- Owusu Benson
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Benson Owusu Personal information Full name Owusu Benson Date of birth March 22, 1977 Place of birth Accra, Ghana Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club SC Buochs Number 11 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- SC Buochs National team 1999 Ghana 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Owusu Benson or Benson Owusu (born 22 March 1977) is a Ghanaian football player. He currently plays for SC Buochs.
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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 External links
- Transfermarkt profile (German)
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
- ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=14931
Categories:- 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 Studenţesc Bucureşti players
- FC Sion players
- JEF United Ichihara Chiba players
- FC Wil players
- SR Delémont players
- Accra Hearts of Oak SC players
- J. League Division 1 players
- Liga I players
- Expatriate footballers in Japan
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Association football midfielders
- Swiss people of Ghanaian descent
- Ghanaian expatriates in Romania
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