Born: 7-11-1947 Died: 30- 3-2020 Country: Ghana Caps: 52 (W26-D9-L17 – GF101-GA58 – %58.65) Goals: 36 (0.69 per match) Age First Cap: 20 yr 36 d 13-12-1967 vs. Cameroon 0-1 Age Last Cap: 29 yr 70 d 16- 1-1977 vs. Guinea 0-2 National Team Career: 9 yr 34 d
Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 13-12-67 Yaoundé Cameroon 0-1 Olympic G. Qualifier
2 17-12-67 Accra Cameroon 3-2 Olympic G. Qualifier
3 23-12-67 Lagos Nigeria 2-2 Azikiwe Cup
4 5 5 17- 8-69 Accra Niger 6-0 African Cup Qual.
5 4 9 21- 9-69 Niamey Niger 9-1 African Cup Qual.
6 2 11 7- 2-70 Wad Madani Congo-Kinshasa 2-0 African Nations Cup
7 11 9- 2-70 Wad Madani Egypt 1-1 African Nations Cup
8 1 12 11- 2-70 Wad Madani Guinea 1-1 African Nations Cup
9 12 14- 2-70 Khartoum Ivory Coast 2-1 African Nations Cup
10 12 16- 2-70 Khartoum Sudan 0-1 African Nations Cup
11 1 13 15- 4-70 Accra Ivory Coast 3-0
12 1 14 19- 4-70 Accra Ivory Coast 1-1
13 1 15 7- 2-71 Accra Sierra Leone 2-1
14 15 21- 3-71 Accra Liberia 2-1 Olympic G. Qualifier
15 15 17- 4-71 Monrovia Liberia 1-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
16 2 17 2- 5-71 Abidjan Ivory Coast 6-2
17 17 6- 6-71 Lomé Togo 0-0 African Cup Qual.
18 17 27- 6-71 Accra Togo 0-1 African Cup Qual.
19 17 19- 4-72 Accra Ivory Coast 1-2
20 17 23- 4-72 Accra Togo 1-1 Olympic G. Qualifier
21 1 18 30- 4-72 Yaoundé Cameroon 3-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
22 18 7- 5-72 Accra Senegal 1-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
23 18 14- 5-72 Lomé Togo 2-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
24 18 21- 5-72 Accra Cameroon 0-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
25 18 28- 5-72 Dakar Senegal 0-2 Olympic G. Qualifier
26 2 20 18- 6-72 Cotonou Dahomey 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
27 1 21 2- 7-72 Kumasi Dahomey 5-1 World Cup Qualifier
28 21 28- 8-72 München East Germany 0-4 Olympic Games
29 21 1- 9-72 München Colombia Ol. 1-3 Olympic Games
30 1 22 8- 1-73 Lagos Nigeria 2-4 African Games
31 1 23 10- 1-73 Lagos Tanzania 1-0 African Games
32 23 12- 1-73 Lagos Algeria 2-0 African Games
33 1 24 14- 1-73 Ibadan Guinea 1-2 African Games
34 24 16- 1-73 Lagos Egypt 1-2 African Games
35 24 22- 2-73 Accra Nigeria 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
36 24 5- 8-73 Accra Zaire 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
37 24 19- 8-73 Kinshasa Zaire 1-4 World Cup Qualifier
38 24 11- 8-74 Lagos Nigeria 1-1 International Tourn.
39 1 25 17- 8-74 Lagos Nigeria 1-0 International Tourn.
40 2 27 6- 4-75 Accra Liberia 6-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
41 1 28 13- 4-75 Bamako Mali 1-3 African Cup Qual.
42 2 30 20- 4-75 Monrovia Liberia 4-1 Olympic G. Qualifier
43 1 31 27- 4-75 Accra Mali 4-0 African Cup Qual.
44 31 29- 6-75 Kumasi Morocco 2-0 African Cup Qual.
45 31 13- 7-75 Casablanca Morocco 0-2 African Cup Qual.
46 1 32 24- 8-75 Accra Nigeria 1-2 International Tourn.
47 1 33 31- 8-75 Accra Nigeria 3-0 International Tourn.
48 33 30-11-75 Conakry Guinea 0-1 Olympic G. Qualifier
49 3 36 14-12-75 Accra Guinea 6-2 Olympic G. Qualifier
50 36 10-10-76 Accra Guinea 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
51 36 24-10-76 Conakry Guinea 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
52 36 16- 1-77 Lomé Guinea 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
NB: the match against Nigeria (3-2, 10- 2-73 in Lagos, World Cup Qualifier, in
which Owusu scored 3 goals) was suspended at 82' and awarded 2-0 to Ghana.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
52 26 9 17 101- 58 61 58.65
Type of Matches and Goals
Olympic Games Qualifier 14 8
World Cup Qualifier 8 3
African Cup Qualifier 8 11
African Games 5 3
African Nations Cup 5 3
Friendlies 5 5
Olympic Games 2 0
Other Tournaments 5 3
Total: 52 36
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