Lubambo Musonda

Lubambo Musonda (born 1 March 1995) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for German 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Magdeburg and the Zambia national team.

Lubambo Musonda

Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Lusaka, Zambia[1]
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s)	Left winger[2]
Team information
Current team	1. FC Magdeburg
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012	National Assembly
2013–2014	Power Dynamos
2014–2015	Ulisses	13	(2)
2015–2019	Gandzasar Kapan	97	(16)
2019–2021	Śląsk Wrocław	55	(0)
2021	Śląsk Wrocław II	2	(1)
2021–2024	Horsens	58	(4)
2023–2024	→ Silkeborg (loan)	24	(0)
2024–	1. FC Magdeburg	15	(1)
International career‡
	Zambia U20
	Zambia U23
2014–	Zambia	37	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:32, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Musonda has played for National Assembly, Power Dynamos and Ulisses.^[2]

Following the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Musonda went on trial with FC Aktobe.^[3]

In August 2015 Musonda signed for Gandzasar Kapan.^[4][5][6][7]

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.^[8] After two and a half years in Poland, Musonda joined Danish 1st Division club AC Horsens on 16 August 2021, signing a deal until June 2024.^[9] In August 2023, Musonda joined Silkeborg IF on a one-year loan deal.^[10]

On 27 May 2024, it was announced that Musonda would sign for German 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Magdeburg on 1 July 2024.^[11]

International career

At the youth level Musonda played in the 2015 African U-20 Championship,^[12] scoring against Mozambique in its qualifiers, and the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.^[1]

Musonda made his senior international debut for Zambia in 2014.^[2] In December 2014 he was named as part of Zambia's preliminary squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.^[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 March 2021^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ulisses	2014–15	Armenian Premier League	13	2	2	0	–		–		15	2
Gandzasar Kapan	2015–16	Armenian Premier League	25	0	4	1	–		–		29	1
	2016–17		29	3	2	1	–		–		31	4
	2017–18		26	8	4	2	2	0	–		33	10
	2018–19		17	5	2	0	2	1	1	0	22	6
	Total		97	16	12	4	4	1	1	0	115	21
Śląsk Wrocław	2018–19	Ekstraklasa	12	0	0	0	–		–		12	0
	2019–20		25	0	0	0	–		–		25	0
	2020–21		16	0	1	0	–		–		17	0
	Total		53	0	1	0	–		–		54	0
Career total			163	18	15	4	4	1	1	0	183	23

International

As of match played 18 November 2018^[2]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Zambia	2014	3	1
	2015	9	1
	2016	6	0
	2017	0	0
	2018	5	0
	2019	0	0
	2020	4	0
	2021	1	0
Total		28	2

Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Musonda goal.^[2]

List of international goals scored by Lubambo Musonda

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 June 2014	Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, USA	Japan	3–3	3–4	Friendly
2	15 November 2015	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia	Sudan	1–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Gandzasar

• Armenian Cup: 2017–18^[14]

Silkeborg

• Danish Cup: 2023–24^[15][16]