Moroccan footballer (1941–2013)
Allal Benkassou
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 Years
Team
Apps
(Gls )
FAR Rabat
1963–1972
Morocco [ 1]
52
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Allal Benkassou , also spelled Kassou (Arabic : علال بن قصو ; 11 November 1941 – 29 October 2013 in Rabat )[ 2] was a Moroccan footballer who played as a goalkeeper .
Benkassou 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]
Benkassou was also a sergeant of the Moroccan Army.
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