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Benni McCarthy boasts of one aspect in his career; outshining Cristiano Ronaldo but how and when did he do that?
Signing an African striker will forever remain memorable for Blackburn Rovers and Benni McCarthy.
It was more of a gold-striking deal when Benni McCarthy left FC Porto, having guided the Portuguese side to Champions League glory in 2004, in order to sign for the English Premier League team for a reported deal worth £2.5 million according to Football League World.
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Having guided Porto to the Primeira Liga title in 2006, the allure to play in the English Premier League was hard to turn down for the South African.
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Mohammed Bajaber continues from where he left off with Harambee Stars as he fires Kenya Police to vital league win
Mohammed Bajaber proved that he is not all hype when he tormented Posta Rangers before firing Kenya Police to a crucial league victory on Sunday.
Blackburn won the race for McCarthy's signature amid pursuits from rivals Aston Villa, Everton, Middlesbrough and West Ham.
The maverick striker's impact at Ewood Park was far greater, with Rovers getting the best of the attacker from his time in England with the Lancashire club.
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'Everyone should be very much afraid'- Benni McCarthy begins building a fearsome Harambee Stars squad
Benni McCarthy is determined to transform Harambee Stars into a dominant force in African football ahead of the upcoming CHAN tournament.
McCarthy spent three-and-a-half seasons with Blackburn before he made that switch to West Ham. The forward immediately cemented himself as a key part of Mark Hughes’ side when he arrived in 2006, starting in 36 of their 38 Premier League games that season.
The then-28-year-old was easily the top scorer in the team, bagging a very impressive 18 goals as Blackburn finished 10th in the table, with the next best in the side finding the back of the net just seven times.
McCarthy’s record of 18 was in fact the second best in the entire division, with only Chelsea’s Didier Drogba out-scoring him, meaning he struck more frequently than the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, Nicolas Anelka and Robin van Persie.
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Harambee Stars' Jonah Ayunga sends warning to Michael Olunga with spectacular St Mirren display
Ayunga led the line impeccably as St Mirren absolutely tore apart Kilmarnock on Saturday, which gives Benni McCarthy plenty to ponder about his attacking options for Harambee Stars.
While the forward didn’t hit those heights again, he still remained an important part of the team over the next two campaigns, scoring another 18 times in that period. He featured 31 times in the 2007/08 season as Blackburn earned a seventh-place finish, a result they’ve yet to better in the years since.
Fitness issues did plague the end of his time at Ewood Park, with McCarthy playing 28 and 14 times in the season-and-a-half before his move to West Ham. The South Africa international only started seven times in 2009/10, with the move to London being completed on deadline day of the winter market.
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