Phil Masinga during the 2018 SAFA Press Conference at the SAFA House, Johannesburg on 26 July 2018 ©Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
Legendary soccer player Phil Masinga has been confirmed dead. He was aged 49.
President of the South African Masters and Legend Football Association, Buddha Mathathe confirmed to the press on Sunday that Phil died at Parktown Hospital in Johannesburg following a long term illness.
Phil gained 50 caps for Bafana Bafana and is famed for his thunderstrike goal at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in 1998.
Tribute has started to flood social media including the Bafana Bafana and his former team Leeds United.
@BafanaBafana legend Phil Masinga has passed on.
MHSRIP pic.twitter.com/SCz0c9yxcQ— Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) January 13, 2019
It is with great sadness that the club has learnt of former striker Phil Masinga’s passing. The thoughts of everyone at #LUFC are with his family and friends pic.twitter.com/d0H0EO8idl
— Leeds United (@LUFC) January 13, 2019
