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UMark Gleeson ubhale incwadi enamakhasi angu-191 ethi Benni, ekhuluma ngokukhuphuka kukaMcCarthy esuka eCape Flats aze ayonqoba i-Uefa Champions League ngo-2003/04.
UMcCarthy ungumshayimagoli ovelele kuBafana Bafana enamagoli angu-31 kanti manje useqeqesha iKenya egijima ku-Africa Cup of Nations ka-2027.
UBenni McCarthy ukhulele eCape Flats egcwele izigelekeqe nezidakamizwa. Indaba yakhe yokuphila, kusukela ebuntwaneni kuya enkazimulweni yebhola lase-Europe, manje isitshelwa ku-autobiography entsha.
Incwadi enamakhasi angu-191, ebizwa nje ngokuthi Benni ibhalwe umakadebona wentatheli nomhlaziyi webhola uMark Gleeson.
UMcCarthy, oseneminyaka engu-48 ubudala, ukhule engumlandeli wokuqina weKaizer Chiefs neManchester United. Ngemuva kokudonsa amehlo kuSeven Stars bebhekene neChiefs maphakathi nanyaka ka-1990, udlulele ku-Ajax Amsterdam.
Ubedlala ku-Ajax naseCelta Vigo e-Spain ngaphambi kokuthola ibhola lakhe elihle kakhulu ngaphansi kukaJosé Mourinho eFC Porto. Laba bobabili bawine i-Uefa Champions League ngo-2003/04. UMourinho ubhale isandulela sencwadi.
“Uma ngicabanga ngaye, ngikhumbula ngokushesha ubuso obumomothekayo kanye nomuntu ozimisele,” kusho uMourinho. “Ubenakho konke okuthandwa umqeqeshi kumdlali.”
UMcCarthy ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wajoyina iBlackburn Rovers neWest Ham United. KuBlackburn ngesizini ka-2006/07, ube ngumshayi magoli wesibili ku-English Premier League ngamagoli angu-18. Le ncwadi ihlanganisa ukungaboni ngaso linye nesikhulu saseWest Ham uKarren Brady, uMcCarthy ake ambiza “ngosathane onama-tits” engxoxweni neSunday Times.
UMcCarthy ungumshayimagoli ovelele kuBafana Bafana ngamagoli angu-31 emidlalweni engu-80. Ubudlelwano bakhe neqembu lesizwe babunzima, futhi wangena ekuthatheni umhlalaphansi ngaphambi kwesikhathi kwamanye amazwe ngesikhathi esisodwa. Ngo-1998 ku-Africa Cup of Nations, washaya amagoli amane bebhekene ne-Namibia.
Uqede ukudlala ku-Orlando Pirates, enqoba isicoco sePremiership ngo-2011/12 kanye nendondo yeMTN8. Kamuva uMcCarthy ujoyine ithimba labaqeqeshi beManchester United ngaphansi kuka-Erik ten Hag, esebenza nabahlaseli.
Manje useqeqesha iqembu lesizwe laseKenya njengoba lilungiselela ukusingatha i-Africa Cup of Nations ka-2027. I-Benni ishicilelwe ngabakwa-Pan Macmillan futhi itholakala ku-inthanethi nakuzo zonke izitolo zezincwadi ezihamba phambili.
Osesithombeni esingenhla: UBenni McCarthy.
Umthombo wesithombe: Ifayela