Allal Ben Kassou

Allal Ben-Kassou
Personal information
Full name Allal Ben-Kassou
Date of birth 1941
Place of birth Rabat, Morocco
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
FAR Rabat
National team
1964-76 Morocco 116

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Allal Ben-Kassou (Arabic: علال بن قصو; 1941 – 29 October 2013 in Rabat) was a Moroccan football goalkeeper.

Ben-Kassou played club football for FAR Rabat in the Botola.

Ben-Kassou played for the Morocco national football team at the 1964 Summer Olympics[1] and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals.[2] 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.[3]

Also, Ben-Kassou was a sergeant of the Moroccan Army.

References

  1. "Allal Kassou Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  2. Allal Ben KassouFIFA competition record
  3. "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 2009-08-29.
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