Owusu Benson

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Benson Owusu
Personal information
Full name Owusu Benson
Date of birth (1977-03-22) 22 March 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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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. [1] [2] [3]

Benson played for SC Kriens club since 9 July 2004 and joined in January 2009 to SC Buochs. [4]

Personal life

Benson is the father of the Swiss footballer Tyron Owusu. [5]

Club statistics

[6]

Club performanceLeague
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoals
RomaniaLeague
1994/95 Sportul Studenţesc București Divizia A 180
SwitzerlandLeague
1995/96 Solothurn Nationalliga B 00
1995/96 Yverdon-Sport Nationalliga B 125
1996/97317
1997/98 Kriens Nationalliga A 244
1998/99 Sion Nationalliga A 333
JapanLeague
2000 JEF United Ichihara J1 League 232
SwitzerlandLeague
2000/01 Wil Nationalliga B 100
2001/02301
2002/03 Delémont Nationalliga A 332
2004/05 Kriens Challenge League 311
2005/06255
2006/07335
2007/08257
2008/09 1. Liga
2009/10 Buochs 2. Liga Interregional
CountryRomania180
Switzerland28740
Japan232
Total32842

National team statistics

Ghana national team
YearAppsGoals
199910
Total10

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References

  1. ↑ Krienser Spieler Owusu Benson in Lebensgefahr on www.nachrichten.ch
  2. ↑ Tragischer Zwischenfall im Training der 1. Mannschaft SC Kriens on www.sckriens.ch
  3. ↑ Krienser Spieler Owusu Benson in Lebensgefahr on www.news.ch
  4. ↑ Transfernews Spieler und Trainer Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine on www.regiofussball.ch
  5. ↑ "FCL-Talent Owusu erhält einen Profivertrag". zentralplus. July 14, 2020.
  6. ↑ Owusu Benson at National-Football-Teams.com
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