Phil Masinga

Phil Masinga

Personal information
Full name	Philemon Raul Masinga[1]
Date of birth	28 June 1969
Place of birth	Klerksdorp, South Africa
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Kaizer Chiefs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1990–1991	Jomo Cosmos	88	(23)
1991–1994	Mamelodi Sundowns	108	(98)
1994–1996	Leeds United	31	(5)
1996–1997	St. Gallen	10	(0)
1997	Salernitana	16	(4)
1997–2001	Bari	75	(24)
2001–2002	Al-Wahda
–	Total	328	(154 )
National team
1992–2001	South Africa	58	(18)
Teams managed
2006	PJ Stars
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Philemon Raul "Phil" Masinga (born 28 June 1969 in Klerksdorp) is a South African former professional footballer and manager who played as a striker from 1991 to 2002.

He played in the English Premier League for Leeds United, and Italian Serie A for Salernitana and Bari. He also played for Jomo Cosmos, Mamelodi Sundowns, St. Gallen and Al-Wahda. He represented South Africa in 58 international games, scoring 18 goals and in 2006 briefly managed PJ Stars.

Club career

He is a former player for Jomo Cosmos and Mamelodi Sundowns. He grew up playing for Jomo Cosmos. He played for South African major league with Mamelodi Sundowns and then left for England to play for Leeds United in a package deal with Lucas Radebe that his FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman did with Howard Wilkinson.

He played in the English Premiership for two years, playing 31 games and scoring five goals, and also scored a hat-trick in an FA Cup tie against Walsall on 17 January 1995.^[2]

Masinga played ten games in Switzerland with St. Gallen and then moved to Italy to play for Salernitana, scoring four goals in 16 games. He then spent 4 years playing for Bari. In 2000, a return to English Football with Coventry City fell through after he failed to secure a work permit.

International career

In an African Cup of Nations qualifier versus Zambia in 1992, Masinga became the first South African ever to be sent off in an international match. He was in the Bafana Bafana side when South Africa won the African Cup of Nations in 1996 and when they finished second to Egypt in the 1998 African Cup of Nations. “Chippa”, as he is affectionately known, scored the decisive goal in the 1997 game against the Republic of the Congo that took South Africa to the 1998 World Cup in France.

Personal life

Masinga now runs a string of football academies in his native country.

References

1. Hugman, Barry J, ed. (2005). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006. Queen Anne Press. p. 417. ISBN 978-1-85291-662-6.
2. "Hat-Trick Heroes - Leeds United FC - LeedsUtdMAD". Leedsunited-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-05-28.

External links

• Official Website
• Phil Masinga career statistics at Soccerbase
• Klerksdorper.com The Number One Internet Site for Klerksdorp