Asamoah Gyan
Ghanaian former footballer (born 1985)
Asamoah Gyan (born 22 November 1985) is a Ghanaian football player. He plays for Stade Rennais and Ghana national team. A striker who mainly plays the role of first striker, Asamoah is a quick and agile player who proves to be particularly dangerous on the counterattack and in the open field. He has a good feeling with goals thanks to his ability to choose the right timing of insertion and his skill precision. He is widely considered to be one of the best Ghanaian and African strikers of all time.
 Asamoah Gyan in 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Asamoah Gyan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Liberty Professionals | 16 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Udinese | 39 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | → Modena (loan) | 53 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Rennes | 48 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Sunderland | 34 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Al Ain (loan) | 18 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Al Ain | 65 | (73) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Shanghai SIPG | 20 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Shabab Al Ahli (loan) | 14 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Kayserispor | 26 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | NorthEast United | 8 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Legon Cities | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 347 | (177) | ||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2019 | Ghana | 109 | (51) | |||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club career statistics change
| Club statistics | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Italy | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2003/04 | Udinese | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004/05 | Modena | Serie B | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | 27 | 7 | |
| 2005/06 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | 26 | 8 | |||
| 2006/07 | Udinese | Serie A | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | 26 | 8 | |
| 2007/08 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 13 | 3 | |||
| France | League | Coupe de France | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2008/09 | Stade Rennais | Ligue 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 2009/10 | ||||||||||
| Country | Italy | 91 | 26 | 2 | 0 | - | 93 | 26 | ||
| France | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| Total | 107 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 27 | ||
International career statistics change
| Ghana national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 |
| 2006 | 9 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 |
| 2009 | 5 | 2 |
| 2010 | 17 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2012 | 8 | 1 |
| 2013 | 15 | 11 |
| 2014 | 9 | 6 |
| 2015 | 8 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 109 | 51 |
References change
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Asamoah Gyan". www.national-football-teams.com.
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