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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Phil Masinga
| image =
| fullname = Philemon Raul Masinga<ref name=Hugman0506>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |year=2005 |page=417 |isbn=978-1-85291-662-6}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1969|6|28|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|1|13|1969|6|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Klerksdorp]], South Africa
| death_place = [[Johannesburg]], South Africa
| height = {{convert|1.88|m|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/888/Philemon-Masinga/overview |title=Philemon Masinga: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref>
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 1984–1990
| youthclubs1 = [[Kaizer Chiefs Football Club|Kaizer Chiefs]]
| years1 = 1990–1991 
| clubs1 = [[Jomo Cosmos]] 
| caps1 = 88
| goals1 = 23
| years2 = 1991–1994 
| clubs2 = [[Mamelodi Sundowns FC|Mamelodi Sundowns]] 
| caps2 = 108
| goals2 = 98
| years3 = 1994–1996 
| clubs3 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] 
| caps3 = 31
| goals3 = 5
| years4 = 1996–1997 
| clubs4 = [[FC St. Gallen|St. Gallen]] 
| caps4 = 10
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1997 
| clubs5 = [[Salernitana Calcio 1919|Salernitana]] 
| caps5 = 16
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 1997–2001 
| clubs6 = [[A.S. Bari|Bari]] 
| caps6 = 75
| goals6 = 24
| years7 = 2001–2002
| clubs7 = [[Al-Wahda FC (Abu Dhabi)|Al-Wahda]] 
| caps7 = 15
| goals7 = 7
| totalcaps = 343
| totalgoals = 161
| nationalyears1 = 1992–2001
| nationalteam1 = [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]]
| nationalcaps1 = 58
| nationalgoals1 = 18 
| manageryears1 = 2006
| managerclubs1 = [[PJ Stars]]| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|RSA}}}} <small>(as player)</small>
{{MedalCompetition|[[African Cup of Nations]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1996 African Cup of Nations|1996 South Africa]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1998 Africa Cup of Nations|1998 Burkina Faso]]|}}
}}

'''Philemon Raul Masinga''' (28 June 1969 – 13 January 2019) was a South African professional [[footballer]] and manager who played as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]] from 1990 to 2002. He was renowned as a strong who stood out for his leadership on the pitch, and he was known for his great dribbling, speed, and his incredible goalscoring ability and finishing, he is widely regarded as one of the best South African strikers of all time.

==Club career==
He made his debut for [[Jomo Cosmos]] in 1990, before moving on to [[Mamelodi Sundowns FC|Mamelodi Sundowns]].<ref name="TSA">{{cite news |last1=Breakfast |first1=Siviwe |title=Former Bafana striker Phil Masinga hospitalised |url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/former-bafana-striker-phil-masinga-hospitalised/ |access-date=13 January 2019 |publisher=The South African |date=12 December 2018}}</ref>

In 1994 he left for English Premier League club [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]; the deal that his agent Marcelo Houseman did with Leeds manager [[Howard Wilkinson]] also involved [[Lucas Radebe]] moving to Leeds from [[Kaizer Chiefs F.C.|Kaizer Chiefs]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smart |first1=Ryan |title=This is my hero |url=https://taleoftwohalves.uk/featured/hero-profiling-rise-lucas-radebe |website=Tale of Two Halves |date=6 August 2018 |access-date=13 January 2019 |archive-date=13 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232258/https://taleoftwohalves.uk/featured/hero-profiling-rise-lucas-radebe |url-status=dead }}</ref> He played in the English Premier League for two years, playing 31 games and scoring five goals, and also scored a hat-trick in an [[FA Cup]] tie against [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]] on 17 January 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leedsunited-mad.co.uk/feat/edy3/hattrick_heroes_286630/index.shtml |title=Hat-Trick Heroes – Leeds United FC – LeedsUtdMAD |publisher=Leedsunited-mad.co.uk |access-date=28 May 2012}}</ref>

Masinga moved to [[Switzerland]] with [[FC St. Gallen|St. Gallen]] in 1996, followed by spells in Italy with [[Salernitana Calcio 1919|Salernitana]] and [[A.S. Bari|Bari]].<ref name="ESPN">{{cite news |title=South Africa and Leeds United star Phil Masinga dies at 49 |url=http://www.espn.com.au/soccer/south-africa/story/3750155/south-africa-and-leeds-united-star-phil-masinga-dies-at-49 |access-date=13 January 2019 |publisher=ESPN |date=13 January 2019}}</ref> In 2001, a return to English Football with [[Coventry City]] fell through after he failed to secure a work permit,<ref>{{cite news |title=Masinga deal off |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/masinga-deal-off-3177689 |access-date=13 January 2019 |newspaper=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=15 August 2001}}</ref> following which he moved to [[Al Wahda FC]] in [[Abu Dhabi]] where he completed his playing career.<ref name="ESPN" />

==International career==
Masinga made his international debut in July 1992 against Cameroon; this was South Africa's first match following readmission of the country to international football.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |title=Phil Masinga: Ex-Leeds and South Africa striker dies aged 49 |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46854891 |access-date=13 January 2019}}</ref>

In an [[African Cup of Nations]] qualifier versus [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]] in 1992, Masinga became the first South African ever to be sent off in an international match.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Said |first1=Nick |title=No stranger to seeing red |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/daily-dispatch/20150907/281784217864609 |access-date=13 January 2019 |newspaper=Daily Dispatch |date=7 August 2015}}</ref> 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 national football team|Egypt]] in the 1998 [[African Cup of Nations]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hadebe Sadze |title=Bafana Bafana legend Philemon Masinga has been hospitalised |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/soccer/2018-12-12-bafana-bafana-legend-philemon-masinga-has-been-hospitalised/ |access-date=13 January 2019 |newspaper=The Sowetan |date=12 December 2018}}</ref> "Chippa", as he was affectionately known,<ref name="ZA24">{{cite news |title=SA soccer legend Phil 'Chippa' Masinga dies |url=https://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/BafanaBafana/sa-soccer-legend-phil-chippa-masinga-dies-20190113|access-date=13 January 2019 |publisher=Sport24 |date=13 January 2019}}</ref> scored the decisive goal in the 1997 game against the [[Congo national football team|Republic of the Congo]] that took South Africa to the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]] in [[France]].<ref name="BBC" /> He played 58 games for his country, scoring 18 goals.<ref name="TSA" />

 
===International goals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Goal
!Date
!Venue
!Opponent
!Score
!Result
!Competition
|-
|1 ||11 July 1992 ||rowspan=2|[[FNB Stadium]], [[Johannesburg]], South Africa ||{{fb|CMR}} ||1–1 ||2–2 ||Friendly
|-
|2 ||24 October 1992 ||{{fb|CGO}} ||1–0 ||1–0 ||[[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
|3 ||25 July 1993 ||[[Anjalay Stadium|Sir Aneroid Jugnauth Stadium]], [[Belle Vue Maurel]], Mauritius ||{{fb|MRI}} ||3–0||3–0||[[1994 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
|4 ||24 April 1994 ||[[Mmabatho Stadium]], [[Mmabatho]], South Africa ||{{fb|ZIM}} ||1–0 ||1–0 ||Friendly
|-
|5 ||4 September 1994 ||[[Mahamasina Municipal Stadium]], [[Antananarivo]], Madagascar ||{{fb|MAD}} ||1–0 ||1–0 ||rowspan=2|[[1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
|6 ||15 October 1994 ||[[Odi Stadium]], [[Mabopane]], South Africa ||{{fb|MRI}} ||1–0 ||1–0
|-
|7 ||13 January 1996 ||rowspan=3|FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa ||{{fb|CMR}} ||1–0 ||3–0 ||[[1996 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
|8 ||24 April 1996 ||{{fb|BRA}} ||1–0 ||2–3 ||Friendly
|-
|9 ||9 November 1996 ||rowspan=2|{{fb|Zaire}} ||1–0 ||1–0 ||rowspan=2|[[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
|10 ||27 April 1997 ||[[Stade Municipal (Lomé)|Stade Municipal]], [[Lomé|Lome]], Togo ||2–1 ||2–1
|-
|11 ||24 May 1997 ||[[Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]], England ||{{fb|ENG}} ||1–1 ||1–2 ||Friendly
|-
|12 ||8 June 1997 ||rowspan=2|FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa ||{{fb|ZAM}} ||2–0 ||3–0 ||rowspan=2| 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
|13 ||16 August 1997 ||{{fb|CGO}} ||1–0 ||1–0
|-
|14 ||24 January 1998 ||[[Independence Stadium (Namibia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Windhoek]], South Africa ||{{fb|NAM}} ||2–1 ||2–3 ||[[1998 COSAFA Cup]]
|-
|15 ||23 January 1999 ||[[Stade George V|King George V Stadium]], [[Curepipe]], Mauritius||{{fb|MRI}} ||1–0 ||1–1 ||rowspan=2|[[2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
|16 ||27 February 1999 ||Odi Stadium, Mabopane,South Africa ||{{fb|GAB}} ||2–1 ||4–1
|-
|17 ||16 December 2000 ||FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa||{{fb|LBR}} ||2–0 ||2–1 ||[[2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
|18 ||25 February 2001 ||[[Chichiri Stadium]], [[Blantyre]], Malawi ||{{fb|MWI}} ||1–0 ||2–1 ||[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|}

 

==Managerial career==
In 2006, Masinga briefly coached [[PJ Stars]], a now-defunct third-division South African club.<ref name="TSA" />

 

==Honours==
;Jomo Cosmos

* [[Nedbank Cup]]: 1990

;Mamelodi Sundowns

* [[National Soccer League (South Africa)|National Soccer League]]: [[1993 NSL First Division|1993]]

;Leeds United

*[[League Cup]]; Runner-up: 1996

;South Africa

* [[Africa Cup of Nations]] winners: [[1996 African Cup of Nations|1996]]
* [[Africa Cup of Nations]] runner-up: [[1998 African Cup of Nations|1998]]

 

==Death==
On 13 January 2019, the president of the [[South African Football Association]], [[Danny Jordaan]], announced his death.<ref name="BBC" /> Masinga had been admitted to hospital the previous month, due to cancer.<ref name="ZA24" /><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/14/phil-masinga-south-africa-leeds-premier-league-history|title =Phil Masinga: South Africa striker who made Premier League history with Leeds|date=14 January 2019|work=Guardian|access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref>

==Other websites==
*{{Official Website}}
*{{Soccerbase}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070823105443/http://www.klerksdorper.com/ Klerksdorper.com The Number One Internet Site for Klerksdorp]

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