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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	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) was a Moroccan footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Benkassou played club football for FAR Rabat.

Benkassou played for the Morocco national team at the 1964 Summer Olympics where he played against Yugoslavia and Hungary and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals where he played against West Germany and Peru. 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.

Benkassou was also 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 Ben Kassou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. 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.

External links

• Allal Ben Kassou at National-Football-Teams.com
• Allal Ben Kassou at WorldFootball.net
• Allal Ben Kassou at Olympedia (archive)
• Allal Kassou at Olympics.com

Morocco squads

v t e Morocco football squad – 1964 Summer Olympics 1 Benkassou 2 Kastaiani 3 Fahim 4 Nijam 5 Bensiffedine 6 Khanousi 7 Nafai 8 Lamari 9 Mohamed 10 Bamous 11 Bendayan 12 Laghrissi 13 El Mansouri 14 Moukhtatif 15 Sahraoui 16 Morchid 17 Kenzeddine 18 Bouachra Coach: Massoun v t e Morocco squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup 1 Ben Kassou 2 Lamrani 3 Benkhrif 4 Khassouni (c) 5 Slimani 6 Mahroufi 7 Ghandi 8 Bamous 9 Faras 10 El Filali 11 Ghazouani 12 Hazzaz 13 Fadili 14 Jarir 15 Dahane 16 Choukri 17 Alaoui 18 El Khiati 19 Ouaraghli Coach: Vidinić v t e Morocco football squad – 1972 Summer Olympics 1 Benkassou 2 Benkhrif 3 Ahardane 4 Lamrani 5 El-Bakhti 6 Yaghcha 7 Tazi 8 Zahraoui 9 Faras 10 Zouita 11 Ghazouani 12 Hazzaz 13 Hadry 14 Najah 15 Jafri 16 El Filali 17 El-Zaghrari 18 Merzaq 19 Belkorchi Coach: Baringa

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