Ben Acheampong
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Ghanaian footballer
This article is about the 1965 Africa Cup of Nations winner and 1964 Summer Olympics participant. For the footballer born in 1990, see Benjamin Acheampong.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1939年02月02日)2 February 1939[1] | ||
| Date of death | 2019 (aged 79–80)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Asante Kotoko | |||
| International career | |||
| Ghana | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Benjamin "Ben" Acheampong (2 February 1939 – 2019), also known as Ben Simmons,[3] was a Ghanaian international football player. As a player, he won the 1963 [4] and 1965 African Cup of Nations titles with Ghana under the tutelage of Charles Gyamfi. He tied for top-scoring honors in the 1965 competition with three goals.[5]
References
[edit ]- ^ Ben Acheampong – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Ben Acheampong's obituary
- ^ "Ben Acheampong :: Ben Acheampong Simmons ::".
- ^ Courtney, Barrie; Cruickshank, Mark; Knight, Ken; Mazet, François; Morrison, Neil; Veroeveren, Piet; Stokkermans, Karel. "African Nations Cup 1963". RSSSF , 15 August 2013. Retrieved on 18 August 2013.
- ^ Courtney, Barrie; Cruickshank, Mark; Jönsson, Mikael; Knight, Ken; Mazet, François; Morrison, Neil; Stokkermans, Karel. "African Nations Cup 1965". RSSSF, 15 August 2013. Retrieved on 18 August 2013.
External links
[edit ]- Ben Acheampong at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1939 births
- 2019 deaths
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Ghana men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Ghana
- Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- 1963 African Cup of Nations players
- 1965 African Cup of Nations players
- Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
- Asante Kotoko S.C. players
- Men's association football defenders
- 20th-century Ghanaian sportsmen