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Benedict McCARTHY
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South Africafull name Benni McCarthy · also in the record as Benedict McCarthy · Photo: East Ham Bull · CC BY 2.0
Archive goals
3
for South Africa
Matches scored in
3
every one opens its match page below
Tournaments
1
all in the African Cup of Nations qualification
Career span
1999–2001
first 1999-02-27 · last 2001-03-24
Counted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Benedict Saul McCarthy 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. — Wikipedia
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Every goal
from the international archive · 3 goals in 3 matches · 1 tournament · 1999–2001
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17 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updatedMarquee honours
UEFA Champions League
2003–04
Premier League
2011–12
| Team honours17 | ||||
| UEFA Champions League | ×1 | 2003–04 | Porto | |
| Premier League | ×1 | 2011–12 | Orlando Pirates | |
| KNVB Cup | ×2 | 1997–98, 1998–99 | Ajax | |
| MTN 8 | ×2 | 2011, 2018 | Orlando Pirates ·1, Cape Town City ·1 | |
| Primeira Liga | ×2 | 2003–04, 2005–06 | Porto | |
| Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | ×2 | 2003, 2004 | Porto | |
| Afro-Asian Cup of Nations | ×1 | 1997 | South Africa | |
| Eredivisie | ×1 | 1997–98 | Ajax | |
| Intercontinental Cup | ×1 | 2004 | Porto | |
| Reunification Cup | ×1 | 2002 | South Africa | |
| Taça de Portugal | ×1 | 2005–06 | Porto | |
| Telkom Knockout | ×1 | 2011 | Orlando Pirates | |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | ×1 | 2000 | Celta Vigo | |
| Individual honours10 | ||||
| Scoring titles · 3 | ||||
| African Cup of Nations Top Scorer | 1998 | |||
| Primeira Liga Top Scorer | 2003–04 | |||
| Taça de Portugal Top Scorer | 2005–06 | |||
| Player of the year · 1 | ||||
| African Cup of Nations Best Player | 1998 | |||
| Teams of the season · 1 | ||||
| African Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament | 1998 | |||
| Monthly awards · 3 | ||||
| SJPF Player of the Month | ×3 | 2004–2004 | ||
| More honours · 2 | ||||
| African Goal of the Year | 2004 | |||
| Ajax Talent of the Year (Marco van Basten Award) | 1997–98 | |||
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