Allal Ben Kassou
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Allal Ben-Kassou | ||
Date of birth | 30 November 1941 | ||
Place of birth | Rabat, Morocco | ||
Date of death | 29 October 2013 | (aged 71)||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1959–1978 | FAR Rabat | 213 | (0) |
National team | |||
1963–1972 | Morocco[1] | 52 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Allal Ben-Kassou (Arabic: علال بن قصو; 11 November 1941 – 29 October 2013 in Rabat) was a Moroccan footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Ben-Kassou played club football for FAR Rabat in the Botola.
Ben-Kassou played for the Morocco national team at the 1964 Summer Olympics where he played against Yugoslavia and Hungary[2] and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals where he played against West Germany and Peru.[3] 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.[4]
Also, Ben-Kassou was a sergeant of the Moroccan Army.
References[]
- ^ Morocco - Record International Players
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Allal Ben Kassou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ Allal Ben Kassou – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- Allal Ben Kassou at the International Olympic Committee
- Allal Ben Kassou at National-Football-Teams.com
- Allal Ben Kassou at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 1941 births
- 2013 deaths
- Sportspeople from Rabat
- Moroccan footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Morocco international footballers
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- 1972 African Cup of Nations players
- Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Morocco
- Competitors at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 1967 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 1971 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Morocco
- Botola players
- AS FAR (football) players
- Moroccan football biography stubs
- Association football goalkeeper stubs