Jeffrey Monakana
Monakana pictured in 2015 pre-season
Personal information
Full name Jeffrey Monakana[1]
Date of birth (1993-11-05) 5 November 1993[1]
Place of birth Edmonton, England[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Magni Grenivík
Youth career
2002–2012 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Preston North End 40 (4)
2013 → Colchester United (loan) 9 (1)
2014–2016 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2014 → Crawley Town (loan) 4 (0)
2014–2015 → Aberdeen (loan) 10 (0)
2015 → Mansfield Town (loan) 6 (0)
2015 → Carlisle United (loan) 1 (0)
2015 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 3 (0)
2016 FC Voluntari 3 (0)
2016–2017 Sutton United 5 (0)
2017 → Margate (loan) 5 (0)
2017 → Welling United (loan) 14 (1)
2017–2018 Welling United 1 (0)
2018–2019 Wealdstone 37 (4)
2019–2020 Dulwich Hamlet 27 (4)
2020 Fjölnir 4 (0)
2021– Magni Grenivík 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:20, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Jeffrey Monakana (born 5 November 1993) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Magni Grenivík.

Career

Monakana progressed through the youth system at Arsenal,[2][3] then finally in 2008, At the age of 14, Monakana was handed a four-year contract.

Monakana[4] signed a one-year-deal with Preston North End on 31 May 2012, effective from 1 July 2012.[5] The 18-year-old winger became the ninth summer signing for Preston manager Graham Westley. Monakana performed well in pre-season, notably his contributions against Athens[6][7] and Wimbledon.[8][9]

He made his full debut in a home League Cup tie against Huddersfield Town, on 13 August 2012,[10] Playing for 70 minutes, and had an excellent game, setting Jack King up for the first goal in a 2–0 win. His first senior goal came in a second round League Cup tie against Crystal Palace.[11] He went on to score six goals and 10 assist in his first year at professional football. In the game against Brentford opposing manager Uwe Rosler stating that Monakana was a handful with his pace and skill.

On 12 September 2013, Monakana joined fellow League One side Colchester United on a month's loan.[12] He scored on his debut for the club in a 2–2 draw with Bradford City on 14 September.[13] On 15 October 2013, after starting every match since joining Monakana's loan was extended at the club until the beginning of December 2013.[14]

On 14 January 2014, Monakana transferred to Football League Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee, signing an 18-month contract with the club's development squad.[15] On 27 March 2014, Monakana joined League One side Crawley Town on a month's loan.[16] In July 2014, Monakana joined Aberdeen on loan for six months.[17] In February 2015, Monakana joined Mansfield Town on loan for a month.[18] In March 2015, Monakana was loaned out again, joining Carlisle United this time on loan until the end of the season.[19]

On 4 August 2015, Monakana joined League Two side Bristol Rovers on a one-month loan.[20]

On 16 January 2016, Monakana signed a contract for six-months with Romanian club FC Voluntari.[21]

On 22 December 2016, it was announced that Monakana had signed a one and a half year contract with National League club Sutton United.[22] He made his first appearance for Sutton as a substitute on 1 January 2017 in a 2–0 home victory over Bromley, before making his full debut on 10 January in a 1–0 away defeat against Braintree Town.[23][24]

In August 2017 he signed a loan deal with Welling United. The deal was made permanent on 17 November 2017.[25] In March 2018, he signed for Wealdstone.[26] He moved to Dulwich Hamlet, also of National League South, in June 2019.[27]

On 4 September 2020, Monakana joined Icelandic Úrvalsdeild side Fjölnir until the end of the season.[28]

In February 2021, he returned to Iceland to join 1. deild karla side Magni Grenivík.[29]

Personal life

Monakana is of DR Congolese descent.[30]

Career statistics

As of end of 2020 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Preston North End 2012–13[31] League One 38421314[lower-alpha 1]0476
2013–14[32] 2000000020
Preston total 404213140496
Colchester United (loan) 2013–14[32] League One 9100000091
Brighton & Hove Albion 2013–14[32] Championship 0000000000
Crawley Town (loan) 2013–14[32] League One 4000000040
Aberdeen (loan) 2014–15[33] Scottish Premiership 100000000100
Mansfield Town (loan) 2014–15[33] League Two 6000000060
Carlisle United (loan) 2014–15[33] League Two 1000000010
Bristol Rovers (loan) 2015–16[34] League Two 3000000030
Voluntari 2015–16[35] Liga I 3000000030
Sutton United 2016–17[36] National League 4010—2[lower-alpha 2]070
2017–18[35] 1000—0010
Sutton total 5010002080
Margate (loan) 2016–17[35] National League South 5000—0050
Welling United (loan) 2017–18[35] National League South 14100—00151
Welling United 1000—0010
Wealdstone 2017–18 National League South 8100—0081
2018–19 National League South 28220—2[lower-alpha 3]1323
Total 363200021404
Dulwich Hamlet 2019–20 National League South 27420—1[lower-alpha 2]0304
Fjölnir 2020 Úrvalsdeild 4000000040
Career total 1681371319118716
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearances in the FA Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in National League South play-offs

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jeffrey Monakana". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Westley Excited by Monakana". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Profiles: Jeffrey Monakana". Arsenal F.C. Blog. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Profiles: Jeffrey Monakana". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Preston to Sign Lee Holmes, John Mousinho & Jeffrey Monakana". BBC Sport. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Preston North End 1 – 0 AEK Athens". Preston North End. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Preston North End 1 – 0 AEK Athens". Sky Betting. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "AFC Wimbledon 1 – 4 Preston North End". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "AFC Wimbledon 1 – 4 Preston North End". Preston North End. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "Preston Vs Huddersfield League Cup Tie". BBC Sport. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "Preston North End Vs Crystal Palace League Cup 2nd Round Tie". BBC Sport. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "U's Flash: Monakana Signs – News – Colchester United".
  13. ↑ "Bradford 2–2 Colchester". BBC Sport. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  14. ↑ "U's Flash: Monakana Stays". Colchester United Official Website. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  15. ↑ "Albion Sign Preston Winger". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 14 January 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  16. ↑ "Monakana's a Red". Crawley Town FC. 27 March 2014.
  17. ↑ Aberdeen land Brighton winger Jeffrey Monakana on loan, BBC Sport.
  18. ↑ Jeffrey Monakana: Brighton loan midfielder to Mansfield, BBC Sport.
  19. ↑ Carlisle United sign David Atkinson and Jeffrey Monakana, BBC Sport.
  20. ↑ Jeffrey Monakana joins Bristol Rovers on loan, Sky Sports.
  21. ↑ "Monakana leaves Brighton for Romania". BBC Sport.
  22. ↑ "Jeffrey Monakana: Sutton United sign former Arsenal trainee". BBC Sport. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  23. ↑ "Sutton United 2 Bromley 0". BBC Sport. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  24. ↑ "Braintree Town 1 Sutton United 0". BBC Sport. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  25. ↑ "Return of the Stearn". Sutton United FC. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  26. ↑ "Wealdstone sign ex-Preston and Brighton man Monakana". Nonleaguedaily.com. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  27. ↑ "Dulwich Hamlet sign six players – including Welling defender Richard Orlu". South London Press. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  28. ↑ "Fyrrverandi leikmaður Arsenal í Fjölni". mbl.is (in Icelandic). 4 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  29. ↑ "Jeffrey Monakana í Magna". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). 26 February 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  30. ↑ "Jeffrey Monakana :: Jeffrey Monakana :: Magni Grenivík".
  31. ↑ "Games played by Jeffrey Monakana in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  32. 1 2 3 4 "Games played by Jeffrey Monakana in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  33. 1 2 3 "Games played by Jeffrey Monakana in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  34. ↑ "Games played by Jeffrey Monakana in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  35. 1 2 3 4 Jeffrey Monakana at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  36. ↑ "Jeffrey Monakana". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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