Phil Masinga has died

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https://www.iol.co.za/sport/soccer/phil-masinga-has-died-18798511

Phil Masinga has passed away.

The Bafana Bafana accounted tweeted the news a short while ago.

According to reports Masinga was hospitalised in December.

He will fondly be remembered his goal-scoring prowess for club and country.

Masinga was also part of South Africa's golden generation of footballers who plied their trade overseas for many years.

 

[MR.C]

He was and always will be a legend.
RIP

 

[3WA]

RIP. Still remember the aeroplane celebration after he scored to get us to 1998.

 

[dlk001]

R.I.P soccer legend

 

[Dirtdiver]

Wow,, the days when i knew every player in the national squad. Just watch that goal he scored against Congo, remember sitting and watching that game clear as day. I cant name one player in Bafana Bafana.

 

[ForceFate]

RIP legend. Condolences to family and friends

 

[Polymathic]

RIP

 

[Lord Farquart]

RIP LEGEND

 

[R13...]

RIP Phil

 

[Kornhub]

So young. R.I.P

 

[access]

not a soccer fan but i knew who he was, rip

 

[Mortymoose]

Ai! Waltzing Masinga! RIP!

 

[Hemi300c]

RIP

 

[airborne]

Rip, what ailed him?

 

[TribbleZA]

This makes me really sad. A legend is gone.

 

[RyanPCMR]

RIP

 

[theratman]

Bafana legend, Rip.

 

[Kornhub]

Rip, what ailed him?

Just looked on wiki so not sure how trustworthy it is but says cancer

 

[Iamnotageek]

 

[skimread]

If you watch the video it's from a time so different than now

I can't imagine seeing such a crowd in a football stadium again.