Ryan Gyaki

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Personal information
Ryan Gyaki
Full name	Ryan Gyaki
Date of birth	December 6, 1985 (age 21)
Place of birth	Toronto, Canada
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Sheffield United
Youth clubs
	Calgary Storm
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-present	Sheffield United	0 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2006-10-26. * Appearances (Goals)

Ryan Gyaki (born December 6, 1985 in Toronto, Canada) is an Canadian footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for Sheffield United in the English Premiership.

[edit] Club career

Gyaki started his career with Calgary Storm and was discovered by Sheffield United in Cuba while touring with a Calgary select team.

Unfortunately, after just one game with United's reserves in August 2005, he damaged knee ligaments and missed the entire 2005-06 promotion campaign.

A regular in United's Reserves 'B' this season, Gyaki was an unused substitute in United's Reserves 'A' opener against Bolton.

Along with team-mates Colin Marrison and James Ashmore, Gyaki played as a trialist for Yeovil Town against Welton Rovers in the Somerset Premier Cup on October 3, 2006.

[edit] International career

In 2004-05 season, after recovering from torn abdominal muscles, he captained Canada and scored all four of their goals during qualifying for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in The Netherlands. He played ninety minutes in all three of Canada's games in the tournament against Columbia, Syria and Italy. He was named Canada Youth Player of the Year in 2005.

Sheffield United F.C. - Current Squad