Phil Masinga

Phil Masinga

Personal information
Full name	Philemon Raoul Masinga
Date of birth	28 June 1969 (1969-06-28)
Place of birth	Klerksdorp, South Africa
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Youth career
	Kaizer Chiefs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1990–1991	Jomo Cosmos
1991–1994	Mamelodi Sundowns
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	132	(33 )
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 "Phil" Raoul Masinga (born 28 June 1969 in Klerksdorp) is a South African former international footballer. He represented South Africa in 58 international games, scoring 18 goals.

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. 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 1996, Masinga was in the Bafana Bafana side when it won the African Cup of Nations final and when the South African team finished second to Egypt in the 1998 African Cup of Nations. “Chippa”, as he is affectionately known, scored the goal in the 1997 game against the Republic of the Congo that proved decisive because it took South Africa to the 1998 World Cup in France.

In 2000, a return to English Football with Coventry City fell through after he failed to secure a work permit.

External links

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