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.
Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first. [4]
| List of international goals scored by Asamoah Gyan | |||||||
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| 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 | |
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