| Benson Owusu | |
| Fullname: | Owusu Benson |
| Birth Date: | 22 March 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Accra, Ghana |
| Height: | 1.750NaN0 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Years1: | 1994 |
| Years2: | 1995 |
| Years3: | 1995 |
| Years4: | 1996–1997 |
| Years5: | 1997–1998 |
| Years6: | 1998–1999 |
| Years7: | 2000 |
| Years8: | 2001–2002 |
| Years9: | 2002–2003 |
| Years10: | 2004–2008 |
| Years11: | 2009–2011 |
| Years12: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs1: | Hearts of Oak |
| Clubs2: | Sportul Studenţesc |
| Clubs3: | FC Solothurn |
| Clubs4: | Yverdon-Sport |
| Clubs5: | SC Kriens |
| Clubs6: | FC Sion |
| Clubs7: | JEF United Ichihara |
| Clubs8: | FC Wil |
| Clubs9: | SR Delémont |
| Clubs10: | SC Kriens |
| Clubs11: | SC Buochs |
| Clubs12: | FC Sursee |
| Caps1: | 19 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Caps2: | 18 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Caps3: | 5 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Caps4: | 43 |
| Goals4: | 12 |
| Caps5: | 24 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Caps6: | 33 |
| Goals6: | 3 |
| Caps7: | 23 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Caps8: | 40 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Caps9: | 33 |
| Goals9: | 2 |
| Caps10: | 100 |
| Goals10: | 12 |
| Caps11: | 30 |
| Goals11: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1999 |
| Nationalteam1: | Ghana |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Owusu Benson or Benson Owusu (born 22 March 1977) is a retired Ghanaian football player.
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]
Benson is the father of the Swiss footballer Tyron Owusu.[5]
| Club performance | League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | |
| Romania | League | ||||
| 1994/95 | Sportul Studenţesc București | 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 | |||
| Ghana national team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |