| Intro | Ghanaian footballer |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From |
Ghana |
| Type |
Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 22 March 1977, Accra |
| Age: | 43 years |
| Star sign | Aries |
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.
Club 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 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |