Owusu Benson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Owusu Benson | ||
| Date of birth | March 22, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| 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 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]
Club career statistics
| Club performance | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Romania | League | |||
| 1994/95 | Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti | 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 | J. League 1 | 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 | ||
International career statistics
| Ghana national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 on www.regiofussball.ch
- ↑ Owusu Benson at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Categories:
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate footballers
- Ghana international footballers
- Swiss Super League players
- FC Solothurn players
- SC Kriens players
- Yverdon-Sport FC players
- FC Sportul Studențesc București players
- FC Sion players
- JEF United Ichihara Chiba players
- FC Wil players
- SR Delémont players
- Accra Hearts of Oak SC players
- J1 League players
- Liga I players
- Expatriate footballers in Japan
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Association football midfielders
- Ghanaian emigrants to Switzerland
- Ghanaian expatriates in Romania
