# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benni-mccarthy
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:55:22.660Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benni-mccarthy"
name: "Benni McCarthy"
slug: "benni-mccarthy"
description: "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."
tagline: "South African association football player (born 1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BenniMcCarthy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
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  slug: "footballer"
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birthDate: "1977-11-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           22.692656
  currentAttention:     3.928571428571429
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  101
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "bennimccarthy17"
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    title: "Benni McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Benni McCarthy"
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    title: "Benni McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Benni McCarthy"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-country-fill