Allal Benkassou

Allal Benkassou (Arabic: علال بن قصو; 11 November 1941 – 29 October 2013 in Rabat)[2] was a Moroccan footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Allal Benkassou
Benkassou at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Allal Benkassou
Date of birth (1941-11-30)30 November 1941
Place of birth Rabat, Morocco
Date of death 29 October 2013(2013-10-29) (aged 71)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
FAR Rabat
International career
1963–1972 Morocco[1] 52 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ben-Kassou played club football for FAR Rabat.[2]

Benkassou played for the Morocco national team at the 1964 Summer Olympics where he played against Yugoslavia and Hungary[3] and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals where he played against West Germany and Peru.[4] He was an unused squad member at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He played 116 times for the Morocco football team.

In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[5]

Also, Benkassou was a sergeant of the Moroccan Army.

References
  1. Morocco - Record International Players
  2. "Allal Benkassou n'est plus... - La Vie éco". La Vie Eco (in French). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Allal Benkassou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  4. Allal Ben Kassou – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. "Meilleur joueur des 50 dernières années 14 Marocains en lice" (in French). Le Matin. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2009.


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