Asamoah Gyan

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Personal information
Asamoah Gyan
Full name	Asamoah Gyan
Date of birth	November 22, 1985 (age 21)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height	186cm
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current club	Udinese Calcio
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003 2003-04 2004-06 2006-	Liberty Professionals Udinese Modena on loan Udinese
National team²
2003-	Ghana	20 (11)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08 October 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 08 February 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Asamoah Gyan (born November 22, 1985 in Accra) is a Ghanaian International football player who plays for Udinese in the Italian Serie A. He is the first Ghanaian Player to have ever scored a goal at the FIFA World Cup Finals.

Having signed for Udinese in 2003, Gyan would spend two-years on loan at Serie B Club Modena FC. 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 21-year-old striker was on the verge of signing a three-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]

Gyan scored the fastest goal of the 2006 World Cup; a 68-seconds goal, which set the Black Stars on their way to a thrilling 2-0 victory against the Czech in Germany. 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 his country's defeat against Brazil in the round of , he was sent off in the 81st minute after collecting his second booking of the match (for diving).

He was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B.

Gyan scored on his senior International debut for Ghana on 19 November 2003 against Somalia 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 World Cup qualifying campaign. He has scored 11 times in 20 appearances for Ghana.

[edit] Trivia

His brother, Baffour Gyan, currently plays in Moscow for Saturn Ramenskoye.

[edit] External links

Fifa 2006 World Cup Profile
Ghana Football Association - official website
Ghanaweb Football Forum - Official Fan Forum

	Ghana squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Adjei \| 2 Sarpei \| 3 Gyan \| 4 Kuffour \| 5 Mensah \| 6 Pappoe \| 7 Shilla \| 8 Essien \| 9 Boateng \| 10 Appiah \| 11 Muntari \| 12 Tachie‑Mensah \| 13 Mohamed \| 14 Amoah \| 15 Paintsil \| 16 Owu \| 17 Quaye \| 18 E. Addo \| 19 Pimpong \| 20 O. Addo \| 21 Issah \| 22 Kingston \| 23 Dramani \| Coach: Dujković