Peter Lamptey

Peter Lamptey
Personal information
Full name Peter Lamptey
Date of birth (1946-04-06)6 April 1946
Place of birth Ghana
Date of death 9 October 2025(2025-10-09) (aged 79)
Place of death Accra, 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 (6 April 1946 – 9 October 2025) was a Ghanaian international footballer. He played for Ghana at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He was also the top goalscorer in the Ghana Premier League in 1973.[2][3]

Lamptey died in Accra, Ghana on 9 October 2025, at the age of 79.[4]

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[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Lamptey". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  2. 1 2 3 Osei Asibey, Charles (23 September 2010). "Peter Lamptey, Ghana's first 'goalking'". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Amoako, Emmanuel (29 April 1975). Nkrumah, I. K. (ed.). Daily Graphic: Issue 7632 April 29 1975. Ghana: Graphic Communications Group. p. 11.
  4. ↑ "Hearts of Oak legend Peter Lamptey passes away". Ghana Soccernet. 10 October 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.