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Benni McCarthy

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Benedict Saul McCarthy (born 12 November 1977) is a South African professional football coach and former player who is currently the manager of the Kenya national 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. McCarthy previously worked as the head coach of South African Premier Division sides Cape Town City and AmaZulu, and as striker's coach at Premier League club Manchester United. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2024). Benni McCarthy is the 6,795th most popular soccer player (down from 4,777th in 2024), the 226th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 157th in 2019) and the 6th most popular South African Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Benni McCarthy ranks 6,795 out of 21,273. Before him are Hiroshi Kobayashi, Yuki Koike, Cléber Eduardo Arado, Nemanja Gudelj, Takashi Takusagawa, and Henri Camara. After him are Tomohiro Yamauchi, Dai Okada, Takuma Asano, Steffen Freund, Mouncif El Haddaoui, and Kazuhito Mochizuki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Benni McCarthy ranks 329. Before him are Martin Laursen, Erjon Bogdani, Didier Dinart, Mehmet Aurélio, Iván Kaviedes, and Henri Camara. After him are Jessica Meir, Emil Sutovsky, Daniel Andersson, Riikka Purra, Jessica Schwarz, and Clea DuVall.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Benni McCarthy ranks 226 out of 454. Before him are Sid James (1913), Steven Pienaar (1982), Yolandi Visser (1984), Candice Swanepoel (1988), Patrice Motsepe (1962), and Mike Melvill (1940). After him are Beyers Naudé (1915), Adam Rose (1979), Jerome Damon (1972), Lillian Board (1948), Louis Hayward (1909), and Antjie Krog (1952).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In South Africa

Among soccer players born in South Africa, Benni McCarthy ranks 6. Before him are Bruce Grobbelaar (1957), Gordon Hodgson (1904), Dimas (1969), Siphiwe Tshabalala (1984), and Steven Pienaar (1982). After him are Mark González (1984), Phil Masinga (1969), Hans Vonk (1970), MacBeth Sibaya (1977), Lucas Radebe (1969), and Aaron Mokoena (1980).

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