{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Benjamin Acheampong | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|05|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana | height = {{height|m=1.66}} | position = Striker | currentclub = Europa | clubnumber = 24 | youthyears1 = 2008–2009 | youthclubs1 = Gamba All Blacks | youthyears2 = 2009–2010 | youthclubs2 = Wa All Stars | years1 = 2010–2011 | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Coruxo B | years2 = 2011–2013 | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 1 | clubs2 = Asante Kotoko | years3 = 2013–2014 | caps3 = | goals3 = | clubs3 = Petro de Luanda | years4 = 2014–2016 | caps4 = | goals4 = | clubs4 = Al-Aqaba | years5 = 2016–2017 | caps5 = 31 | goals5 = 10 | clubs5 = El Dakhleya | years6 = 2017–2018 | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 2 | clubs6 = Zamalek | years7 = 2018 | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = → Petrojet (loan) | years8 = 2018–2019 | caps8 = | goals8 = | clubs8 = Al-Shamal | years9 = 2021 | caps9 = | goals9 = | clubs9 = El Dakhleya | years10 = 2024– | caps10 = 1 | goals10 = 0 | clubs10 = Europa | club-update = 1 November 2024 | nationalyears1 = 2011–2012 | nationalteam1 = Ghana U23 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalteam-update = 1 June 2012 (UTC) }}
'''Benjamin Acheampong''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|tʃ|æ|m|'|p|ɒ|ŋ}} {{respell|ə|CHAM-PONG-G|'}}) (born 15 May 1990) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a striker and he is also a member of the Ghana national team.<ref name="Asante Kotoko – Squad">{{cite news |url=http://www.asantekotokosc.com/squad.php |title=Asante Kotoko – Squad |publisher=Asantekotokosc.com |access-date=2 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917034151/http://www.asantekotokosc.com/squad.php |archive-date=17 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Appiah names Black Stars squad"/>
==Club career==
===Coruxo FC=== 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.<ref name="Benjamin Acheampong – statistics">{{cite news |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/benjamin-acheampong/161809/ |title=Benjamin Acheampong|publisher =soccerway.com |access-date = 2 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="Kotoko – Ben Acheampong">{{cite news |url=http://www.asantekotokosc.com/newsreel.php?news=89 |title=I Have a lot to offer Kotok – Ben Acheampong |publisher=Asantekotokosc.com |date=16 March 2012 |access-date=2 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305061844/http://www.asantekotokosc.com/newsreel.php?news=89 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Asante Kotoko=== Acheampong signed for Ghanaian Ghana Premier League club Asante Kotoko from Coruxo FC at the beginning of the 2011–12 season.<ref name="Benjamin Acheampong – statistics"/><ref name="Kotoko – Ben Acheampong"/> In his first season with Asante Kotoko he has won the 2011–12 Ghana Premier League season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.asantekotokosc.com/newsreel.php?news=162 |title=Kotoko look up to exciting finish on Coronation Day |publisher=Asantekotokosc.com |date=21 May 2012 |access-date=2 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305083917/http://www.asantekotokosc.com/newsreel.php?news=162 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.asantekotokosc.com/newsreel.php?news=171 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117112153/http://www.asantekotokosc.com/newsreel.php?news=171 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 January 2013 |title=We Are Worthy Champions |publisher=Asantekotokosc.com |date=27 May 2012 |access-date=2 June 2012 }}</ref>
=== Zamalek === In February 2021, Acheampong revealed that he had been duped out of $1 million by the Egyptian club who used contract clauses to avoid paying the sum.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The footballer 'duped' out of $1m... twice|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/africa/56133262|access-date=2021-02-24}}</ref>
==International career==
===Ghana national team=== 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.<ref name="Appiah names Black Stars squad">{{cite web|url=http://www.ghanafa.org/pages/blackstars/201205/7180.php|title=Appiah names Black Stars squad|publisher=Ghana Football Association|date=16 May 2012|access-date=2 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518232747/http://www.ghanafa.org/pages/blackstars/201205/7180.php|archive-date=18 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Honours==
=== Club === ;Asante Kotoko * Ghana Premier League (1): 2011–12
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Acheampong, Benjamin}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Segunda División B players Category:Coruxo FC players Category:Asante Kotoko S.C. players Category:Atlético Petróleos de Luanda players Category:Ghana Premier League players Category:Qatari Second Division players Category:Ghanaian men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Jordan Category:Shabab Al-Aqaba SC players Category:Footballers from Kumasi Category:El Dakhleya SC players Category:Zamalek SC players Category:Petrojet SC players Category:Al-Shamal SC players Category:Egyptian Premier League players Category:African Games gold medalists for Ghana Category:African Games gold medalists in football Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Category:Footballers at the 2011 All-Africa Games Category:Medalists at the 2011 All-Africa Games Category:21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers