Personal information | |||
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Full name | Owusu Benson | ||
Date of birth | (1977-03-22) 22 March 1977 (age 47) | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994 | Hearts of Oak | 19 | (6) |
1995 | Sportul Studenţesc | 18 | (0) |
1995 | FC Solothurn | 5 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Yverdon-Sport | 43 | (12) |
1997–1998 | SC Kriens | 24 | (4) |
1998–1999 | FC Sion | 33 | (3) |
2000 | JEF United Ichihara | 23 | (2) |
2001–2002 | FC Wil | 40 | (1) |
2002–2003 | SR Delémont | 33 | (2) |
2004–2008 | SC Kriens | 100 | (12) |
2009–2011 | SC Buochs | 30 | (2) |
2011–2012 | FC Sursee | ||
International career | |||
1999 | Ghana | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Owusu Benson or Benson Owusu (born 22 March 1977) is a retired Ghanaian football player.
Career
He played in Switzerland since 1995, except one and a half year left for JEF United Ichihara Japan. He also holds a Swiss passport.
On Monday, 31 March 2008, he suffered a cardiac arrest during a training session. Owusu was successfully resuscitated and fell into coma, from which he recovered on 3 April 2008.
Benson played for SC Kriens club since 9 July 2004 and joined in January 2009 to SC Buochs.
Personal life
Benson is the father of the Swiss footballer Tyron Owusu.
Club statistics
Club performance | League | |||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
Romania | League | |||
1994/95 | Sportul Studenţesc București | Divizia A | 18 | 0 |
Switzerland | League | |||
1995/96 | Solothurn | Nationalliga B | 0 | 0 |
1995/96 | Yverdon-Sport | Nationalliga B | 12 | 5 |
1996/97 | 31 | 7 | ||
1997/98 | Kriens | Nationalliga A | 24 | 4 |
1998/99 | Sion | Nationalliga A | 33 | 3 |
Japan | League | |||
2000 | JEF United Ichihara | J1 League | 23 | 2 |
Switzerland | League | |||
2000/01 | Wil | Nationalliga B | 10 | 0 |
2001/02 | 30 | 1 | ||
2002/03 | Delémont | Nationalliga A | 33 | 2 |
2004/05 | Kriens | Challenge League | 31 | 1 |
2005/06 | 25 | 5 | ||
2006/07 | 33 | 5 | ||
2007/08 | 25 | 7 | ||
2008/09 | 1. Liga | |||
2009/10 | Buochs | 2. Liga Interregional | ||
Country | Romania | 18 | 0 | |
Switzerland | 287 | 40 | ||
Japan | 23 | 2 | ||
Total | 328 | 42 |
National team statistics
Ghana national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1999 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
References
- Krienser Spieler Owusu Benson in Lebensgefahr on www.nachrichten.ch
- Tragischer Zwischenfall im Training der 1. Mannschaft SC Kriens on www.sckriens.ch
- Krienser Spieler Owusu Benson in Lebensgefahr on www.news.ch
- Transfernews Spieler und Trainer Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine on www.regiofussball.ch
- "FCL-Talent Owusu erhält einen Profivertrag". zentralplus. 14 July 2020.
- Owusu Benson at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Owusu Benson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Owusu Benson at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Accra
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
- Ghana men's international footballers
- Swiss men's footballers
- Swiss Super League players
- Swiss Challenge League players
- FC Solothurn players
- SC Kriens players
- Yverdon-Sport FC players
- FC Sportul Studențesc București players
- FC Sion players
- JEF United Chiba players
- FC Wil players
- SR Delémont players
- Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players
- J1 League players
- Liga I players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Men's association football midfielders
- Ghanaian emigrants to Switzerland
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Romania