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Asamoah Gyan
b. 1985
Ghanaian footballer (born 1985)
- Born
- 22 Nov 1985 · Accra
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 22 Nov 1985BornBorn in Accra
- 2003 – 2019TeamGhana men's national football team
- 2003TeamLiberty Professionals F.C.
- 2003 – 2008TeamUdinese Calcio
- 2004TeamGhana national under-23 football team
- 2004 – 2006TeamModena F.C.
- 2006Took part2006 FIFA World Cup
- 2008 – 2010TeamStade Rennais F.C.
- 2010Took part2010 FIFA World Cup
- 2010 – 2012TeamSunderland A.F.C.
- 2011 – 2012TeamAl Ain FC
- 2012 – 2015TeamAl Ain FC
- 2014Took part2014 FIFA World Cup
- 2015 – 2017TeamShanghai Port F.C.
- 2016 – 2017TeamShabab AlAhli Dubai Club
- 2017 – 2019TeamKayserispor
- 2019 – 2020TeamNorthEast United FC
- 2020 – 2021TeamLegon Cities FC
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1985 – today).
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
Asamoah Gyan ( ASS-ə-MOH-ə JAHN; born 22 November 1985) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is a former captain of the Ghana national team.
Gyan began his career in 2003 with Ghana Premier League club Liberty Professionals, scoring ten goals in sixteen matches. He then spent three seasons with Serie. A club Udinese via two seasons loan at Modena, netting on fifteen occasions in 53 league matches and at Udinese where he scored 11 times in 39 league matches. In 2008, Gyan joined Ligue 1 club Rennes, netting fourteen times in forty-eight league matches during two seasons. In 2010, Gyan joined then Premier League club Sunderland, breaking the club's transfer record and netting on ten occasions in thirty-four Premier League matches during two seasons.
In 2011, Gyan joined Al Ain of the UAE Pro League on loan and became the league's top goalscorer, scoring 22 times in 18 matches. In the following season, Gyan permanently joined Al Ain and helped them retain the Pro League title, once again, finishing as the league's top goalscorer with an impressive 31 goals in 22 matches. In the 2013–14 league season, Gyan finished top scorer for a record third time, with 29 goals in 26 matches.
Gyan is the all-time leading goalscorer of the Ghana national team, with 51 goals. He represented Ghana at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups. With six goals, he is the top African goalscorer in the history of the World Cup. Gyan also represented Ghana at the 2004 Summer Olympics and in seven Africa Cup of Nations (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019), helping them finish in third place in 2008 and as runners-up in 2010 and 2015. He launched his memoir, titled "LeGYANdry" at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra. On 20 June 2023, Gyan announced his retirement from active football.
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