GYAN or Gyan may refer to:

• Gyan (sanskrit), a Sanskrit word that roughly translates to 'knowledge' in English.
• Global Youth Action Network, a youth empowerment organization
• Gyan (album), the debut album by Gyan Evans

People named Gyan:

• Asamoah Gyan (born 1985), Ghanaian footballer
• Baffour Gyan (born 1980), Ghanaian footballer
• Christian Gyan (born 1978), Ghanaian footballer
• Gyan Evans, Australian musician
• Gyan Prakash Pilania (born 1932), social reformer
• Gyan Singh, Fijian politician
• Gyan Prakash, (born 1987), Chapra Bihar

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Asamoah Gyan

Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-11-22) 22 November 1985 (age 26)
Place of birth	Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Sunderland
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003	Liberty Professionals	16	(11)
2003–2008	Udinese	39	(12)
2004–2006	→ Modena (loan)	53	(15)
2008–2010	Rennes	48	(14)
2010–	Sunderland	34	(10)
2011–2012	→ Al Ain (loan)	18	(22)
National team‡
2003–	Ghana	59	(28)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:15, 28 May 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:31, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Asamoah Gyan (born 22 November 1985 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer and a part-time rapper, who plays as a striker for Sunderland of the Premier League.

Gyan shot to prominence after scoring three goals at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and also missing a crucial penalty kick in the last minute of extra-time in Ghana's quarter-final defeat by Uruguay.

Club career[link]

Udinese[link]

Having signed for Udinese in 2003 from Ghanaian club Liberty Professionals located in his hometown of Accra, Gyan spent two years on loan at Serie B club Modena to gain match experience. Following some excellent displays during the 2006 World Cup, he attracted interest from Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow. Gyan returned to Udinese at the start of 2006, but on 17 February 2007, Udinese pulled out of a deal to sell him in the January transfer window. The striker was on the verge of signing a 3-year deal with Russian Club Lokomotiv Moscow for US$10.5m, the fourth largest transfer fee 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."^[2]

On 10 August 2007, along with Fabio Quagliarella, Gyan signed an improved 5-year contract extension to stay at Udinese until 30 June 2012 as a reward for his fine form^[3] in the 2007–08 pre-season.^[4] "I have decided to stay here because it is one of the top leagues in the world," Asamoah said, "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".^[5] Gyan and Quagliarella marked their contract extensions with a brace each in Udinese's 7–0 friendly win later that evening.^[6]

.^[7] On 29 July 2007 following his impressive pre-season form, including a hat-trick^[8] in a friendly against Serie B outfit Spezia on 25 July, before Udinese sealed the long term deal.^[9][10] Gyan scored 10 goals in 2006–07 to help the Stadio Friuli club finish in 10th place in Serie A.

Gyan was dogged by injury during the 2007–08 season and never appeared for Udinese again after January 2008, having played only 13 Serie A matches and scored 4 times that season.

Rennes[link]

On 11 July 2008, Gyan was signed by French Ligue 1 Club Stade Rennais for 4 years on an €8 million transfer fee.^[11][12] Gyan played 48 times for Rennes, scoring 14 goals. By the end of his stay at Rennes, he became a well known goal scoring figure, scoring 13 league goals in the 2009-10 season. However, Gyan only played two games in Ligue 1 the following season, taking his total appearances to 50, before he departed for Sunderland.

Sunderland[link]

On 31 August 2010, Gyan signed for Premier League club Sunderland on a four-year deal.^[13] Gyan was later given the 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.^[14] He marked his first start for Sunderland by netting their only goal in their League Cup exit at the hands of West Ham United.^[15] 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.^[16] 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.^[17] He also scored a goal in Sunderland's 3–0 victory at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea.^[18] Gyan scored Sunderland's third goal in their 3–0 victory over Blackburn Rovers on 1 January 2011.^[19] 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.^[20] 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 is expected to see him miss the remainder of the season.^[21] 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 English football with 10 league goals. Gyan took the number 3 shirt for the 2011/12 season, the same number he wears for Ghana.

Al Ain (loan)[link]

On 10 September 2011, it was confirmed on the Sunderland website that Gyan would leave on a season long loan to club Al Ain FC.^[22] Amid speculation of a fee of up to £6m being paid for the loan period, with Gyan receiving up to four times his previous salary,^[23] Chairman Niall Quinn emphasised the financial benefits of the deal for both Sunderland and the player. He also did claim that he left Sunderland for money, quoting that the offer he received was "too good to refuse". The Ghanaian finished the season with Al Ain by helping them capture their tenth league success. As well as being the top goalscorer in the season with twenty two league goals.

When Martin O'Neill became manager of Sunderland on 8 December he considered the possibility of recalling Asamoah from his loan spell away from the club.^[24] But on 13 April 2012, O'Neill claimed that Gyan returning to the Stadium Of Light could be unlikely.

International career[link]

Gyan made his international debut at the age of 17. Gyan scored on his senior International debut^[25] for Ghana against Somalia on 19 November 2003 in the 90th minute, he came on for Isaac Boakye in the 62nd minute in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier, three days before he turned 18 years; helping Ghana to win that game, and making him the youngest ever player to score for Ghana. He scored four times in seven matches during that successful World Cup qualifying campaign.

He was part of the 2004 Ghana Olympic squad, who exited in the first round, having finished in third place in Group B.

Asamoah Gyan playing for Ghana at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final victory match against Nigeria.

He also scored the fastest goal of the 2006 World Cup after 68 seconds. The strike was also Ghana's first ever goal in the World Cup, coming in the game against the Czech Republic on 17 June at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany, which set the Black Stars on their way to a 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^[26] 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).

On 24 January 2008 during the Africa Cup of Nations Gyan and his brother Baffour decided to walk out on the Black Stars following criticism after their unconvincing 1–0 win^[27] over Namibia. The media learnt the brothers had packed their bags and were ready to leave the team hotel but were persuaded to stay by team-mates.^[28] In the 2010 African Cup of Nations, Asamoah Gyan helped a Ghana team, ravaged by injuries to the finals. Gyan scored three out of the four Ghana goals during the tournament.

Gyan scored with a penalty in the 85th minute of Ghana's first match of the 2010 World Cup against Serbia, in a 1–0 win. He hit the post in the 92nd minute before being substituted to a standing ovation just before the final whistle.^[29] In Ghana's second game, he scored a penalty in the 26th minute to level the scores and earn his team a 1–1 draw against Australia.^[30]

In the round of 16 match against the USA, he scored a goal in extra time allowing Ghana to win by a score of 2 to 1 and hence become the third African team in history to qualify to the tournament's quarter final, after Cameroon and Senegal.^[31] In the quarter final tie against Uruguay, following Luis Suárez's handling of the ball on the goal-line, he missed a penalty kick with no time remaining at end of extra time, hitting the crossbar and necessitating a penalty shootout to decide the game. He converted his penalty in the subsequent penalty shootout, but Uruguay went on to win the shootout 4–2.^[32] Gyan scored Ghana's equaliser against England at Wembley in the international friendly on 29 March 2011.

For the second time in his career, Gyan missed a crucial penalty kick in a major tournament when he missed a penalty kick in the 2012 African Cup of Nations semi-final. Ghana went on to lose 1-0. After missing that penalty kick, Gyan decided to take an "indefinite break" from International football.^[33][34]

International goals[link]

Gyan – goals for Ghana
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 November 2003	Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra	Somalia	2–0	2–0	2006 World Cup qualifier
2.	25 June 2004	Estádio da Machava, Maputo	Mozambique	1–0	1–0	Friendly
3.	3 July 2004	National Stadium, Kampala	Uganda	1–1	1–1	2006 World Cup qualifier
4.	23 March 2005	Nairobi	Kenya	1–0	2–2	Friendly
5.	27 March 2005	Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa	Congo DR	1–0	1–1	2006 World Cup qualifier
6.	8 October 2005	Estádio da Várzea, Praia	Cape Verde	3–0	4–0	2006 World Cup qualifier
7.	14 November 2005	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	2–1	3–1	Friendly
8.				3–1
9.	4 June 2006	Easter Road, Edinburgh	South Korea	1–0	3–1	Friendly
10.	17 June 2006	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne	Czech Republic	1–0	2–0	2006 World Cup
11.	8 October 2006	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul	South Korea	1–0	3–1	Friendly
12.				3–1
13.	21 August 2007	The Den, London	Senegal	1–0	1–1	Friendly
14.	20 January 2008	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra	Guinea	1–0	2–1	2008 Africa Cup of Nations
15.	9 September 2009	Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht	Japan	1–0	3–4	Friendly
16.				2–0
17.	15 January 2010	Estádio Nacional do Chiazi, Cabinda	Côte d'Ivoire	1–3	1–3	2010 Africa Cup of Nations
18.	24 January 2010	Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda	Angola	1–0	1–0	2010 Africa Cup of Nations
19.	28 January 2010	Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda	Nigeria	1–0	1–0	2010 Africa Cup of Nations
20.	1 June 2010	De Kuip, Rotterdam	Netherlands	1–2	1–4	Friendly
21.	13 June 2010	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	Serbia	1–0	1–0	2010 World Cup
22.	19 June 2010	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg	Australia	1–1	1–1	2010 World Cup
23.	26 June 2010	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg	United States	2–1	2–1	2010 World Cup
24.	29 March 2011	Wembley Stadium, London	England	1–1	1–1	Friendly
25.	7 June 2011	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju	South Korea	1–1	1–2	Friendly
26.	2 September 2011	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra	Swaziland	1–0	2–0	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
27.	8 October 2011	Al-Hilal Stadium, Khartoum	Sudan	1–0	2–0	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
28.	28 January 2012	Stade de Franceville, Franceville	Mali	1–0	2–0	2012 Africa Cup of Nations
Correct as of 11 February 2012

Personal life[link]

Gyan's brother, Baffour Gyan, currently plays in Ghana for Asante Kotoko.

Off the field[link]

In summer 2010, Gyan recorded and released a Ghanaian Hiplife song with Castro The Destroyer, where he features under the alias 'Baby Jet'. The song is entitled "African Girls" and was launched unto the Ghanaian screens. The video shows his famous 'Asamoah Gyan Dance' celebration which he demonstrated at the 2010 World Cup and at Sunderland. The song won an award at the Ghana Music awards in 2011.

He also joined Castro for another duo "Do Da Dance".

Career Statistics[link]

Titles and honours[link]

Club[link]

Al Ain

• UAE Pro-League (1): 2011–12

• Top scorer in UAE Pro-League (1):2011–12

International[link]

Africa Cup of Nations

• Runners-up: 2010
• Third place: 2008
• Fourth place: 2012

Individual[link]

• 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Best XI
• Man of the Match in 2010 World Cup (2): vs. Australia, vs. Serbia
• FIFA Ballon d'Or: Shortlist Nominee (Top 23 players in the World)
• BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2010^[35]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Asamoah Gyan career stats Soccerbase
• Asamoah Gyan at National-Football-Teams.com
• Serie A 2006/07 – Gyan ASAMOAH Gazzetta dello Sport
• Asamoah Gyan profile ESPN Soccernet
• Premier League profile

Ghana squads v t e Ghana squad – 2004 Summer Olympics 1 Owu 2 Lamine 3 B. Gyan 4 Osei 5 Mensah 6 Pappoe 7 Yahuza 8 Taylor 9 Poku 10 Appiah 11 Villars 12 A. Gyan 13 Pimpong 14 Paintsil 15 Coleman 16 Tiero 17 Chibsah 18 Alhassan Coach: Barreto v t e Ghana squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Adjei 2 Sarpei 3 Gyan 4 Kuffour 5 Mensah 6 Pappoe 7 Shilla 8 Essien 9 Boateng 10 Appiah (c) 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 v t e Ghana squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Third Place 1 Adjei 2 Sarpei 3 A. Gyan 4 Paintsil 5 Mensah 6 Annan 7 Kingston 8 Essien 9 Agogo 10 K. Asamoah 11 Muntari 12 Ayew 13 B. Gyan 14 Kumordzi 15 Barusso 16 Fatawu Dauda 17 Asare 18 Addo 19 Shilla 20 Quincy 21 Afful 22 Kingson 23 Dramani Coach: Le Roy v t e Ghana squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Runners-up 1 McCarthy 2 Sarpei 3 Gyan 4 Osei 5 Jonathan 6 Annan 7 Inkoom 8 Essien 9 Opuku 10 Asamoah 11 Narry 12 Addy 13 André Ayew 14 Amoah 15 Vorsah 16 Agyei 17 Abdul Rahim Ayew 18 Addo 19 Agyemang-Badu 20 Adiyiah 21 Afful 22 Kingson 23 Dramani Coach: Rajevac v t e Ghana squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Agyei 2 Sarpei 3 A. Gyan 4 Pantsil 5 Mensah (c) 6 Annan 7 Inkoom 8 Jonathan 9 D. Boateng 10 S. Appiah 11 Muntari 12 Tagoe 13 A. Ayew 14 Amoah 15 Vorsah 16 Ahorlu 17 I. Ayew 18 Adiyiah 19 Addy 20 Quincy 21 K. Asamoah 22 Kingson 23 Prince Coach: Rajevac v t e Ghana squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Fourth Place 1 Adjei 2 Opare 3 Gyan 4 Paintsil 5 Mensah 6 Annan 7 Inkoom 8 Badu 9 Boateng 10 A. Ayew 11 Muntari 12 Tagoe 13 J. Ayew 14 Alhassan 15 Vorsah 16 Kwarasey 17 Addy 18 Jonathan 19 Takyi 20 Asamoah 21 Boye 22 Sowah 23 Abu Coach: Stevanović

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John Boye (born 23 April 1987 in Accra) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a defender and midfielder for Ligue 1 club Rennes, and the Ghana national team.

Career[link]

Early career[link]

Boye began his career with Schwepps' youth academy, where he played along side Mohammed Iddi, he then later went on to play at Pro Consult Sports Academy and Miracle FC.^[1]

Heart of Lions and Rennes (loan)[link]

Boye moved to Stade Rennais (Rennes) on 29 July 2008 after a two-week trial,^[1] he first arrived at Rennes on loan on 1 September 2008 from Ghana Premier League club Heart of Lions with an option to buy,^[1] and returned back to Heart of Lions on 30 June 2009.

Boye had long been a target for Rennes, but an early attempt from Rennes to sign him in 2009 broke down when it was claimed that he had already signed a deal with the Israeli club, Hapoel Petach Tikva.^[1]

Rennes[link]

In July 2009, the situation had been wrapped up by Heart of Lions, allowing Rennes to complete the move before the summer transfer window 2009 deadline, he signed a contract on 10 July 2009, completing his move from his former club Heart of Lions to Stade Rennais.^[2]

International career[link]

On 17 June 2008, Boye was called up for the Ghana Black Stars, his debut was on 22 June 2008 against Gabon.^[3] Boye was included in the Ghana national team's 23 man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in January 2012 and he made his tournament debut in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations match against Botswana on 24 January 2012.^[4]

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Transferts John Boye prete (in French). stade-rennais-online.com. (Stade Rennais F.C.).
2. ^ boye arrive, ESTEBAN prêté AU SERVETTE
3. ^ Ahmed, Boye get Ghana call up. ghanafa.org (Ghana Football Association). June 17, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2008.
4. ^ Boye believes he has made his case. kickoff.com (Kick Off (magazine)). January 25, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2012.

External links[link]

• John Boye – FIFA competition record
• John Boye's profile, stats & pics
• John Boye at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Ghana squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Fourth Place 1 Adjei 2 Opare 3 Gyan 4 Paintsil 5 Mensah 6 Annan 7 Inkoom 8 Badu 9 Boateng 10 A. Ayew 11 Muntari 12 Tagoe 13 J. Ayew 14 Alhassan 15 Vorsah 16 Kwarasey 17 Addy 18 Jonathan 19 Takyi 20 Asamoah 21 Boye 22 Sowah 23 Abu Coach: Stevanović

Isaac Vorsah (born 21 June 1988) is a Ghanaian international footballer who plays for Fußball-Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in Germany and the Ghana national football team.^[2]