Joseph Lamptey

Joseph Lamptey is a former Ghanaian association football referee. He was banned for life for match fixing.

History

Lamptey was born in Accra. He refereed at the 2015 [Africa Cup of Nations] and the Football at the [2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2016 Olympics].
FIFA banned Lamptey for life in March 2017 following allegations he manipulated the result of a match between South Africa [national football team|South Africa] and Senegal in a 2018 [FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2018 FIFA World Cup] qualifying match on 12 November 2016. During the match, Lamptey wrongly awarded a penalty against Senegal's Kalidou Koulibaly, leading to a complaint by the Senegal Football Association. Following the upholding of Lamptey's ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, FIFA announced the match would be replayed.