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Benni McCarthy
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South African association football player (born 1977)
Key facts
- 2025
- Kenya
- Full name
- Benedict Saul McCarthy
- Date of birth
- ( 1977-11-12 ) 12 November 1977 (age 48)
- Place of birth
- Cape Town , South Africa
- Height
- 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Position
- Forward
- Current team
- Kenya (manager)
- Years
- Team
- 1995 1997
- Seven Stars
- 1996 1997
- → Cape Town Spurs (loan)
- 1997 1999
- Ajax
- 1999 2003
- Celta Vigo
- 2003 2006
- Porto
- 2006 2010
- Blackburn Rovers
- 2010 2011
- West Ham United
- 2011 2013
- Orlando Pirates
- 1997 2012
- South Africa
- 2017 2019
- Cape Town City
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- McCarthy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Cape Town
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Cape Town Spurs F.C.
- Position played
- forward
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- South Africa
- Mass
- 87
- Image
- BenniMcCarthy.jpg
- Height
- 183
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1977-11-12
- birth name
- Benedict Saul McCarthy
- name in native language
- Benni McCarthy
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
- coach of sports team
- AmaZulu F.C.
- social media followers
- 264283
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Benedict Saul McCarthy (born 12 November 1977) is a South African professional soccer coach and former player who is currently the manager of the Kenya national football team. A former forward, McCarthy is the South Africa national team's all-time top scorer with 31 goals. He is also the only South African to have won the UEFA Champions League, doing so with Porto in 2004. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest South African players of all time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benni McCarthy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.