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Benni McCarthy

ベニー・マッカーシー　/　べにー・まっかーしー

Association football player from South Africa

November 12, 1977 (age 48)　・　Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Western Cape
association football player
association football coach

My Take

Benni McCarthy fascinates me as a genuine football trailblazer. Born in Cape Town in 1977, he remains South Africa's all-time top scorer with 31 international goals, and he's the only South African to lift the UEFA Champions League, which he did with Porto in 2004 under Mourinho. That alone earns my respect. What I find even more compelling is the second act: a forward turned coach, now managing Kenya's national team. There's something fitting about a striker who knew where the goal was passing that instinct on. At 183 cm he had the frame, but it's the scoring brain I keep coming back to.

Overview

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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Benni McCarthy
Name (Japanese): ベニー・マッカーシー
Reading: べにー・まっかーしー
Born: November 12, 1977 (age 48)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Snake
Origin: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Blood type: Private
Height: 183 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
Parents: Private
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4. Personality

Motto

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