Asamoah Gyan Career Achievements
Asamoah Gyan’s career achievements span over a lot of years. Gyan is a Ghanaian football player who started his career with Liberty Professionals in 2003. He has since played for several clubs, including Udinese, Rennes, Sunderland, and Al Ain.
Gyan is the all-time leading goal scorer for the Ghana national team and has represented his country in several international tournaments, including the FIFA World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations.
He launched his memoir, titled “LeGYANdry,” and announced his retirement from active football in June 2023 years after his fellow countryman, Michael Essien.
Career Achievement.
Individual Career Achievement
Asamoah Gyan has received numerous awards and titles throughout his football career.
Gyan was named BBC African Footballer of the Year in 2010, and he was runner-up for African Footballer of the Year in the same year.
He was also included in the CAF Team of the Year in 2010, 2013 and 2014.
Gyan was a top scorer in the UAE Pro League for three consecutive seasons from 2011-2014.
He also achieved the title of top scorer in the AFC Champions League in 2014 and was included in the AFC Champions League Dream Team in the same year.
Additionally, he was named AFC Foreign Player of the Year in 2014, and he won the GCC Golden Boot in three seasons (2011-2014).
Gyan was also the top scorer in the UAE President’s Cup in two seasons (2013-2014, 2014-2015), and he was included in the Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament in 2010 and 2013.
Gyan received the Ghana Men’s Player of the Year Award in 2012, and he was named Ghana Football Awards Player of the Decade (2011-2020) in 2019.
He also won Ghana Player of the Year twice, in 2010 and 2014.
Finally, Gyan received the Calcio Trade Ball Order of the Star Award in 2017.
Individual Records Set
Asamoah Gyan is the second-highest scorer of all time for Al Ain, with a total of 128 goals.
Gyan is also the second-highest scorer in the Pro League, with 95 goals.
In the 2012-13 season, Gyan set a record for the most goals in a season, with 31 goals.
Additionally, Gyan scored 18 goals in the AFC Champions League, making him the second-highest scorer in the league.
Gyan has won three UAE Pro League top scorer awards, sharing the record with Fahad Khamees and Kodjo Laba, who also have three awards each.
Moreover, he has won three GCC Golden Boot (Arabian Golden Boot) awards.
On an international level, Asamoah Gyan is the all-time top goal scorer of the Ghana national team, with 51 goals, and the second-highest appearance holder, with 109 appearances.
Asamoah Gyan holds the record for the most FIFA World Cup goals for Ghana, scoring a total of 6 goals.
He also holds the record for being the youngest goal scorer for the Ghana national team at 17 years and 362 days old, scoring against Somalia in 2003.
Gyan has represented Ghana in 7 tournaments at the Africa Cup of Nations, sharing the record with André Ayew.
He has scored in 6 tournaments, sharing the record with Samuel Eto’o, Kalusha Bwalya, and André Ayew.
Finally, he holds the record for the most FIFA World Cup goals scored by an African player, with 6 goals.
Clubs Achievement
Asamoah Gyan played for Rennes during the 2008-09 season and helped the team become the runner-up in Coupe de France.
Gyan played for Al Ain and helped the team win the UAE Pro League three times during different seasons. He also contributed to the team’s victory in the UAE President’s Cup in 2013-14 and the UAE Super Cup in 2012.
Gyan was part of the Shabab Al Ahli team that won the UAE League Cup during the 2016-17 season as well as the UAE Super Cup in 2016.
Gyan helped the Ghana national team reach the runner-up position in the Africa Cup of Nations twice, in 2010 and 2015. Ghana finished in third place in 2008.
