Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 May 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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El Dakhleya | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2009 | Gamba All Blacks | ||
2009–2010 | Wa All Stars | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | Coruxo B | 12 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Asante Kotoko | ||
2013–2014 | Petro de Luanda | ||
2014–2016 | Aqaba | ||
2016– | El Dakhleya | 17 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2011– | Ghana U23 | ||
2012– | Ghana | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 June 2012 (UTC) |
Benjamin Acheampong (/əˈtʃæmˈpɒŋ/ ə-CHAM-PONG-G) (born 15 May 1990 in Kumasi) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League club El Dakhleya Club as a striker and he is also a member of the Ghana national U23 team and Ghana national team.
Acheampong joined the first team of Spanish club Coruxo FC at the beginning of the 2010–11 season, and played for Coruxo FC until the end of the 2010–11 season.
Acheampong signed for Ghanaian Ghana Premier League club Asante Kotoko from Coruxo FC at the beginning of the 2011–12 season. In his first season with Asante Kotoko he has won the 2011–12 Ghana Premier League season.
On 16 May 2012, Acheampong was called up to the Ghana squad for two, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Lesotho national football team and Zambia national football team.