Most goalkeepers who reach the pinnacle of international football do so in their mid-twenties, riding hype from European academies and Champions League nights. Benjamin Asare took a different route. The 33-year-old Ghana Premier League veteran earned his first senior call-up in March 2025, posted back-to-back clean sheets on debut, and has now secured a spot in Ghana’s squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
He’s the first goalkeeper playing in the GPL to represent the Black Stars at a World Cup. That sentence alone tells you everything about the scale of what he’s accomplished.
From domestic grind to international spotlight
Asare, born July 13, 1992, stands 1.88 meters tall and plays for Accra Hearts of Oak, one of the most storied clubs in Ghanaian football. He joined Hearts in July 2024, signing a deal that runs through June 2027. That changed in March 2025 when Ghana’s coaching staff called him up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
In his debut matches, Asare kept consecutive clean sheets against Chad and Madagascar.
