Asamoah Gyan He is a former footballer born in Ghana. He played as a forward and played for teams in Italy, France, England, the Arab Emirates and his own nation. But when he was transferred to Shanghai SIPG in China his life changed.
In 2015, it became the eighth highest paid footballer in the worldearning more than other athletes of the stature of Neymar, Luis Suárez and Gareth Bale. A fortune that grew day by day: he collected 274 thousand euros per week.
But in 2018, after moving to the Turkish club Kayserispor and in the middle of a scandalous separation and not taking care of your childrenremained in bankruptcy. His bank account had just 724 euros. Today, he is a millionaire again, he ventured into politics, music, boxing, business and has an airline. Learn about its impressive story.
Asamoah Gyan’s football career
Before being the eighth highest paid footballer in the world, Asamoah Gyan He took a long journey to get there. Born in Accrathe capital of Ghana, and played in the First Division for his nation’s team: Liberty PFC in 2003.
In 2004, the Italian team Modena He was dazzled by his talent and incorporated him into his squad. Then he went through Udinese Calcio in the 2007-2008 seasons. For the next, he moved to France to play in the Stade Rennais. And finally, he arrived at the Premier League representing the Sunderland from England for a year and a half.
Between 2011 and 2015, he began to accumulate millions during his time Al-Ainthe UAE team. Who paid him 193,000 euros per week, triple that of the Premier League, and he scored 128 goals in 123 games.
But his real leap to fame and the millionaire world was when in 2015, the Shanghai SIPG of Sven-Goran Erikson made him an offer impossible to refuse: to collect 274,000 euros per week.
At that time, it surpassed the numbers in Neymar’s bank account. Although his time with the Chinese team only lasted a year and a half, and he went back to the United Arab Emirates with the Shabab Al-Ahli.
A season later he arrived in Turkish football to play in Kayserispor. The moment before, create through your decisions, the storm that would cloud his career.
But in the midst of his time with these nine teams, he also had an important participation in the Ghana national team. He played in three FIFA World Cups and scored goals in all of them. His debut was in Germany 2006 where he scored a goal in their victory against the Czech Republic.
In 2020, he scored three goals (Serbia, Australia and the United States), and in Brazil 2014, his last World Cup, he said goodbye with two goals, one against Germany and the other against Portugal.
In the 2019-2020 season he played in NorthEast Unitedin India, and in the following year he returned to his country with the Legon Cities. These were his last teams before hanging up his boots, and retiring, in 2023 at the age of 37.
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Asamoah Gyan’s legal problem for not recognizing her children
His life changed forever 2018. That year, he was involved in a scandalous and high-profile separation with his wife. Giftyin which they accused each other of mutual infidelity and the player asked for the marriage to be annulled.
The footballer also made the drastic decision to stop talking to your children until a dna test to confirm that he was the father. Meanwhile, in that same year, and already in a relationship with the influencer Nina Atalah, he confessed to “GhanaWeb” that of his millionaire fortune only 724 euros remained in his bank accountand accused the Turkish club Kayserispor of not paying him for months.
After five years of scandal, in 2023Justice determined that, after carrying out the corresponding DNA tests, Asamoah Gyan was the biological father of the three children. had to pay a heavy compensationwhich involved a house in the United Kingdom, another in Ghana, luxury cars, money and a service station to his ex-wife Gifty and her family.
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How he became a millionaire again
After leaving Kayserispor, he played for NorthEast United in India and Legon Cities in his native country. While he was playing as a player, and to try to get out of the state of financial bankruptcy in which he found himself, he made different investmentsas a promoter of events boxingfounded a airline (called Baby Jet), became involved in the world of rice and noodles (Mama Vits Noodles and Rice), the collectives and the service stations or gas stations.
He took his first steps in the world of politics, music, tennis and as a social activist at his Asamoah Gyan Foundation. Since his confession of bankruptcy, it is not known how much money the former player has in his bank account. But yes, he lives in a mansion full of luxuries in Weijathe business district of Accra, the capital of Ghana.
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He recently stated: “I have not been fair to the youth and people of Ghana. From now on I am not affiliated with any political party. I will continue my humanitarian work and help the youth of Ghana my way Nothing political. God bless our homeland Ghana. Thank you”.
Source: Ambito
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