Asamoah Gyan, Ghana’s highest-ever goal scorer, has announced his retirement from professional football after being inactive for two years.
His last competitive football appearance was during the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League season, where he played for Legon Cities.
Gyan began his football career in 2003 with Liberty Professionals, where he scored ten goals in 16 matches before moving to Italy to join Udinese. Over the years, he played for various clubs, including Rennes in France, where he scored fourteen goals in forty-eight league matches over two seasons.
In 2010, he joined Sunderland in the Premier League, breaking the club’s transfer record and netting ten goals in thirty-four Premier League matches during his two seasons there.
During his career, Gyan also played for Al Ain, Shanghai SIPG, Kayserispor, and North East United before joining Legon Cities. On the international stage, he represented Ghana in 109 matches, scoring 51 goals. Gyan participated in three World Cup tournaments and retires as Africa’s top goal scorer in World Cup history.
Gyan made the decision to retire from professional football during the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Afriexim Bank Africa Trade Gateway Conference in Accra on June 20. He shared the news of his retirement on his social media pages, stating, “I want to take this great opportunity, a stage that is difficult in every footballer’s career, a moment all footballers do not wish, but when nature dawns, that thin voice will keep echoing into the ears… It is time… that voice has been clear in my ears, and I have succumbed to it, it is time. It is time to hang the jersey and boots in glory as I retire officially from active football.”
Source – myjoyonline.com
