Jerome McCarthy (born 6 April 1973) is a South African former
footballer
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who played at both professional and international levels as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career
McCarthy played club football for
Santos and
Manning Rangers.
In January 2003 he pleaded guilty to doping offences, and received a fine and community service as punishment.
He also played international football for
South Africa
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.
Personal life
He is the brother of
Benni McCarthy
Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy (born 12 November 1977) is a South African coach and former footballer who is a first-team coach at Manchester United. He previously worked as head coach of South African Premier Division team AmaZulu.
A former ...
. He was arrested with R8.7 million (over $600k) worth of
Mandrax
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in November 2020. He was granted R100 000 bail.
References
1973 births
Living people
South African soccer players
South Africa international soccer players
Santos F.C. (South Africa) players
Manning Rangers F.C. players
Association football midfielders
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