Peter Lamptey

Peter Lamptey (born 6 April 1946) is a former Ghanaian international footballer. He was the top scorer in the Ghana league in 1973 and played most of his club football for Accra Hearts of Oak SC and Great Olympics.

Peter Lamptey
Personal information
Full name Peter Lamptey
Date of birth (1946-04-06) 6 April 1946
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hearts of Oak
– Great Olympics
National team
Ghana
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

While playing with Hearts of Oak, Lamptey, together with Mohammed Polo, Mama Acquah, Robert Hammond and Anas Seidu were known as "he fearsome fivesome".[1] He was often referred to as the "goal thief" for his scoring prowess. He later joined Accra Great Olympics which he played for in his latter years in football.

International career

Lamptey was in the Ghana team that participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics football tournament.[2] He was the youngest player in the team at 26 years, 144 days[3] and featured in all Ghana's matches played.[4]

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Ghana mourns former star". Ghana Football Association. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  2. "Peter Lamptey". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  3. "Ghana Football at the 1972 München Summer Games". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  4. "XX. Olympiad Munich 1972 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-08-18.


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