Benni McCarthy

**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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Ajax|1997–98|Eredivisie|17|9|1|0|–|5|1|–|23|10|||
|1998–99|Eredivisie|19|11|1|0|–|5|0|0|0|25|11||||
|rowspan="5"|Celta Vigo|1999–2000|La Liga|31|8|4|2|–|10|6|–|45|16|||
|2000–01|La Liga|19|0|2|0|–|6|0|–|27|0|||||
|2001–02|La Liga|2|0|0|0|–|3|1|–|5|1|||||
|2002–03|La Liga|14|2|0|0|–|5|3|–|19|5|||||
|Porto (loan)|2001–02|Primeira Liga|11|12|1|1|–|–|–|12|13|||||
|rowspan="4"|Porto|2003–04|Primeira Liga|29|20|5|1|–|11|4|2|0|47|25||
|2004–05|Primeira Liga|23|11|1|0|–|8|3|3|0|35|14||||
|2005–06|Primeira Liga|23|3|4|3|–|4|1|–|31|7|||||
|rowspan="5"|Blackburn Rovers|2006–07|Premier League|36|18|5|3|1|0|8|3|–|50|24||
|2007–08|Premier League|31|8|1|0|2|1|4|2|–|38|11||||
|2008–09|Premier League|28|10|5|3|0|0|–|–|33|13|||||
|2009–10|Premier League|14|1|0|0|5|3|–|–|19|4|||||
|rowspan="3"|West Ham United|2009–10|Premier League|5|0|0|0|0|0|–|–|5|0|||
|2010–11|Premier League|6|0|0|0|3|0|–|–|9|0|||||

### International

- _Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each McCarthy goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|16 February 1998|Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso||1–0|4–0|1998 African Cup of Nations||||||||
|2|2–0|||||||||||||
|3|3–0|||||||||||||
|4|4–0|||||||||||||
|5|22 February 1998|Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso||1–0|2–1|1998 African Cup of Nations||||||||
|6|25 February 1998|Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso||1–1|2–1|1998 African Cup of Nations||||||||
|7|2–1|||||||||||||
|8|6 June 1998|Sportanlage Baiersbronn, Baiersbronn, Germany||1–0|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|9|18 June 1998|Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse, France||1–1|1–1|1998 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|10|16 December 1998|FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa||1–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|11|2–1|||||||||||||
|12|27 February 1999|Odi Stadium, Mabopane, South Africa||4–1|4–1|2000 African Cup of Nations qualification||||||||
|13|5 June 1999|Kings Park Stadium, Durban, South Africa||2–0|2–0|2000 African Cup of Nations qualification||||||||
|14|7 June 2000|Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States||1–2|2–4|Friendly||||||||
|15|11 June 2000|Giants Stadium, New York City, United States||1–0|1–2|Friendly||||||||
|16|24 March 2001|Telkom Park Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa||1–0|3–0|2002 African Cup of Nations qualification||||||||
|17|5 May 2001|FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa||2–0|2–1|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|18|15 January 2002|Mmabatho Stadium, Mafikeng, South Africa||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|19|23 May 2002|Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|20|2–0|||||||||||||
|21|12 June 2002|Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon, South Korea||1–1|2–3|2002 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|22|22 May 2003|Kings Park Stadium, Durban, South Africa||1–1|1–2|Friendly||||||||
|23|15 November 2003|Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt||1–0|1–2|Friendly||||||||
|24|18 August 2004|Tunis, Tunisia||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|25|10 October 2004|National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda||1–0|1–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|26|9 February 2005|Kings Park Stadium, Durban, South Africa||1–0|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|27|4 June 2005|Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde||1–0|2–1|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|28|7 September 2005|Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany||2–3|2–4|Friendly||||||||
|29|14 January 2006|Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt||2–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|30|8 September 2007|Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa||1–3|1–3|2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification||||||||
|31|26 March 2008|Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa||2–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|32|15 October 2008|Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa||1–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||

### Managerial

_As of 18 September 2021_
|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Cape Town City|align=left|13 June 2017|align=left|3 November 2019|||
|align=left|AmaZulu|align=left|14 December 2020|align=left|25 March 2022|||

### Player

**Ajax**
- Eredivisie: 1997–98
- KNVB Cup: 1997–98, 1998–99

**Celta**
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000

**Porto**
- Primeira Liga: 2003–04, 2005–06
- Taça de Portugal: 2005–06
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2003, 2004
- UEFA Champions League: 2003–04
- Intercontinental Cup: 2004

**Orlando Pirates**
- Premier League: 2011–12
- MTN 8: 2011
- Telkom Knockout: 2011
**South Africa**

- African Cup of Nations runner-up: 1998
- Reunification Cup: 2002
**Individual**
- African Cup of Nations Best Player: 1998
- African Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 1998
- African Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 1998
- African Goal of the Year: 2004
- Ajax Talent of the Year (Marco van Basten Award): 1997–98
- SJPF Player of the Month: January 2004, May 2004, October 2004
- Primeira Liga Top Scorer: 2003–04
- Taça de Portugal Top Scorer: 2005–06