Coach
Kenya2026
Benni McCarthy
Benedict Saul McCarthy
- Date of birth: (49 years)
- Place of birth: Cape Town, South Africa
- Height: 1.83 m
- Matches coached
- 21
- Kenya
- Won · Drawn · Lost
- 8–5–8
- 1.38 points per match (3 for a win)
- Win rate
- 38.1 %
- 8 won · 5 drawn · 8 lost
- Goals
- 28
- 27 conceded
- As coach
- 2025–2026
- Teams coached: 1
Performance
FIFA21 matches
Non-FIFAno matches
National Teams
| Year | Country | FIFA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | D | L | Goals | ||
| 2026 | Kenya | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 2025 | Kenya | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| Total | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | |
Goals of the coached team; in this table goals in a penalty shoot-out count too.
Matches
- African Nations Cup 2027 · Group D · Stade du 28 SeptembreAvs.
Guinea1 yellow (coached team)Match report: Guinea vs. Kenya 1–0Defeat - African Nations Cup 2027 · Group D · Nyayo National StadiumHvs.
Eritrea2 yellow (coached team)Match report: Kenya vs. Eritrea 1–1Draw - Friendly · Lucas "Masterpieces" Moripe StadiumHvs.
LesothoMatch report: Kenya vs. Lesotho 4–0Win - Friendly · Lucas "Masterpieces" Moripe StadiumAvs.Lesotho2 yellow (coached team)Match report: Lesotho vs. Kenya 1–1Draw
- Friendly · Stade AmahoroAvs.
Grenada1 yellow (coached team)Match report: Grenada vs. Kenya 0–3Win - Friendly · Stade AmahoroHvs.
Estonia1 yellow (coached team)Match report: Kenya vs. Estonia 1–14–5 pensDefeat - Friendly · Antalya StadyumuAvs.
Senegal1 yellow (coached team)Match report: Senegal vs. Kenya 8–0Defeat - Friendly · Arslan Zeki Demirci Spor KompleksiAvs.
Equatorial GuineaMatch report: Equatorial Guinea vs. Kenya 1–0Defeat - World Cup 2026 · Group F · Stade Olympique Alassane OuattaraAvs.
Ivory Coast1 yellow (coached team)Match report: Ivory Coast vs. Kenya 3–0Defeat - World Cup 2026 · Group F · Stade IntwariAvs.
Burundi3 yellow (coached team)Match report: Burundi vs. Kenya 0–1Win - World Cup 2026 · Group F · Moi International Sports CentreHvs.
Seychelles2 yellow (coached team)Match report: Kenya vs. Seychelles 5–0Win - World Cup 2026 · Group F · Moi International Sports CentreHvs.
Gambia4 yellow (coached team)Match report: Kenya vs. Gambia 1–3Defeat - African Nations Championship 2024 · Quarter-final · Moi International Sports CentreHvs.
Madagascar1 yellow (coached team)Match report: Kenya vs. Madagascar 1–13–4 pensDefeat - African Nations Championship 2024 · Group A · Moi International Sports CentreHvs.
ZambiaMatch report: Kenya vs. Zambia 1–0Win - African Nations Championship 2024 · Group A · Moi International Sports CentreHvs.
Morocco1 red (coached team)Match report: Kenya vs. Morocco 1–0Win - African Nations Championship 2024 · Group A · Moi International Sports CentreHvs.
Angola1 yellow, 1 red (coached team)Match report: Kenya vs. Angola 1–1Draw - African Nations Championship 2024 · Group A · Moi International Sports CentreHvs.
DR Congo3 yellow (coached team)Match report: Kenya vs. DR Congo 1–0Win - Friendly · Annexe de Grand Stade MarrakechHvs.
Chad1 yellow (coached team)Match report: Kenya vs. Chad 2–1Win - Friendly · Annexe de Grand Stade MarrakechHvs.Chad1 yellow (coached team)Match report: Kenya vs. Chad 0–0Draw
- World Cup 2026 · Group F · Nyayo National StadiumHvs.
Gabon2 yellow (coached team)Match report: Kenya vs. Gabon 1–2Defeat - World Cup 2026 · Group F · Stade Olympique Alassane OuattaraAvs.Gambia2 yellow (coached team)Match report: Gambia vs. Kenya 3–3Draw
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35 goals · 29 yellow · 0 second yellow · 2 red cards of the coached team
Match Progress
One mark per match, oldest on the left: wins on top, draws in the middle, defeats below. Matches with missing data are left out.
- Longest winning run
- 2 matches · 10 Jun 2025 – 3 Aug 2025
- Longest unbeaten run
- 6 matches · 7 Jun 2025 – 17 Aug 2025
Favorite Opponents
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Goals of the coached team without penalty shoot-outs. The number of matches links to the head-to-head record under this coach.