 0 0 28 15
Kaizer Chiefs 49 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 19
Hoffenheim 2011–12 Bundesliga 16 0 1 1 — — 0 0 17 1
Augsburg (loan) 2012–13 Bundesliga 14 0 3 1 — — 0 0 17 1
Kaizer Chiefs (loan) 2013–14 South African Premier Division 19 8 1 1 3 2 ? 5 3[a] 0 26 16
Oostende 2014–15 Pro League 15 5 0 0 — — 0 0 15 5
2015–16 35 13 1 0 — — 0 0 36 13
2016–17 First Division A 29 10 3 3 — — 1[b] 0 33 13
2017–18 24 7 2 2 — 2[c] 1 0 0 28 10
Oostende 103 35 6 5 — 2 1 1 0 122 41
Career total 201 62 11 8 3 2 2 6 4 0 221 78
  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.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 September 2010 SKD Sports Complex, Paynesville  Liberia
1–0
1–1
 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2. 17 November 2010 Estádio do Maxaquene, Maputo  Mozambique
1–0
3–1
 Friendly
3. 5 June 2011 Rufaro Stadium, Harare  Mali
1–0
2–1
 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.
2–1
5. 8 October 2011 Estádio da Várzea, Praia  Cape Verde
2–1
2–1
6. 15 November 2011 Rufaro Stadium, Harare  South Africa
1–1
2–1
 Friendly
7.
2–1
8. 29 February 2012 Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura  Burundi
1–1
1–2
 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
9. 17 June 2012 National Sports Stadium, Harare
1–0
1–0
10. 26 March 2013 Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria  Egypt
1–1
2–1
 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
11. 9 June 2013 National Sports Stadium, Harare
1–1
4–2
12. 10 September 2013 Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg  South Africa
1–0
2–1
 Friendly
13. 6 September 2015 Rufaro Stadium, Harare  Guinea
1–1
1–1
 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
14. 28 March 2016 National Sports Stadium, Harare  Eswatini
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 2017 Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville  Tunisia
1–3
2–4
 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
18. 11 June 2017 National 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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