Benni McCarthy joins Manchester United as first team strikers coach

Bennie McCarthy played for Bafana Bafana and coached at AmaZulu and Cape Town City in SA.

July 31, 2022
SA Soccer Magazine 1 minute read

Benni McCarthy has joined Manchester United as the club’s first team strikers coach.

The story was broken by South African journalist Robert Marawa who shared the news on his Twitter page.

The former Bafana Bafana star joins United following stints as the first team coach of AmaZulu and Cape Town City in the South African topflight.

The Red Devils confirmed the news with a statement on their website on Saturday evening.

The statement reads:

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has added to his backroom team with the appointment of Benni McCarthy as a first-team coach.

The former South Africa striker was a boyhood Reds fan and scored twice against us for Porto in the 2003/04 Champions League knockout stages.

“I support Man United and always wanted to play for them,” he once said. “I loved players like Mark Hughes, Andy Cole and Ryan Giggs.”

The 44-year-old also represented the likes of Ajax, Blackburn Rovers and West Ham United during his distinguished career.
McCarthy left his post as AmaZulu head coach in March after guiding the South African team to a record second position in the league. In 2020/21, he was named the South African Premier League’s Coach of the Season.

The ex-forward will specialise in coaching attacking plays and positioning.

The coaching team is now in place ahead of the start of the 2022/23 season, with Brighton & Hove Albion visiting Old Trafford on Sunday 7 August in our Premier League opener.

Ten Hag will work closely with assistants Mitchell van der Gaag and Steve McClaren, with Benni slotting in alongside Eric Ramsay and Darren Fletcher as coaches. Former midfielder Fletcher also has a wider remit as technical director, overseeing the path from Academy to the first team, plus players out on loan.

Richard Hartis and Craig Mawson are the goalkeeping coaches.

Everybody would like to extend a warm welcome to Benni, upon joining the club.

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July 31, 2022
SA Soccer Magazine 1 minute read

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Jana works as a senior support specialist for Caxton digital. Before that she was a journalist at the Middelburg Observer 15 years where she won numerous awards including Sanlam's Up and Coming Journalist, Caxton Multimedia Journalist of the Year, and several investigative awards. She is passionate about people and the stories untold.
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