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Asamoah Gyan
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| Asamoah Gyan | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Asamoah Gyan | |
| Date of birth | November 22, 1985 | |
| Place of birth |  Accra, Ghana |
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| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club |  Udinese Calcio |
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| Number | 3 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003 2003-04 2004-06 2006- |
Liberty Professionals Udinese Modena on loan Udinese |
16 (10) 1 (0) 53 (15) 25 (10) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2003- | Ghana |
23 (12) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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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 score a goal at the FIFA World Cup Finals.
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Having signed for Udinese in 2003, Gyan would spend two-years on loan at Serie B Club Modena FC primarily to gain experience. 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]
On 10 August 2007 along with Fabio Quagliarella, Asamoah signed an improved 5-year contract-extension which will keep him at Udinese until 30 June 2012 as a reward of his fine form in the 2007-08 Pre-season[2]. "I have decided to stay here because it is one of the top leagues in the world," Asamoah told BBC Sport. "There is the possibility of me playing regular football here to make me a better player. "I am comfortable with the new deal and I know I can help Udinese achieve great things for the future"[3]. Asamoah and Quagliarella marked their contract extensions with a brace each in Udinese’s 7-0 friendly win later that evening[4].
He was linked with a move to Manchester United, Arsenal and A.C. Milan by the Italian media[5] on 29 July 2007 following his impressive Pre-season form, including a hattrick[6] in a friendly against Serie B outfit Spezia on 25 July, before Udinese tied him to the long term deal[7]. Gyan scored ten goals in 2006-07 to help the Stadio Friuli Club to finish in tenth place in Serie A.
Gyan scored the fastest goal of the 2006 FIFA World Cup; a 68-seconds goal, in the World Cup game against the Czech Republic on 17 June 2006 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany, which set the Black Stars on their way to a thrilling 2-0 victory. 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 Ghana's defeat[8] to Brazil in the Round of 16, he was sent off in the 81st minute after collecting his second booking of the match (for diving).
He was part of the 2004 Ghana Olympic football squad, who exited in the first round, having finished in third place in Group B after Ghana was tied on 4 points, 0 goals for, and Head-to-Head with eventual Bronze medal winners Italy. Ghana were unlucky not to go through because Italy had scored 5 and conceded 5, whilst Ghana had scored 4 and conceded 4.
Gyan scored on his senior International debut[9] for Ghana against Somalia on 19 November 2003 in the 90th minute, after coming on for Isaac Boakye in the 62nd minute 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 successful World Cup qualifying campaign. He has scored 12 times in 23 appearances for Ghana.
His brother, Baffour Gyan, currently plays in Russia for Saturn Ramenskoye.
- ^ "Gyan's Lokomotiv move hits snag", BBC Sports, 2007-02-17. Retrieved on 2007-02-17.
- ^ "Asamoah signs Friuli deal", Channel4, 2007-08-10. Retrieved on 2007-08-10.
- ^ "Asamoah extends Udinese stay", BBC Sports, 2007-08-10. Retrieved on 2007-08-10.
- ^ "Asamoah celebrates", Channel4, 2007-08-10. Retrieved on 2007-08-10.
- ^ "Buon pareggio dell’Udinese con il Monaco", Erlupacchiotto.com, 2007-07-29. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
- ^ "Udinese hit back", Channel4, 2007-07-25. Retrieved on 2007-07-25.
- ^ "Udinese strike-pair linked with AC Milan", TribalFootball, 2007-07-29. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
- ^ "Ronaldo tops the charts as rocky Brazil roll on", Guardian UK, 2006-06-27. Retrieved on 2006-06-27.
- ^ "Ghana 2 Somalia 0", Ghanaweb, 2003-11-19. Retrieved on 2003-11-19.
- Asamoah's Stats Page - RAI Sport
- Asamoah Stats Page - Gazzetta dello Sport
- Fifa 2006 World Cup Profile
- Ghana Football Association - official website
- Ghanaweb Football Forum - Official Fan Forum
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| 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 Kingson • 23 Dramani • Coach: Dujković |
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2 Zapata • 3 Gyan • 4 D'Agostino • 5 Obodo • 6 Coda • 7 Pepe • 8 Dossena • 9 Paolucci • 10 Di Natale • 11 Pinzi • 14 Candreva • 15 Isla • 16 Laurito • 19 Felipe • 20 Mesto • 21 Zápotočný • 22 Handanovic • 23 Eremenko • 24 Luković • 25 Chimenti • 26 Motta • 27 Quagliarella • 28 Budyanskiy • 29 De Martino • 30 Đurić • 32 Ferronetti • 34 Gotti • 66 Sivok • 66 Vargas Villalba • 83 Floro Flores • 86 Siqueira • 88 Inler • Coach: Marino |
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