Owusu Benson or Benson Owusu (born 22 March 1977) is a retired
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
ian
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
player.
Career
He played in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
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
SC Kriens is a football club based in Kriens, Switzerland, who currently play in the Swiss Challenge League. They currently play at the Stadion Kleinfeld and form a local rivalry with FC Lucerne.
SC Kriens women's team plays in the Nationall ...
club since 9 July 2004 and joined in January 2009 to
SC Buochs
SC Buochs is a Swiss football club, founded in 1934 (officially). The club colours are blue and white derived from the town Buochs's coat of arms.
Their home ground is Stadion Seefeld, which has a proclaimed capacity of 5,000 (1,000 seats, 4,00 ...
.
Personal life
Benson is the father of the Swiss footballer
Tyron Owusu.
Club statistics
National team statistics
References
External links
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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