Christian Gyan

Christian Gyan

Personal information
Full name	Christian Attah Gyan
Date of birth	2 November 1978 (1978-11-02) (age 32)
Place of birth	Tema, Ghana
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	RoPS
Number	6
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	(?)
2010-	Leonidas	?
National team‡
1998–	Ghana	23	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Christian Attah Gyan (born 2 November 1978 in Tema) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for RoPS in Finland.

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,^[2] but made only two appearances for the club in the FA Trophy before being released at the end of the season.^[3] 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. At the moment he plays at Leonidas Rotterdam.

References

1. ^ [1] Retrieved on 8 April 2010
2. ^ Gyan Signs On wrexhamafc.co.uk 27 Jan 2009
3. ^ "Saunders begins Wrexham revamp". BBC Sport. 2009-04-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wrexham/8022332.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-28. 

External links

• Wrexham FC Official Site Profile
• Christian Gyan career stats at Soccerbase
• (Finnish) at rops.fi
• FIFA Player Statistics: Christian Gyan

Persondata
Name	Gyan, Christian
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Short description
Date of birth	2 November 1978
Place of birth	Tema, Ghana
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