Benni McCarthy
South African association football player (born 1977)
Being
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. In 2026, FIFA cited McCarthy as one of the greatest South African players of all time. 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.
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Benni McCarthy
South African association football player (born 1977)
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. In 2026, FIFA cited McCarthy as one of the greatest South African players of all time. 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.
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Being — Holds a square and attacks.
Attack
Article length
87 / 120
Defence
Reference density and count
41 / 120
Hit points
Age and revision count
337 / 400
Speed
Recent edit activity and view trend
14 / 30
Aura
Language editions and incoming links
66 / 100
Health is read at a 3rd in battle: this Being enters play with 112. That is the number printed on the card — with Attack capped at 120, full-scale Health took five hits to fell a being.
Article size
47 kB
Sources cited
47
Sections
31
Revisions
1,813
Revisions in 90 days
14
Incoming links
740
Language editions
46
Views over 12 months
262,565
Created on
December 30, 2004
Wikidata statements
85
Epic — 97.7th percentile of notability
Rarity ranks cards by how famous their subject is: readership, number of languages and incoming links. This tier appears in 4.50% of cards pulled from packs. It says nothing about the card’s power, which is 605 out of 1000 here.
Abilities
Triggered by verifiable facts about the article. Only cards from Epic upward carry any.
Culture — type matchups
Strong against
Weak against
The source article
This card maps to the Wikidata item Q214233, present in 46 Wikipedia editions.
Illustration : file on Wikimedia Commons — East Ham Bull — licence CC BY 2.0. Article text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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