List of international goals scored by Benni McCarthy

[1] He played as a forward during the course of his career and is the top scorer in the history of the national team, having broken Shaun Bartlett's previous record of 29 international goals in a friendly win over Paraguay in March 2008.

[2] Having previously represented South Africa at under-23 level, McCarthy made his senior debut on 4 June 1997 against the Netherlands.

He added another goal against Morocco and scored twice more against the Democratic Republic of Congo to lead South Africa to the final.

Though the nation were ultimately beaten by Egypt, McCarthy was named Player of the Tournament, and collected the Top Scorer award for his seven goals.

He temporarily retired from international football in 1999 following club-versus-country conflicts and missed the 2000 African Cup of Nations as a result.

Benni McCarthy is the South Africa national football team's record goal scorer.
Benni McCarthy is South Africa 's record goal scorer with 31 international goals to his name.