Benjamin Massing
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| Full name | Benjamin Roger Massing | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 June 1962 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edéa, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 December 2017 (aged 55) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edéa, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Diamant Yaoundé | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1991 | Créteil | 41 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Olympic Mvolyé | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1992 | Cameroon | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Benjamin Roger Massing (20 June 1962 – 9 December 2017) was a Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a central defender for Diamant Yaoundé, Créteil in France, and Olympic Mvolyé. At international level, he played for the Cameroon national team which he represented at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Career
[edit]Diamant Yaoundé
[edit]Massing started his professional career with Diamant Yaoundé, a Cameroonian football club based in the country's capital, and finished the 1986–1987 football season with the team.
US Créteil
[edit]In the 1987–88 season, Massing signed for French club US Créteil[1] from where he was picked up for Cameroon's squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.[2] Massing was sent off in the opening game for a foul on Argentina's Claudio Caniggia, in a 1–0 shock win for Cameroon.[3][4]
Massing also appeared in the quarter-final loss to England (2–3) where he was booked, conceding a penalty for committing a foul on Gary Lineker.[5]
Massing earned 21 international caps and also took part in three Africa Cup of Nations, including the 1992 edition while playing for Olympic Mvolyé between 1992 and 1993.[6]
Death
[edit]On 9 December 2017, Massing died in Edéa, Cameroon at the age of 55.[7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Souvenirs d'un mondialiste de 90: Benjamin Massing" [Memories of a 90 World Cup man: Benjamin Massing] (in French). Camfoot. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "1990 – Squads – Cameroon". Planet World Cup. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
- ^ "Match report: Argentina 0–1 Cameroon". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
- ^ "The 5 Worst Tackles". The Observer. 19 May 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
- ^ England hurts Milla's lions; at FIFA.com (in Spanish)
- ^ African Nations Cup 1992 Archived 13 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine; at RSSSF
- ^ "Ex-Cameroon international Benjamin Massing passes on". soka25east.com. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Benjamin Massing: Former Cameroon international dies aged 55". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Cameroonian defender Benjamin Massing famous for the World Cup's 'worst tackle' dies, aged 55". Daily Mirror. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
External links
[edit]- Benjamin Massing at National-Football-Teams.com
- Benjamin Massing – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Cameroon stats at 11V11
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- 1962 births
- 2017 deaths
- People from Littoral Region (Cameroon)
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Diamant Yaoundé players
- Olympic Mvolyé players
- Ligue 2 players
- US Créteil-Lusitanos players
- Cameroon men's international footballers
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- 1988 African Cup of Nations players
- 1990 African Cup of Nations players
- 1992 African Cup of Nations players
- Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
- Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France