McCarthy United: The South African soccer star turned coach and his Scottish wife have been a dream team for 10 years.
It's 10 years since former Bafana Bafana legend and Manchester United coach Benny McCarthy said “I do” (wearing a Scottish kilt!) to former Miss Edinburgh Stacey Munro.
Benny took to Instagram on Friday to profess his love for his leggy blonde wife, marking a special milestone in their marriage.
“Happy 10th anniversary my dear Stacey. I love you,” the star football coach, who grew up on the Cape Flats in Hanover Park, captioned the post.
Happily Married: Benny and Stacey McCarthy
The pair married 10 years ago on May 24, 2014, in a lavish football-themed wedding in Stacey's hometown of Edinburgh.
McCarthy flew family and friends all the way from South Africa to be with him on the special day, which was complete with fireworks.
love at first sight
The pair met while shooting a Nike advert in Edinburgh in 2008. Stacey was a model at the time and McCarthy admitted he was smitten with the blonde from the moment he first laid eyes on her.
“I was there filming and she was one of the cute girls they'd hired as an extra. I couldn't concentrate on what I was supposed to be doing,” he said. Daily Star The two got engaged in 2013.
Proud father of five children
McCarthy is the father of five children.
In 2000, soccer player McCarthy married Spanish artist Maria Santos, whom he met after moving to Spain to play for Celta Vigo. The couple have three daughters, Minna, Mya and Allegra.
He and Stacey have a daughter, Rima Rose, 12, and a son, Rio Romero, 4. Rima was born two years before they got married.
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Benny McCarthy: From Hanover Park to Old Trafford
McCarthy's illustrious career includes spells at teams such as Ajax Amsterdam, FC Porto, Celta Vigo, Blackburn Rovers and West Ham.
The former forward and Bafana Bafana's all-time leading goalscorer with 31 goals is the only South African to win the UEFA Champions League with Porto in 2003 and 2004.
McCarthy has been Manchester United's first-team strikers coach since July 2022 and helped the Red Devils win their second FA Cup trophy after beating Manchester City 2-1 in the final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday (May 25).
The 46-year-old coach said this upon taking over. Manchester Evening News He has been a Red Devils fan since he was a child playing football on the crime-ridden streets of Hanover Park in Cape Town.
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