Christian Gyan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Attah Gyan | ||
| Date of birth | 2 November 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Tema, Ghana | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gapoha | |||
| Feyenoord | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2007 | Feyenoord | 93 | (3) |
| 1998 | → Excelsior (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Excelsior (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | TPS | 16 | (0) |
| 2009 | Wrexham | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | RoPS | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Leonidas | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1998–2002 | Ghana | 23 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 April 2010 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2007 (UTC) |
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Christian Attah Gyan (born 2 November 1978 in Tema) is a Ghanaian former footballer who currently plays for Leonidas
Career
Gyan signed for Feyenoord in 1996. During the following season the club send him on loan to Excelsior. After only a couple of months Feyenoord recalled the defender, and he made his debut for Feyenoord that same season. Gyan remained with Feyenoord for the next eight seasons. He was mainly used as a substitute. Gyan did play the 2002 UEFA Cup Final against Borussia Dortmund. He replaced the suspended Brett Emerton in the starting eleven. With Gyan Feyenoord went on to beat Dortmund 3-2. While at Feyenoord Gyan also won a Dutch League Championship and a Johan Cruijff Schaal. Gyan was one of the most popular players at Feyenoord, always gaining a big applause from the fans when he started his warming-up. Gyan played 23 games for the national team of Ghana. In June 2008 Gyan completed a successful trial for the Finnish club Turun Palloseura, and he signed a 6-month deal with TPS on 3 June. In January 2009 Gyan signed for Wrexham until the end of the 2008-09 season,[1] but made only two appearances for the club in the FA Trophy before being released at the end of the season.[2] He signed a contract for RoPS in February 2010. In July he got released by the club because of knee injury that happened in February. Gyan did not make any appearances for RoPS. He finished his career at amateur side Leonidas Rotterdam.
References
- ↑ Gyan Signs On wrexhamafc.co.uk 27 Jan 2009
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Wrexham FC Official Site Profile
- Christian Gyan career statistics at Soccerbase
- (Finnish) at rops.fi
- FIFA Player Statistics: Christian Gyan
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- Articles with Finnish-language external links
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate footballers
- Ghana international footballers
- 2000 African Cup of Nations players
- SBV Excelsior players
- Feyenoord players
- TPS Turku footballers
- RoPS players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Wrexham F.C. players
- People from Tema
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Ghanaian expatriates in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Finland
- Ghanaian expatriates in Finland
- Expatriate footballers in Wales
