Peter Lamptey

Peter Lamptey

Personal information
Full name	Peter Lamptey
Date of birth	(1946-04-06) 6 April 1946 (age 78)
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
International career
	Ghana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.[1][2]

Club career

While playing with Hearts of Oak, Lamptey, together with Mohammed Polo, Mama Acquah, Robert Hammond and Anas Seidu were known as "The fearsome fivesome".[3] He was often referred to as the "goal thief" for his scoring prowess. He captained the side to the African Cup of Champions Clubs finals in 1977. He later joined Accra Great Olympics which he played for in his latter years in football.

International career

In 1971, Lamptey was invited to the Ghana national team for the first time.[1] He was in the Ghana team that participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics football tournament.[4][1] He was the youngest player in the team at 26 years, 144 days[5] and featured in all Ghana's matches played.[6]

Honours

Accra Hearts of Oak

• Ghana Premier League: 1971, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979
• Ghanaian FA Cup: 1973, 1974, 1979
• African Cup of Champions Clubs runner up: 1977

Individual

• Ghana Premier League Top scorer: 1973[1]

See also

• Ghana at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Notes and references

1. Osei Asibey, Charles (23 September 2010). "Peter Lamptey, Ghana's first 'goalking'". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
2. Amoako, Emmanuel (29 April 1975). Nkrumah, I. K. (ed.). Daily Graphic: Issue 7632 April 29 1975. Ghana: Graphic Communications Group. p. 11.
3. "Ghana mourns former star". Ghana Football Association. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
4. "Peter Lamptey". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
5. "Ghana Football at the 1972 München Summer Games". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
6. "XX. Olympiad Munich 1972 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 August 2010.