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	Defender
Youth career
2003–2007	Berekum Arsenal
2007–2008	Brescia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008	Brescia	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) 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, who earned his first professional match in the Serie B on 21 October 2008 against Rimini. On 24 July 2009, he was linked with a possible move to Scafatese. He did not sign a contract and returned to the primavera team of Brescia. He died in 2010 of an illness.

See also

• List of association footballers who died while playing