Owusu Benson
# Owusu Benson

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.

## Personal life

Benson is the father of the Swiss footballer Tyron Owusu.

## Club statistics

| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Romania | Romania | Romania | League | League |
| 1994/95 | Sportul Studenţesc București | Divizia A | 18 | 0 |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | Switzerland | League | League |
| 1995/96 | Solothurn | Nationalliga B | 0 | 0 |
| 1995/96 | Yverdon-Sport | Nationalliga B | 12 | 5 |
| 1996/97 | Yverdon-Sport | Nationalliga B | 31 | 7 |
| 1997/98 | Kriens | Nationalliga A | 24 | 4 |
| 1998/99 | Sion | Nationalliga A | 33 | 3 |
| Japan | Japan | Japan | League | League |
| 2000 | JEF United Ichihara | J1 League | 23 | 2 |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | Switzerland | League | League |
| 2000/01 | Wil | Nationalliga B | 10 | 0 |
| 2001/02 | Wil | Nationalliga B | 30 | 1 |
| 2002/03 | Delémont | Nationalliga A | 33 | 2 |
| 2004/05 | Kriens | Challenge League | 31 | 1 |
| 2005/06 | Kriens | Challenge League | 25 | 5 |
| 2006/07 | Kriens | Challenge League | 33 | 5 |
| 2007/08 | Kriens | Challenge League | 25 | 7 |
| 2008/09 | Kriens | 1. Liga | | |
| 2009/10 | Buochs | 2. Liga Interregional | | |
| Country | Romania | Romania | 18 | 0 |
| Country | Switzerland | Switzerland | 287 | 40 |
| Country | Japan | Japan | 23 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 328 | 42 |

## National team statistics

Ghana national team :

| Year | Apps | Goals |
| - | - | - |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
