Bennett Masinga

Bennett Masinga

Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-01-14)14 January 1965
Place of birth	Klerksdorp, South Africa
Date of death
Place of death	Stilfontein, South Africa
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1987	Klerksdorp City
1987–1996	Mamelodi Sundowns
1996–1999	Seven Stars
1999–????	Santos Cape Town
	→Hellenic FC (loan)
	Bloemfontein Celtic
International career
1992–1993	South Africa	5	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bennett Masinga (13 January 1965 – 14 November 2013) was a South African footballer who played as a striker.

He was the cousin of Phil Masinga.

Masinga died on 14 November 2013 at the age of 48.

International career

He was on the score sheet with his cousin in one of Bafana Bafana's first international matches in a 2-2 draw against Cameroon on 11 July 1992. His fifth and last international match was against Mauritius on 10 April 1993.

Style of play

MTN described Masinga as one of the best near post goalscorers in SA football, a tiny man, quick as lightning and able to sniff out a goal in any situation

Death

He died at the age of 48 after a short illness. Condolences flooded in for the Masinga family. Former Mamelodi Sundowns teammate Zane Moosa took to Twitter to mourn with his tweet reading "Eish, what a sad way to start the weekend. The passing of Bennett "Loverboy" Masinga, what a player! Robala ka kgosto Bennito". Phil Masinga also said "I idolised him. Followed him around as a youngster. Carried his boots for him just to see him play. All I wanted was to be as good in football as he was. No doubt he was a better player than me."

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 July 1992	FNB Stadium, South Africa	Cameroon	2-2	2-2	International friendly

External links

• Masinga.html Bennett Masinga at National-Football-Teams.com