Benedict Saul �Benni� McCarthy - International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding South African player obtained 80 international caps with his National Team, in which he scored 31 goals. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 12-11-1977 Country: South Africa Caps: 80 (W33-D16-L31 � GF93-GA99 � %51.25) Goals: 31 (% 0.39 per match) Age First Cap: 19 yr 204 d 4- 6-1997 vs. Netherlands 0-2 Age Last Cap: 34 yr 300 d 7- 9-2012 vs. Brazil 0-1 National Team Career: 15 yr 95 d

Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 4- 6-97 Johannesburg Netherlands 0-2 2 11-10-97 Lens France 1-2 3 15-11-97 D�sseldorf Germany 0-3 4 24- 1-98 Windhoek Namibia 2-3 COSAFA Cup 5 8- 2-98 Bobo Dioulasso Angola 0-0 African Nations Cup 6 11- 2-98 Bobo Dioulasso Ivory Coast 1-1 African Nations Cup 7 4 4 16- 2-98 Bobo Dioulasso Namibia 4-1 African Nations Cup 8 1 5 22- 2-98 Ouagadougou Morocco 2-1 African Nations Cup 9 2 7 25- 2-98 Ouagadougou Congo DR 2-1 African Nations Cup 10 7 28- 2-98 Ouagadougou Egypt 0-2 African Nations Cup 11 7 20- 5-98 Johannesburg Zambia 1-1 12 7 25- 5-98 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-2 13 1 8 6- 6-98 Baiersbrom Iceland 1-1 14 8 12- 6-98 Marseille France 0-3 World Cup 15 1 9 18- 6-98 Toulouse Denmark 1-1 World Cup 16 9 24- 6-98 Bordeaux Saudi Arabia 2-2 World Cup 17 9 3-10-98 Johannesburg Angola 1-0 African Cup Qual. 18 2 11 18-12-98 Johannesburg Egypt 2-1 N. Mandela Cup 19 11 23- 1-99 Curepipe Mauritius 1-1 African Cup Qual. 20 1 12 27- 2-99 Mabopane Gabon 4-1 African Cup Qual. 21 12 10- 4-99 Libreville Gabon 0-1 African Cup Qual. 22 1 13 5- 6-99 Durban Mauritius 2-0 African Cup Qual. 23 13 18- 9-99 Cape Town Saudi Arabia 1-0 Africa-Asia Cup 24 13 3- 6-00 Washington United States 0-4 US Cup 25 1 14 7- 6-00 Dallas Mexico 2-4 US Cup 26 14 11- 6-00 East Rutherford Ireland 1-2 [*] US Cup 27 14 9- 7-00 Harare Zimbabwe 2-0 [1] World Cup Qualifier 28 14 7-10-00 Johannesburg France 0-0 N. Mandela Cup 29 14 16-12-00 Johannesburg Liberia 2-1 African Cup Qual. 30 14 27- 1-01 Rustenburg Burkina Faso 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 31 1 15 24- 3-01 Port Elizabeth Mauritius 3-0 African Cup Qual. 32 15 25- 4-01 Perugia Italy 0-1 33 1 16 5- 5-01 Johannesburg Zimbabwe 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 34 16 14- 7-01 Durban Malawi 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 35 16 15- 8-01 Stockholm Sweden 0-3 36 16 10-11-01 Johannesburg Egypt 1-0 N. Mandela Cup 37 1 17 15- 1-02 Mafikeng Angola 1-0 38 17 20- 1-02 S�gou Burkina Faso 0-0 African Nations Cup 39 17 24- 1-02 S�gou Ghana 0-0 African Nations Cup 40 17 30- 1-02 S�gou Morocco 3-1 African Nations Cup 41 17 3- 2-02 Kay�s Mali 0-2 African Nations Cup 42 17 12- 5-02 Durban Madagascar 1-0 43 17 20- 5-02 Hong Kong Scotland 2-0 Reunification Cup 44 2 19 23- 5-02 Hong Kong Turkey 2-0 Reunification Cup 45 19 2- 6-02 Busan Paraguay 2-2 World Cup 46 19 8- 6-02 Daegu Slovenia 1-0 World Cup 47 1 20 12- 6-02 Daejeon Spain 2-3 World Cup 48 1 21 22- 5-03 Durban England 1-2 49 21 22- 6-03 Polokwane Ivory Coast 2-1 African Cup Qual. 50 1 22 15-11-03 Cairo Egypt 1-2 51 22 19-11-03 Tunis Tunisia 0-2 52 22 3- 7-04 Johannesburg Burkina Faso 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 53 1 23 18- 8-04 Tunis Tunisia 2-0 54 23 5- 9-04 Kinshasa Congo DR 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 55 1 24 10-10-04 Kampala Uganda 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 56 24 17-11-04 Johannesburg Nigeria 2-1 N. Mandela Cup 57 1 25 10- 2-05 Durban Australia 1-1 58 25 26- 3-05 Johannesburg Uganda 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 59 1 26 4- 6-05 Praia Cape Verde 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 60 26 17- 8-05 Reykjav�k Iceland 1-4 61 26 3- 9-05 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 1-3 World Cup Qualifier 62 1 27 7- 9-05 Bremen Germany 2-4 63 1 28 14- 1-06 Cairo Egypt 1-2 64 28 22- 1-06 Alexandria Guinea 0-2 African Nations Cup 65 28 26- 1-06 Alexandria Tunisia 0-2 African Nations Cup 66 1 29 9- 9-07 Cape Town Zambia 1-3 African Cup Qual. 67 29 12- 9-07 Johannesburg Uruguay 0-0 68 29 17-10-07 Siena Italy 0-2 69 29 17-11-07 Johannesburg United States 0-1 N. Mandela Cup 70 1 30 26- 3-08 Atteridgeville Paraguay 3-0 71 30 19- 8-08 London Australia 2-2 72 30 6- 9-08 Port Elizabeth Nigeria 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 73 30 11-10-08 Malabo Equat. Guinea 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 74 1 31 15-10-08 Bloemfontein Ghana 2-1 75 31 19-11-08 Rustenburg Cameroon 3-2 N. Mandela Cup 76 31 11- 2-09 Polokwane Chile 0-2 77 31 14-11-09 Port Elizabeth Japan 0-0 78 31 17-11-09 Bloemfontein Jamaica 0-0 79 31 27- 5-10 Johannesburg Colombia 2-1 80 31 7- 9-12 São Paulo Brazil 0-1

[1] match abandoned after 82'

[*] South Africa's goal in this match was scored by Shaun Bartlett, although some sources credit it to McCarthy.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 80 33 16 31 93- 99 82 51.25

Types of Matches Goals Friendlies 28 10 World Cup Qualifier 12 3 World Cup 6 2 African Nations Cup 12 8 African Cup Qualifier 9 3 Nelson Mandela Cup 6 2 Other Tournaments 7 3

Total 80 31

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Thanks to Liam Bekker and Robert Jones for corrections

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Author: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com) Last updated: 2 Feb 2023