UBenni McCarthy

UBenedict Saul McCarthy owazalwa ngezi-12 Lwezi-1977.ungumqeqeshi webhola likanobhutshuzwayo waseNingizimu Afrika futhi owayengumdlali muva nje owayengumqeqeshi weqembu lokuqala I-Manchester United. Ngaphambilini wayesebenza njengomqeqeshi oyinhloko weqembu le-AmaZulu le-Premier Division laseNingizimu Afrika.

Owayengumdlali wezemidlalo, uMcCarthy ungumdlali Iqembu lesizwe laseNingizimu Afrika onemigomo engu-31. Uphinde abe ukuphela komuntu waseNingizimu Afrika owanqoba I-UEFA Champions League, enza kanjalo ne-I-Porto ngonyaka ka-2003.

U-McCarthy wazalelwa IKapa futhi wakhulela IHanover Park eCape Flats, indawo edume ngezinga eliphakeme lokuntuleka kwemisebenzi nobudlova bamaqembu. Oyindodana kaDudley noDora McCarthy futhi unezelamani ezimbili nodadewabo. Umfowabo omdala ng u-UJerome McCarthy, owayengumdlali webhola likanobhutshuzwayo oqeqeshiwe owayedlala iqembu iKaizer Chiefs neManning Rangers, phakathi kwamanye amaqembu, ngenkathi umfowabo omncane uMark edlala ibhola likanobhuthuzwayo I-Franklin Pierce University e-United States.

U-McCarthy waqala ukudlala eqenjini lendawo elibizwa ngokuthi yi-Young Pirates, elaliphethwe omalume bakhe. Wabe esejoyina izakhiwo zentsha yeqembu lendawo elibizwa ngokuthi ama-Crusaders. Lapho eneminyaka engu-17, wasayinwa yiqembu le-Seven Stars.

Uke wadlalela i-Seven Stars, u-McCarthy oneminyaka engu-18 ubudala wafaka igoli elilodwa emidlalweni engu-29 enkathini ka-1995-96, kwalandelwa amanye imigomo engu-12 emidlalwa engu-20, okwamenza wathunyelwa eKapa Town Spurs, eminyakeni emibili kamuva ehlanganiswa ne-Seven Star ukuze yakhe iqembu le-Ajax laseDashi, I-Ajax Cape Town.

Ngonyaka ka-1997, ngemuva kokubonisa okuhlaba umxhwele e-African Youth Championship nase-FIFA World Youth Championship eMalaysia, wajoyina i-Ajax e-Eredivisie, lapho afake khona imigomo eyisishiyagalolunye futhi wathola umqhele wokuba umpetha ngenkathi yakhe yokuqala. Ngemuva kwenkathi ephumelelayo ka-1998-99, wathengiswa eqenjini laseSpain i-Celta Vigo ngenani lokudlulisa elilinganiselwa ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-6 zama-euro, ngaleso sikhathi ukudlulisa okubiza kakhulu komdlali waseNingizimu Afrika.