Asamoah Gyan, first Ghananain to score in the FIFA World Cup

The legendary Asamoah Gyan turn 38 years today. He was born on 22nd November,1985 at Accra.He is a proud product of Accra Academy.

‘Baby Jet’ Asamoah Gyan started his professional football career from the the Ghana Premier League side Liberty Professionals in the year 2003.

At Liberty, ‘Baby Jet’ payed his dues well that made him attractive to many clubs in Ghana and the world at large.
Asamoah Gyan made his National team debut at the age of seventeen (17) when Ghana defeated Somalia on November 19, 2003.

After the 2006 FIFA world cup in Germany, the legendary Asamoah Gyan joined the Italian Serie A side Udinese as a result of his tremendous performance during the competition.
At Udinese, He played 39 matches scoring 10 goals in the Serie A and other European competitions.

He then went for loan at Modena scoring 15 goals in 53 appearance.
He joins Renes in the French league 1 in 2010 scoring 10 goals.
After his excellent performance at the 2010 FIFA world cup he became Hot a cake.

Many European teams started chasing him but he signed for Sunderland in the English Premier League.
After his success in the English Premier League, He joined Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates Legue.

He played for Chinese side Shanghai SIPG, Shabab Al Ahli, Kayerispor, North East United and ended his career in Accra based Legon Cities.

Records Set By Asamoah Gyan before his retirement

He is the first Ghananain to score in FIFA world Cup. He did that when he scored in their game against Czech Republic. That was the first time Ghana had the opportunity to participate in the FIFA world Cup since it started.

All time African top scorer

Baby Jet reign as the top scorer of all African players who has scored in the world Cup competitions. He has scored Six goals goals since his debut.

All time Ghanaian top scorer

Ghana Black Stars has produced a numerous and outstanding strikers like Abedi Pele, Osei Kofi among others but Asamoah Gyan tops them in terms of scoring goals for the country.
He made 109 appearance for the Black Stars scoring 51 goals.

First Player to score in nine consecutive tournaments.

The record set by the legendary is beyond borders.
He is the only player to score in nine consecutive tournaments Internationally.

Aside football, ‘Baby Jet’ Asamoah is a boxing promoter, Business man, Musician and pundit.

The legacy left by the formal black stars captain ‘Baby Jet’ Asamoah Gyan is unbeatable and remains.

He is regarded as all time best player in history of Ghana football.

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