{"id":472498,"date":"2011-08-05T10:22:51","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T10:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/08\/05\/mc-carthy-joins-orlando-pirates\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T10:22:51","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T10:22:51","slug":"mc-carthy-joins-orlando-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/mc-carthy-joins-orlando-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Mc Carthy Joins Orlando Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"69.0811936155\">\n<div readability=\"62\">\n<div readability=\"7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyguideghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/benni_mccarthy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22203\" title=\"benni_mccarthy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailyguideghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/benni_mccarthy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mc Carthy with Irvin Khoza Olando Parites Chairman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\ufeffBenni McCarthy on Tuesday signed a two-year deal with South African league champions Orlando Pirates, confirming a return to his home country\u2019s domestic football for the first time since 1997.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old former Bafana\u00a0Bafana striker\u00a0had been tipped to join\u00a0The Buccaneers since the end of last week, having ruled out a\u00a0move to Ajax Cape\u00a0Town where he had been training, complaining that the Urban Warriors showed a\u00a0lack of ambition.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy returns to South\u00a0African\u00a0football for the first time since 1997, when he left Seven Stars\u00a0to join Ajax\u00a0Amsterdam. A fine career in Europe followed, including a UEFA\u00a0Champions League\u00a0winners medal with FC Porto in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy was the first South Africa to win the UEFA Champions League, and had featured strongly for Jose Mourinho\u2019s team in their run to the final, including a two-goal haul in their last 16 win over Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>He has also played for Celta Vigo (Spain), Blackburn\u00a0Rovers (England) and\u00a0most recently West Ham United, which he left in April with a\u00a0pay-off after a much-publicised battle with weight issues.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy says he has the ambition of becoming the first player\u00a0to win both the\u00a0UEFA and CAF Champions Leagues, with Pirates set to play in the\u00a0African competition\u00a0in 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>This entry was posted in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyguideghana.com\/?cat=12\" title=\"View all posts in Sports\" rel=\"category\">Sports<\/a>. Bookmark the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyguideghana.com\/?p=22202\" title=\"Permalink to Mc Carthy Joins Orlando Pirates\" rel=\"bookmark\">permalink<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Mc Carthy with Irvin Khoza Olando Parites Chairman \ufeffBenni McCarthy on Tuesday signed a two-year deal with South African league champions Orlando Pirates, confirming a return to his home country\u2019s domestic football for the first time since 1997. The 33-year-old former Bafana\u00a0Bafana striker\u00a0had been tipped to join\u00a0The Buccaneers since the end of last week, having ruled out a\u00a0move to Ajax Cape\u00a0Town where he had been training, complaining that the Urban Warriors showed a\u00a0lack of ambition. McCarthy returns to South\u00a0African\u00a0football for the first time since 1997, when he left Seven Stars\u00a0to join Ajax\u00a0Amsterdam. A fine career in Europe followed, including a UEFA\u00a0Champions League\u00a0winners medal with FC Porto in 2004. McCarthy was the first South Africa to win the UEFA Champions League, and had featured strongly for Jose Mourinho\u2019s team in their run to the final, including a two-goal haul in their last 16 win over Manchester United. He has also played for Celta Vigo (Spain), Blackburn\u00a0Rovers (England) and\u00a0most recently West Ham United, which he left in April with a\u00a0pay-off after a much-publicised battle with weight issues. McCarthy says he has the ambition of becoming the first player\u00a0to win both the\u00a0UEFA and CAF Champions Leagues, with Pirates set to play in the\u00a0African competition\u00a0in 2012. This entry was posted in Sports . 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