Knowledge Musona (born 21 June 1990) is a Zimbabwean professional

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who plays as a left winger or forward for Al-Tai in the

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, and captains the Zimbabwe national team. Previously, he has played senior football in South Africa, Belgium and Germany.

Personal life

Knowledge Musona hails from Norton, Mashonaland West and attended Lord Malvern High School in

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. His younger brother

Walter Musona Walter Tatenda Musona (born 12 December 1995) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a forward for Polokwane City F.C. and the Zimbabwe national football team. He has also been capped at the under-17, under-20 and under-23 levels. Personal ...

is also a professional footballer.

Club career

Musona made his debut for Hoffenheim as a substitute against SC Freiburg in a 3–1 win and scored his first goal in a 2–1

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win over

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on 25 October 2011. On 18 May 2012, it was announced that he would join

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on a one-year loan for the upcoming season. In July 2013, he left Germany and moved to South African side

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on a loan deal. He scored eight goals in 19 league matches, including a vital goal which sent his team into the last 16 of the Nedbank Cup. Musona scored a hat trick in a 3–0 first-round, second-leg

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victory over Liga Muculmana in

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on 6 March, progressing to the next round of the competition on a 7–0 aggregate scoreline after winning 4–0 at

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. Musona suffered an ankle sprain in a 2–0 win over

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in the

on 29 March 2014 where they lost 3–2 on aggregate. Musona ended the season with 16 goals in 25 starts in all competitions. He attracted interest from clubs in Belgium, Germany and Roda of the Netherlands. On 5 August, Musona started training with

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club,

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. 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

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stated that this move was the ideal step to revive his career. He joined Andile Jali at the Belgian club. He made his Belgian Pro League debut on 17 January 2015 in a 7–1 home defeat to

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. He was subbed off in the 67th minute, being replaced by Fernando Canesin. He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 21 February 2015 in a 3–1 home defeat to

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in the league. His goal, assisted by Elimane Coulibaly, was scored in the 77th minute. In May 2018, Musona moved to RSC Anderlecht, signing a four-year deal. This came after reported interest from another Belgian side, Standard Liège. He made his league debut for the club on the opening day of the season, coming on for Landry Dimata in the 86th minute of Anderlecht's 4–1 away victory over

. He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 26 August 2018 in a 2–1 away defeat to Club Brugge. His goal, assisted by Ivan Santini, was scored in the 19th minute and levelled the scores at one. In January 2019, Musona was loaned out to

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until the end of the 2018–19 season. He made his league debut for the club on 19 January 2019, playing all ninety minutes of a 4–1 away defeat to

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. He scored his first league goal for the club on 9 February 2019 in a 2–1 home victory over Royal Antwerp. His goal, assisted by

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, was scored in the 32nd minute.

International career

Musona made his national team debut in a friendly against

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on 3 March 2010. He is often considered to be one of the finest strikers to ever come out of Zimbabwe. At the 2017 African Cup of Nations, he scored a goal against

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, beating two defenders and smashing the ball beyond the goalkeeper. On 11 June 2017, he scored a hat trick to join other Zimbabwean hat trick heroes like the legendary Peter Ndlovu and

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. Musona announced his retirement from international football in 2022.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first.''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Musona, Knowledge 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Mashonaland West Province Zimbabwean footballers Zimbabwean expatriate footballers Zimbabwe international footballers Association football forwards Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players Bundesliga players Expatriate soccer players in South Africa Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in Germany Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia FC Augsburg players K.V. Oostende players R.S.C. Anderlecht players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players K.A.S. Eupen players Al-Tai FC players Belgian Pro League players Saudi Professional League players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players People from Norton, Zimbabwe