Benedict Akwuegbu (born 3 November 1974) is a retired Nigerian football striker.
He played for Nigerian national football team and was a 2002 FIFA World Cup participant.
[1] Then he spent five years in Belgium with KRC Harelbeke, KSV Waregem, KVK Tienen.
Nigeria was beaten by eventual winner Saudi Arabia at the quarter-final stage.
[2] In 2000, his success in Austria made him joining the Africa Cup of Nations tournament which he played his first international game against Tunisia.