Born 22 November 1985 is a Ghanaian professional footballer who last played as a striker for Legon Cities FC and is the former captain of the Ghanaian national team.
Personal information :
Full name
Asamoah Gyan
Date of birth
22 November 1985 (age 36)
Place of birth
Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)
Striker
Senior career
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2003
Liberty Professionals
2003–2008
Udinese
2004–200
Modena (loan)
2008–2010
Rennes
2010–2012
Sunderland
2011–2012
→ Al Ain (loan)
2012–2015
Al Ain
2015–2017
Shanghai SIPG
2016–2017
→ Al Ahli Dubai (loan)
2017–2019
Kayserispor
2019–2020
NorthEast United
2020–2021
Legon Cities
National team‡
2003–2019
Ghana
Honours
Ghana
Third place Africa Cup of Nations 2008
Runner-up Africa Cup of Nations 2010
Runner-up Africa Cup of Nations 2015
Club domestic league appearances and goals,
Asamoah Gyan started his football career in 2003 with Ghanaian Premier League club Liberty Professionals scoring ten goals in sixteen matches and later engaged himself in three seasons with Serie A club Udinese through two seasons loan at Modena netting on fifteen occasion in 53 league matches and at Udinese where he scored multiple times in 39 league matches.
In 2008, Gyan joined Ligue 1 club Rennes, netting multiple times in 48 leagues matches during two seasons. In 2010, Gyan joined Premier League club Sunderland, breaking the club’s transfer record and netting on ten occasions in 34 Premier League matches during two seasons.
In 2011, Gyan joined Al Ain of the UAE Pro-League on loan and turned into the league’s top-goalscorer, scoring multiple times in 27 matches.In the accompanying season, Gyan forever joined Al Ain and by and by turned into the association’s top-goalscorer while he helped Al Ain hold the UAE Pro-League title, scoring an amazing 28 goals in 32 matches. In the 2013-14 season, Gyan scored on 44 occasions in 40 matches with Al Ain.
Gyan is the unsurpassed driving goalscorer of the Ghana national team, with 51 goals. He represented Ghana at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups. With 6 goals , he is the top African goalscorer throughout the entire existence of the World Cup.
Gyan has likewise represented Ghana at the 2004 Summer Olympics and in seven Africa Cup of Nations in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019, assisting them with to finish in third-place in 2008 and runner up in 2010 and 2015. He launched his memoir , dubbed ” LeGYANdry” at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra