Benjamin Owusu

Benjamin Owusu
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-07-20)20 July 1989
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Date of death 10 November 2010(2010-11-10) (aged 21)
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2003–2007 Berekum Arsenal
2007–2008 Brescia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Brescia[1] 1 (0)
2009 → Caravaggese (loan) 9 (0)
2009–2010 → U.S. Villazzano (loan) 12 (0)
2010 → Azzurra (loan) 7 (1)
Total 29 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjamin Owusu (20 July 1989 – 10 November 2010[2]) was a Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Born in Accra, Owusu began his career with Berekum Arsenal and joined the primavera team from Brescia,[3] who earned his first professional match in the Serie B on 21 October 2008 against Rimini.[4] On 24 July 2009, he was linked with a possible move to Scafatese.[5] He did not sign a contract and returned to the primavera team of Brescia. He died in 2010 of an illness.

References

  1. ^ "Schede analitica di Benjamin Owusu - a cura di Football.it". football.it. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ^ "This website is currently unavailable". ghananewsnow.com. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Lega Pro" (PDF). lega-calcio-serie-c.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  4. ^ Match: Rimini vs Brescia - Italian Serie B - ESPN Soccernet Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ IL CALCIOMERCATO SCAFATESE E' IN PIENA ATTIVITA' Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine