Asamoah Gyan (Ghana)

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Asamoah Gyan
Personal information

Full name	Asamoah Gyan
Date of birth	22 November 1985 (1985-11-22) (age 24)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Rennes
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2003	Liberty Professionals	16	(10)
2003–2008	Udinese	39	(11)
2004–2006	→ Modena (loan)	53	(15)
2008–	Rennes	47	(14)
National team^‡
2003–	Ghana	44	(22)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 September 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:27, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Asamoah Gyan (pronounced /dʒɑːn/; born 22 November 1985 in Accra) is a Ghanaian International football player who plays as a striker for Rennes in the French Ligue 1. He had his high school education at Accra Academy where he played in the school's soccer team.

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[edit] Club career

Having signed for Udinese in 2003 from Ghanaian club Liberty Professionals, Gyan would spend two-years on loan at Serie B club Modena primarily to gain experience. Following some excellent displays during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, he attracted interest from Russia. He would return to Udinese at the beginning of 2006, but on 17 February 2007, Udinese pulled out of a deal to sell Gyan in the January transfer window. The then 21-year-old striker was on the verge of signing a 3-year deal with Russian Club Lokomotiv Moscow for US$10.5m, the fourth largest in Russian football history. "The striker Udinese targeted to replace me did not sign for them," Gyan told BBC Sport. "I've been told I will now have to stay in Italy for the rest of the season."^[1]
On 10 August, along with Fabio Quagliarella, Gyan signed an improved 5-year contract-extension which would keep him at Udinese until 30 June 2012 as a reward of his fine form^[2] in the 2007–08 pre-season.^[3] "I have decided to stay here because it is one of the top leagues in the world," Asamoah said, "There is the possibility of me playing regular football here to make me a better player. "I am comfortable with the new deal and I know I can help Udinese achieve great things for the future"^[4]. Asamoah and Quagliarella marked their contract extensions with a brace each in Udinese’s 7–0 friendly win later that evening.^[5]
He was linked with a move to Manchester United, Arsenal and A.C. Milan by the Italian media^[6] on 29 July 2007 following his impressive Pre-season form, including a hat-trick^[7] in a friendly against Serie B outfit Spezia on 25 July, before Udinese tied him to the long term deal.^[8]^[9] Gyan scored ten goals in 2006–07 to help the Stadio Friuli Club to finish in tenth place in Serie A.
He got injured during the 2007–08 Season and never played for Udinese again after January 2008. He played in 13 Serie A matches and scored 4 times that season. On July 11, 2008, Asamoah was signed by French Ligue 1 Club Stade Rennais for 4 years on an €8 million transfer fee.^[10]^[11]

Gyan warms up at the African Cup of Nations 2008.

He is currently being linked to Turkish side Fenerbahçe, as well as several English clubs. ^[12] ^[13]

[edit] International career

In November 2004 Gyan scored his first international goal at the age of seventeen against Somalia making him the youngest ever player to score for Ghana. Gyan also scored the fastest goal of the 2006 FIFA World Cup; a 68-seconds goal, which also happened to be Ghana's first ever goal in the world cup finals, in the World Cup game against the Czech Republic on 17 June 2006 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany, which set the Black Stars on their way to a thrilling 2–0 victory. He missed a penalty later in the game, and received a yellow card (ruling him out of the final group game) for trying to take the penalty too early. In Ghana's defeat^[14] to Brazil in the Round of 16, he was sent off in the 81st minute after collecting his second booking of the match (for diving).
He was part of the 2004 Ghana Olympic football squad, who exited in the first round, having finished in third place in Group B after Ghana was tied on 4 points, 0 goal difference and 2–2 Head-to-Head with eventual bronze medalists Italy. Ghana had scored 4 and conceded 4.
Gyan scored on his senior International debut^[15] for Ghana against Somalia on 19 November 2003 in the 90th minute, after coming on for Isaac Boakye in the 62nd minute in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier, 3 days before he turned 18 years; helping Ghana to win that game. He went on to score four times in seven matches during that successful World Cup qualifying campaign. He has scored 20 times in 32 appearances for Ghana.
On January 24, 2008 during the 2008 African Cup of Nations Gyan and his brother Baffour decided to walk out on the Black Stars following criticism after their unconvincing 1–0 win^[16] over Namibia. The media learnt the brothers had packed their bags and were ready to leave the team hotel but were persuaded to stay by team-mates.^[17] In the 2010 African Cup of Nations, Asamoah Gyan helped a Ghana team, ravaged by injuries to the finals. Gyan scored three out of the four Ghana goals during the tournament.
Gyan scored with a penalty in the 85th minute of Ghana's first match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup against Serbia, which proved to be the deciding goal in a 1–0 win. He went on to hit the post in the 92nd minute before being substituted to a standing ovation just before the final whistle.^[18] In Ghana's second game, he scored a penalty in the 26th minute to level the scores and earn his team a 1–1 draw against Australia.^[19]
In the round of 16 match against the USA, he scored a goal in extra time allowing Ghana to win by a score of 2-1 and hence become the third African team in history to qualify to the tournament's quarter final, after Cameroon and Senegal.^[20] In the quarter final tie against Uruguay, he missed a penalty in the last minute of extra time hitting the crossbar. He converted his penalty in the subsequent penalty shootout, but Uruguay went on to win the shootout 4-2.^[21]

[edit] International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 November 2003	Ohene Djan Stadium, Ghana	Somalia	2–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qual.
2.	25 June 2004	Maputo, Mozambique	Mozambique	1–0	1–0	Friendly
3.	3 July 2004	National Stadium, Uganda	Uganda	1–1	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qual.
4.	27 March 2005	Stade des Martyrs, Democratic Republic of the Congo	Congo DR	1–0	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qual.
5.	8 October 2005	Estádio da Várzea, Cape Verde Islands	Cape Verde	3–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qual.
6.	14 November 2005	King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	2–1	3–1	Friendly
7.	14 November 2005	King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	3–1	3–1	Friendly
8.	4 June 2006	Easter Road Stadium, Scotland	Korea Republic	1–0	3–1	Friendly
9.	17 June 2006	RheinEnergieStadion, Germany	Czech Republic	1–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup
10.	8 October 2006	Seoul World Cup Stadium, South Korea	Korea Republic	1–0	3–1	Friendly
11.	8 October 2006	Seoul World Cup Stadium, South Korea	Korea Republic	3–1	3–1	Friendly
12.	21 August 2007	London, England	Senegal	1–0	1–1	2008 Africa Cup of Nations
13.	20 January 2008	Ohene Djan Stadium, Ghana	Guinea	1–0	2–1	2008 Africa Cup of Nations
14.	9 September 2009	Stadion Galgenwaard, Netherlands	Japan	1–0	3–4	Friendly
15.	9 September 2009	Stadion Galgenwaard, Netherlands	Japan	2–0	3–4	Friendly
16.	15 January 2010	Estádio Nacional do Chiazi, Angola	Côte d'Ivoire	1–3	1–3	2010 Africa Cup of Nations
17.	24 January 2010	Estádio 11 de Novembro, Angola	Angola	1–0	1–0	2010 Africa Cup of Nations
18.	28 January 2010	Estádio 11 de Novembro, Angola	Nigeria	1–0	1–0	2010 Africa Cup of Nations
19.	1 June 2010	De Kuip, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–2	1–4	Friendly
20.	13 June 2010	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, South Africa	Serbia	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup
21.	19 June 2010	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, South Africa	Australia	1–1	1–1	2010 FIFA World Cup
22.	26 June 2010	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, South Africa	United States	2–1	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup
Correct as of 22 July 2010