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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 .
Ben Acheampong Date of birth
(1939-02-02 ) 2 February 1939
[1] Date of death
2019 (aged 79–80)
[2] Position(s)
Defender Years
Team
Apps
(
Gls )
Asante Kotoko
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
^
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
1957 :
Ad-Diba
1959 :
El-Gohary
1962 :
Fattah &
L. Vassallo
1963 :
El-Shazly
1965 :
Acheampong ,
Kofi &
Manglé
1968 :
Pokou
1970 :
Pokou
1972 :
F. Keita
1974 :
Mulamba
1976 :
M. Keïta
1978 :
Afriyie ,
Odegbami &
Omondi
1980 :
Labied &
Odegbami
1982 :
Alhassan
1984 :
Abouzeid
1986 :
Milla
1988 :
Abdel-Hamid ,
Belloumi ,
Milla &
Traoré
1990 :
Menad
1992 :
Yekini
1994 :
Yekini
1996 :
Bwalya
1998 :
Hassan &
McCarthy
2000 :
Bartlett
2002 :
Aghahowa ,
M'Boma &
Olembé
2004 :
Kanouté ,
M'Boma ,
Okocha &
Santos
2006 :
Eto'o
2008 :
Eto'o
2010 :
Nagy
2012 :
Aubameyang ,
Diabaté ,
Drogba ,
Kharja ,
Katongo ,
Mayuka &
Manucho
2013 :
Emenike &
Wakaso
2015 :
Akaïchi ,
Ayew ,
Balboa ,
Bifouma &
Mbokani
2017 :
Kabananga
2019 :
Ighalo
2021 :
Aboubakar
2023 :
Nsue