Jeffrey Monakana
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jeffrey Monakana
| image = Jeffrey Monakana Lewes 0 BHA 0 crop.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Monakana pictured in 2015 pre-season
| fullname = Jeffrey Monakana{{Hugman|24615|accessdate=17 April 2017}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|11|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Edmonton, England
| height =
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 2002–2012
| youthclubs1 = Arsenal
| years1 = 2012–2014
| clubs1 = Preston North End
| caps1 = 40
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2013
| clubs2 = → Colchester United (loan)
| caps2 = 9
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2014–2016
| clubs3 = Brighton & Hove Albion
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2014
| clubs4 = → Crawley Town (loan)
| caps4 = 4
| goals4 = 0
| clubs5 = → Aberdeen (loan)
| years5 = 2014–2015
| caps5 = 10
| goals5 = 0
| clubs6 = → Mansfield Town (loan)
| years6 = 2015
| caps6 = 6
| goals6 = 0
| clubs7 = → Carlisle United (loan)
| years7 = 2015
| caps7 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| clubs8 = → Bristol Rovers (loan)
| years8 = 2015
| caps8 = 3
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2016
| clubs9 = FC Voluntari
| caps9 = 3
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2016–2017
| clubs10 = Sutton United
| caps10 = 5
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2017
| clubs11 = → Margate (loan)
| caps11 = 5
| goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2017
| clubs12 = → Welling United (loan)
| caps12 = 14
| goals12 = 1
| years13 = 2017–2018
| clubs13 = Welling United
| caps13 = 1
| goals13 = 0
| years14 = 2018–2019
| clubs14 = Wealdstone
| caps14 = 37
| goals14 = 4
| years15 = 2019–2020
| clubs15 = Dulwich Hamlet
| caps15 = 27
| goals15 = 4
| years16 = 2020
| clubs16 = Fjölnir
| caps16 = 4
| goals16 = 0
| years17 = 2021–2022
| clubs17 = Magni Grenivík
| caps17 = 8
| goals17 = 5
| totalcaps = 177
| totalgoals = 19
| club-update = 15:38, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
}}
Jeffrey Monakana (born 5 November 1993) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Monakana progressed through the youth system at Arsenal,{{cite web|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/26060/7846883/Westley-excited-by-Monakana |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202203357/http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/26060/7846883/Westley-excited-by-Monakana |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 February 2013 |title=Westley Excited by Monakana |publisher=Sky Sports |access-date=29 July 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://news.arseblog.com/2012/01/player-profile-jeffrey-monakana/ |title=Profiles: Jeffrey Monakana |publisher=Arsenal F.C. Blog |access-date=28 July 2012 |archive-date=23 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223043155/http://news.arseblog.com/2012/01/player-profile-jeffrey-monakana/ |url-status=dead }} then finally in 2008, At the age of 14, Monakana was handed a four-year contract.
Monakana{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18248439|title=Profiles: Jeffrey Monakana|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=28 July 2012}} signed a one-year deal with Preston North End on 31 May 2012, effective from 1 July 2012.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/mobile/football/18248439|title=Preston to Sign Lee Holmes, John Mousinho & Jeffrey Monakana|date=29 May 2012|publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=27 July 2012}} 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{{cite web|url=http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~2863757,00.html |title=Preston North End 1 – 0 AEK Athens |publisher=Preston North End |access-date=28 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731050519/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10362~2863757%2C00.html |archive-date=31 July 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.skybet.com/football/football-live/event/14219361|title=Preston North End 1 – 0 AEK Athens|publisher=Sky Betting|access-date=1 August 2012}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and Wimbledon.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/preston-north-end|title=AFC Wimbledon 1 – 4 Preston North End|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=1 August 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~2867107,00.html |title=AFC Wimbledon 1 – 4 Preston North End |publisher=Preston North End |access-date=1 August 2012 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
He made his full debut in a home League Cup tie against Huddersfield Town, on 13 August 2012,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19144704 |title=Preston Vs Huddersfield League Cup Tie|access-date=13 August 2012|publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 August 2012}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19340536 |title=Preston North End Vs Crystal Palace League Cup 2nd Round Tie|access-date=28 August 2012|publisher=BBC Sport |date=28 August 2012}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cu-fc.com/news/article/120913-monakana-signs-1048189.aspx|title = U's Flash: Monakana Signs – News – Colchester United}} He scored on his debut for the club in a 2–2 draw with Bradford City on 14 September.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23999401 |title=Bradford 2–2 Colchester|access-date=15 September 2013|publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 September 2013}} On 15 October 2013, after starting every match since joining Monakana's loan was extended at the club until the beginning of December 2013.{{cite news |url=http://www.cu-fc.com/news/article/151013-monakana-extension-1114860.aspx |title=U's Flash: Monakana Stays|access-date=15 October 2013|work=Colchester United Official Website |date=15 October 2013}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/albion-sign-preston-winger-1294765.aspx|title=Albion Sign Preston Winger|publisher=Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|date=14 January 2014|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115180336/http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/albion-sign-preston-winger-1294765.aspx|archive-date=15 January 2014|url-status=dead}} On 27 March 2014, Monakana joined League One side Crawley Town on a month's loan.{{Cite web |title=Monakana's a Red |url=http://www.crawleytownfc.com/news/article/27-03-jeffrey-monakana-1448461.aspx |work=Crawley Town FC |date=27 March 2014}} In July 2014, Monakana joined Aberdeen on loan for six months.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28408909 Aberdeen land Brighton winger Jeffrey Monakana on loan], BBC Sport. In February 2015, Monakana joined Mansfield Town on loan for a month.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31553171 Jeffrey Monakana: Brighton loan midfielder to Mansfield], BBC Sport. In March 2015, Monakana was loaned out again, joining Carlisle United this time on loan until the end of the season.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32073951 Carlisle United sign David Atkinson and Jeffrey Monakana], BBC Sport.
On 4 August 2015, Monakana joined League Two side Bristol Rovers on a one-month loan.[http://www.skysports.com/transfer/news/11763/9934450/jeffrey-monakana-joins-bristol-rovers-on-loan Jeffrey Monakana joins Bristol Rovers on loan], Sky Sports.
On 16 January 2016, Monakana signed a contract for six-months with Romanian club FC Voluntari.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35352353|title = Monakana leaves Brighton for Romania|publisher = BBC Sport}}
On 22 December 2016, it was announced that Monakana had signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with National League club Sutton United.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38411777|title=Jeffrey Monakana: Sutton United sign former Arsenal trainee|date=22 December 2016|access-date=26 January 2017|publisher=BBC Sport}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38429784|title=Sutton United 2 Bromley 0|date=1 January 2017|access-date=26 January 2017|publisher=BBC Sport}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38114178|title=Braintree Town 1 Sutton United 0|date=10 January 2017|access-date=26 January 2017|publisher=BBC Sport}}
In August 2017 he signed a loan deal with Welling United. The deal was made permanent on 17 November 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.suttonunited.net/return-of-the-stearn/|title=Return of the Stearn|publisher=Sutton United FC|date=17 November 2017|access-date=5 December 2017}} In March 2018, he signed for Wealdstone.{{Cite news| url=http://nonleaguedaily.com/wealdstone-sign-ex-preston-and-brighton-man-monakana/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624155632/http://nonleaguedaily.com/wealdstone-sign-ex-preston-and-brighton-man-monakana/ | url-status=usurped | archive-date=24 June 2019 |title=Wealdstone sign ex-Preston and Brighton man Monakana |publisher=Nonleaguedaily.com |date=23 March 2018 |access-date=24 June 2019}} He moved to Dulwich Hamlet, also of National League South, in June 2019.{{Cite news| url=https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/dulwich-hamlet-sign-six-players-including-welling-defender-richard-orlu/ |title=Dulwich Hamlet sign six players – including Welling defender Richard Orlu |publisher=South London Press |date=14 June 2019 |access-date=24 June 2019}}
On 4 September 2020, Monakana joined Icelandic Úrvalsdeild side Fjölnir until the end of the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/efstadeild/2020/09/04/fyrrverandi_leikmadur_arsenal_i_fjolni/|title=Fyrrverandi leikmaður Arsenal í Fjölni|website=mbl.is|date=4 September 2020|access-date=7 September 2020|language=Icelandic}}
In February 2021, he returned to Iceland to join 1. deild karla side Magni Grenivík.{{cite web|url=https://fotbolti.net/news/26-02-2021/jeffrey-monakana-i-magna-stadfest|title=Jeffrey Monakana í Magna|website=fotbolti.net|date=26 February 2021|accessdate=6 April 2021|language=Icelandic}}
In March 2024, following his inability to fully recover from his injury, Monakana announced his retirement from football.{{cite web|url=https://www.lep.co.uk/sport/football/preston-north-end/jeffrey-monakana-made-49-appearances-for-north-end-scoring-six-goals-following-his-move-from-arsenal-in-2012-4557982|title=Former Preston North End, Arsenal and Aberdeen winger announces retirement|publisher=Lancashire Evening Post|last=McMahon|first=Mark|date=16 March 2024|accessdate=17 April 2024}}
Personal life
Monakana is of DR Congolese descent.{{Cite web|url=http://www.zerozero.pt/player.php?id=166607|title = Jeffrey Monakana :: Jeffrey Monakana :: Magni Grenivík}}
Career statistics
{{updated|end of 2020 season}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Preston North End
|2012–13{{soccerbase season|65210|2012|accessdate=16 December 2017}} |rowspan="2"|League One |38 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4Appearances in the Football League Trophy | 0 | 47 | 6 | |
| 2013–14{{soccerbase season|65210|2013|accessdate=16 December 2017}}
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Preston total
!40 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 6 | |
| Colchester United (loan)
|9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Crawley Town (loan)
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Aberdeen (loan)
|2014–15{{soccerbase season|65210|2014|accessdate=16 December 2017}} |10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Mansfield Town (loan)
|6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Carlisle United (loan)
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bristol Rovers (loan)
|2015–16{{soccerbase season|65210|2015|accessdate=16 December 2017}} |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Voluntari
|2015–16{{soccerway|jeffrey-monakana/246282|accessdate=16 December 2017}} |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Sutton United
|2016–17{{cite web|title=Jeffrey Monakana|url=http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/players/jeffrey-monakana |publisher=Aylesbury United F.C.|access-date=16 December 2017}} |rowspan="2"|National League |4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2Appearances in the FA Trophy | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Sutton total
!5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Margate (loan)
|5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Welling United (loan)
|rowspan="2"|2017–18 |rowspan="2"|National League South |14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Welling United
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Wealdstone
|National League South |8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19
|National League South |28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|Appearance(s) in National League South play-offs}} | 1 | 32 | 3 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!36||3||2||0||0||0||2||1||40||4 | ||||||||||
| Dulwich Hamlet
|National League South |27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=FAT}} | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||
| Fjölnir
|2020 |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!168 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 187 | 16 |
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References
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External links
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