Goalkeeper lan Otieno is backing former Bafana Bafana striker Benni McCarthy to be successful as the head coach of the Kenya national team.This comes after Mozzart Sport reported that McCarthy has been linked with the top job in Kenya, with the role now vacant after the exit of Engin Firat.According to previous reports, McCarthy is searching for a new challenge and has been available since failing to renew his contract with English Premier League side, Manchester United.##NAJAVA_MECA_8609952##Otieno believes that Benni would be a good fit for the Harambe Stars.”I have only read the news in the media. He is a high-profile coach and if this is true, it will be great news for the Kenyan national team,” Otieno told Kickoff.”He has played football at the highest level in Europe. He has proven a good coach in South Africa. He has a lot of experience both as a player and coach. I believe he will make a good coach for the Harambe Stars,” he added.2024: A year of up and downs for Gor MahiaMcCarthy remains the only South African to have won the UEFA Champions League, having been part of Jose Mourinho’s FC Porto team that claimed the 2004 title.Aside from the remarkable feat, he has also won league titles with the Portuguese team, as well as with Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam and Orlando Pirates back home.Having transitioned into coaching, he won the 2018 MTN 8 with Cape Town City, before finishing second with AmaZulu, their best-ever finish in the South African top flight, and then guided them to the CAF Champions League group stages.Petition filed to ban Kenya from athletics eventsOtieno is enjoying his first season in the South African Premier Soccer League after being signed by Richards Bay in August last year from Zambian giants Zesco United.”The standard of football in South Africa is high. All the games are tough. But so far I am adapting well and hope to do well in the PSL this season,” he added.##NAJAVA_MECA_8609952##Richards Bay is reported to have signed another Kenya international Vincent Oburu after also parting ways with Zesco United in December last year.
