Asamoah Gyan
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Asamoah Gyan in 2014
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| Full name | Asamoah Gyan | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1985 | |||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Al Ahli Dubai (on from loan Shanghai SIPG) |
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| Number | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Liberty Professionals | 16 | (10) | |||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Udinese | 39 | (11) | |||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | → Modena (loan) | 53 | (15) | |||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Rennes | 48 | (14) | |||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Sunderland | 34 | (10) | |||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Al Ain (loan) | 18 | (22) | |||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Al Ain | 65 | (73) | |||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Shanghai SIPG | 20 | (7) | |||||||||||||||
| 2016– | → Al Ahli Dubai (loan) | 9 | (3) | |||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2003– | Ghana | 100 | (49) | |||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 January 2017 |
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Asamoah Gyan (pronounced [æsæˈmoʊˌɑː ˌdʒjɑːn], ə-sah-MOH-ah J-yahn, born 22 November 1985 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Ahli Dubai F.C. and captains the Ghanaian national team.
Gyan began his career in 2003 with Ghanaian Premier League club Liberty Professionals scoring a prolific ten goals in sixteen matches 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 Premier League club Sunderland, breaking the club's transfer record and netting on ten occasions in thirty-four Premier League matches during two seasons.
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