Benni McCarthy
South African association football player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Benni McCarthy (born 12 November 1977) was a South African football player. He played for West Ham United and the South Africa national team. He is the current head coach of Cape Town City FC.
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Full name | Benedict Saul McCarthy | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1977-11-12) 12 November 1977 (age 46) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Manchester United (first-team coach) | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Young Pirates | |||||||||||||||||
Crusaders | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Seven Stars | 49 | (39) | ||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | → Cape Town Spurs (loan) | 7 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | Ajax | 36 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
1999–2002 | Celta Vigo | 66 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
2002–2006 | Porto | 85 | (46) | ||||||||||||||
2006–2010 | Blackburn Rovers | 109 | (37) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | West Ham United | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Orlando Pirates | 24 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 387 | (161) | |||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
– | South Africa U23 | 13 | |||||||||||||||
1997–2012 | South Africa | 79 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Sint-Truiden (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Cape Town City | ||||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | AmaZulu | ||||||||||||||||
2022– | Manchester United (first team coach) | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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