Asamoah Gyan Portrait (2014)

Asamoah Gyan is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who represented the Ghana national football team as a forward from 2003 to 2019. He made his debut appearance for Ghana on 16 November 2003, during a friendly against Somalia aged seventeen; three days before his eighteenth birthday.[1][2] He scored on his debut in the 81st minute after coming on in the 77th minute for Nana Arhin Duah.[1][3] He is currently the country's all-time top goalscorer with 51 goals in 109 appearances.

International goals

Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first.[4]

List of international goals scored by Asamoah Gyan
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1
 16 November 2003 Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Somalia
4–0
5–0
 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [1]
2
 25 June 2004 Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique  Mozambique
1–0
1–0
 Friendly
3
 3 July 2004 National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda  Uganda
1–1
1–1
 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [5]
4
 23 March 2005 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya  Kenya
1–0
2–2
 Friendly
5
 27 March 2005 Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo  DR Congo
1–0
1–1
 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [6][7]
6
 8 October 2005 Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde  Cape Verde
3–0
4–0
 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [8][9][10]
7
 14 November 2005 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia
2–1
3–1
 Friendly
8
3–1
9
 4 June 2006 Easter Road, Edinburgh, Scotland  South Korea
1–0
3–1
 Friendly [11]
10
 17 June 2006 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany  Czech Republic
1–0
2–0
 2006 FIFA World Cup [12]
11
 8 October 2006 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea  South Korea
1–0
3–1
 Friendly
12
3–1
13
 21 August 2007 The Den, London, England  Senegal
1–0
1–1
 Friendly [13][14]
14
 20 January 2008 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Guinea
1–0
2–1
 2008 Africa Cup of Nations [15][16]
15
 9 September 2009 Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands  Japan
1–0
3–4
 Friendly [17]
16
2–0
 [18]
17
 15 January 2010 Estádio Nacional do Chiazi, Cabinda, Angola  Ivory Coast
1–3
1–3
 2010 Africa Cup of Nations [19]
18
 24 January 2010 Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola  Angola
1–0
1–0
 2010 Africa Cup of Nations [20][21]
19
 28 January 2010 Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola  Nigeria
1–0
1–0
 2010 Africa Cup of Nations [22]
20
 1 June 2010 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands
1–2
1–4
 Friendly [23]
21
 13 June 2010 Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa  Serbia
1–0
1–0
 2010 FIFA World Cup [24][25]
22
 19 June 2010 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa  Australia
1–1
1–1
 2010 FIFA World Cup [26][27]
23
 26 June 2010 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa  United States
2–1
2–1 (a.e.t.)
 2010 FIFA World Cup [28]
24
 29 March 2011 Wembley Stadium, London, England  England
1–1
1–1
 Friendly [29]
25
 7 June 2011 Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea  South Korea
1–1
1–2
 Friendly [30][31]
26
 2 September 2011 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Swaziland
1–0
2–0
 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [32]
27
 8 October 2011 Al-Hilal Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan  Sudan
1–0
2–0
 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [33]
28
 28 January 2012 Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon  Mali
1–0
2–0
 2012 Africa Cup of Nations [34]
29
 10 January 2013 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  Egypt
3–0
3–0
 Friendly [35]
30
 13 January 2013 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  Tunisia
3–2
4–2
 Friendly [36]
31
 28 January 2013 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa  Niger
1–0
3–0
 2013 Africa Cup of Nations [37]
32
 24 March 2013 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana  Sudan
1–0
4–0
 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [38][39]
33
 7 June 2013 Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan  Sudan
1–0
3–1
 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [40][41]
34
2–1
35
 16 June 2013 Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho  Lesotho
2–0
2–0
 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [42]
36
 14 August 2013 Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey
1–2
2–2
 Friendly [43][44]
37
2–2
38
 15 October 2013 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana  Egypt
1–0
6–1
 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [45]
39
4–1
40
 9 June 2014 Sun Life Stadium, Miami, United States  South Korea
2–0
4–0
 Friendly [46]
41
 21 June 2014 Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil  Germany
2–1
2–2
 2014 FIFA World Cup [47]
42
 26 June 2014 Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil  Portugal
1–1
1–2
 2014 FIFA World Cup [48][49]
43
 10 September 2014 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo  Togo
1–1
3–2
 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [50][51]
44
 11 October 2014 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco  Guinea
1–0
1–1
 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [52]
45
 15 October 2014 Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana  Guinea
1–0
3–1
 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [53][54]
46
 23 January 2015 Estadio de Mongomo, Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea  Algeria
1–0
1–0
 2015 Africa Cup of Nations [55][56]
47
 14 June 2015 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Mauritius
3–0
7–1
 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [57][58]
48
4–0
49
 21 January 2017 Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil, Gabon  Mali
1–0
1–0
 2017 Africa Cup of Nations [59]
50
 11 June 2017 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana  Ethiopia
1–0
5–0
 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [60]
51
 1 July 2017 Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, United States  United States
1–2
1–2
 Friendly

Statistics

Gyan playing for Ghana in 2015

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