U-Benni McCarthy, owabelethwa ngu-Benedict Saul McCarthy mhlana ali-12 kuNobayeni wee-1977, e-Cape Town, eSewula Afrika, mdlali webholo odumileko begodu mrhelebhi webholo wamanje. Njengomdlali, u-McCarthy bekangumdlali ophuma phambili owaziwa ngekghono lakhe lokushaya amagoli. Waba nomsebenzi ophumeleleko wesiqhema e-Europe, adlalela amathimu afana ne-Ajax Amsterdam, Celta Vigo, FC Porto, Blackburn Rovers, kanye ne-West Ham United. Enye yezinto aziphumeleleko khulu bekukuthumba i-UEFA Champions League ne-FC Porto ngo-2004 ngaphasi kokulawulwa kwaka-José Mourinho.
UMcCarthy naye waba nomthelela omkhulu esiteji samazwe ngamazwe, ajamele iSewula Afrika emiqhudelwaneni eminengi yeNdebe yamaZwe ye-Afrika kanye neNdebe yePhasi ye-FIFA. Ngemva kokuthatha umhlalaphasi njengomdlali, watjhuguluka waba mqeqetjhi begodu ube nemisebenzi ehlukileko yokuba mqeqetjhi, okufaka hlangana ukuphatha i-Cape Town City FC ku-South African Premier Soccer League nokusebenza njengomsizi womqeqetjhi we-Manchester United. U-McCarthy ugujwa ngegalelo lakhe ebholweni ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwenkundla. Kutshanje usebenze njengomqeqeshi oyintloko weqela laMaZulu elikwiPremier Division. [1]