Asamoah Gyan

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Asamoah Gyan, the Ghanaian forward, made 22 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 10 times, averaging 0.45 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2010-11, with 11 goals. In our match data he features from 2010 to 2011. More of his recorded appearances came under Steve Bruce than any other manager — 22 in all. Among the bigger results he featured in was a 3-0 win over Blackburn Rovers at home in 2011. He lined up alongside P. Bardsley more than any other team-mate in our data, the two starting 21 games together.

Figures are from our match-by-match data, densest from 2010 onward.

Asamoah Gyan ( / ˌ æ s ə ˈ m oʊ ə ˈ dʒ ɑː n / ASS -ə- MOH -ə JAHN ; [ 3 ] born 22 November 1985) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker . He is a former captain of the Ghana national team . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Gyan began his career in 2003 with Ghana Premier League club Liberty Professionals , scoring ten goals in sixteen matches. He 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. [ 7 ] In 2008, Gyan joined Ligue 1 club Rennes , netting fourteen times in forty-eight league matches during two seasons. [ 8 ] In 2010, Gyan joined then Premier League club Sunderland , breaking the club's transfer record and netting on ten occasions in thirty-four Premier League matches during two seasons. [ 9 ] In 2011, Gyan joined Al Ain of the UAE Pro League on loan and became the league's top goalscorer, scoring 22 times in 18 matches. [ 10 ] In the following season, Gyan permanently joined Al Ain and helped them retain the Pro League title, once again, finishing as the league's top goalscorer with an impressive 31 goals in 22 matches. [ 11 ] In the 2013–14 league season , Gyan finished top scorer for a record third time, with 29 goals in 26 matches. [ 12 ] Gyan is the all-time leading goalscorer of the Ghana national team , with 51 goals. [ 13 ] He represented Ghana at the 2006 , 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups . With six goals, he is the top African goalscorer in the history of the World Cup. Gyan also represented Gha — Wikipedia

Position: FW
Nationality: Ghana
Birthplace: Accra
Born: 22 Nov 1985
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 77 kg

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At Sunderland

On 31 August 2010, Gyan signed for Premier League club Sunderland on a four-year deal for a club record £13 million. [ 9 ] Gyan was later given the squad number 33 shirt at Sunderland. He scored on his Sunderland debut against Wigan Athletic on 11 September after coming on as a substitute for Danny Welbeck . The match ended in a 1–1 draw with Antolín Alcaraz scoring Wigan's equaliser. [ 31 ] He marked his first start for Sunderland by netting their only goal in their League Cup exit at the hands of West Ham United . [ 32 ] Gyan scored twice on his first Premier League start for the club in a 2–0 win against Stoke City on 6 November. His first goal came in the 9th minute when a Nedum Onuoha shot was parried by goalkeeper Asmir Begović , with Gyan on hand to tap home the rebound and his second came in the 86th minute, to secure a 2–0 victory for the Black Cats . [ 33 ] Three days later, he followed this up by scoring the equaliser against Tottenham at White Hart Lane in a 1–1 draw as Sunderland moved up to seventh in the table. [ 34 ] He also scored a goal in Sunderland's 3–0 victory at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea . [ 35 ] Gyan scored Sunderland's third goal in their 3–0 victory over Blackburn Rovers on 1 January 2011. [ 36 ] On 16 January 2011, he started against local rivals Newcastle United , scoring a 94th-minute equaliser, preventing Newcastle gaining their second win of the season against Sunderland. [ 37 ] Gyan added to his impressive goalscoring tally with a goal away at Stoke City on 5 February 2011. He scored an 11th-minute goal against Tottenham on 12 February 2011. Gyan's next goal came on 23 April as Sunderland beat Wigan Athletic 4–2, a match which ended prematurely for the forward as he was substituted following a hamstring injury which was expected to see him miss the remainder of the season. [ 38 ] Gyan did recover in time to feature in Sunderland's last game of the season at West Ham but didn't add to his tally finishing his first season in Engli — Wikipedia

Career

Ghana men's national football team (2003–19)→Liberty Professionals F.C. (2003–03)→Udinese Calcio (2003–08)→Modena F.C. (2004–06)→Ghana national under-23 football team (2004–04)→Stade Rennais F.C. (2008–10)→Sunderland A.F.C. (2010–12)→Al Ain FC (2011–12)→Al Ain FC (2012–15)→Shanghai Port F.C. (2015–17)→Shabab AlAhli Dubai Club (2016–17)→Kayserispor (2017–19)→NorthEast United FC (2019–20)→Legon Cities FC (2020–21)

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