Orlando Pirates fans send an OPEN LETTER to Benni McCarthy
Benni McCarthy was only at Orlando Pirates for a short time but he's regarded as a legend. Fans want him at the helm!
Benni McCarthy started his coaching journey at Sint-Truiden, where he was the Belgian club's assistant manager from 2015 to 2016. He then presided over 89 matches at Cape Town City as their head coach, winning the MTN9 in 2018-2019. His next head coach role was with AmaZulu, a club he guided to the Caf Champions League for the first time in their history. All of those roles preceded arguably his most glamorous position to date: first-team attacking coach at Manchester United. With the 2023-2024 FA Cup now in his cabinet, Benni's tasted success in the dugout on two occasions and will want more of that feeling. Mr McCarthy is now the head coach of Kenya's Harambee Stars.
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Clamour from fans for Pirates to sign Benni or Dan Malesela Benedict Saul 'Benni' McCarthy was born in Cape Town and grew up in Hanover Park.
Benni McCarthy is the first and only South African winner of the UEFA Champions League.
On top of that, he also won domestic league titles in Portugal, the Netherlands and South Africa.
McCarthy is Bafana Bafana's all-time leading scorer with 31 strikes for the national team in 80 caps.
Benni made his debut for South Africa in 1997 as a teenager under legendary manager Clive Barker.
His playing career in Europe took him to Ajax, Celta Vigo, FC Porto, Blackburn Rovers and West Ham United.
After he guided AmaZulu into the CAF Champions League in 2021, Benni was unofficially given the nickname Mr Benni Makathini, Zulu Warrior.
Benni speaks four languages namely, English, Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese.
McCarthy scored 18 goals in the 2006-07 Premier League season for Blackburn, ending as the second-top scorer. A certain Cristiano Ronaldo struck 17 times in that campaign.
In October 2007, Benni McCarthy finished a sequence of scoring with 10 consecutive shots on target in the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Orlando Pirates' league title challenge looks to be in tatters after their 0-1 home defeat to Sekhukhune. It leaves them 12 points adrift of leaders Sundowns, albeit with two games in hand. Key defender Nkosinathi Sibisi will miss the clash with Chiefs after his red card against Babina Noko. It's been a bad week for the Sea Robbers, who also tumbled out of the Caf Champions League at the semi-final stage.
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