Benjamin Massing

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Benjamin Massing
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Roger Massing
Date of birth (1962-06-20)20 June 1962
Place of birth Edéa, Cameroon
Date of death 9 December 2017(2017-12-09) (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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjamin Roger Massing (20 June 1962 – 9 December 2017) was a Cameroonian footballer who played as a central defender.

Football career

Diamant Yaoundé

On July 1, 2017 Massing signed for Diamant, a Cameroonian football club based in Yaoundé, and finished the 1986/1987 football season with the team.

US Créteil

In the 1987/1988 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] where he was sent off in the opening game for a foul on Argentina's Claudio Caniggia, in a 1–0 shock win.[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 1992/1993.[6]

Death

On 9 December 2017, Massing died in Edéa, Cameroon at the age of 55.[7][8][9]

His half-brother, Georges Mouyémé, is also a retired footballer who played for french clubs Troyes and Angers, and represented Cameroon at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and the 1996 African Cup of Nations.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "1990 – Squads – Cameroon". Planet World Cup. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Match report: Argentina 0–1 Cameroon". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "The 5 Worst Tackles". The Observer. 19 May 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
  5. ^ England hurts Milla's lions; at FIFA.com (in Spanish) Archived 23 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ African Nations Cup 1992 Archived 17 January 2010 at WebCite; at RSSSF
  7. ^ "Ex-Cameroon international Benjamin Massing passes on". soka25east.com. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Benjamin Massing: Former Cameroon international dies aged 55". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Cameroonian defender Benjamin Massing famous for the World Cup's 'worst tackle' dies, aged 55". Daily Mirror. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

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