Ryan Gyaki

Ryan Gyaki

Personal information
Full name	Ryan Gyaki
Date of birth	December 6, 1985 (1985-12-06)
Place of birth	Toronto, Canada
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Youth career
2000–2002	Calgary Storm
2003–2005	Sheffield United F.C.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2007	Sheffield United	0	(0)
2007–2009	Hansa Rostock II	9	(0)
National team‡
2004-2005	Canada U-20	17	(4)
2008	Canada U-23	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 November 2007. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 June 2008

Ryan Gyaki (born December 6, 1985 in Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder, he was last signed with Hansa Rostock in Germany.

Career

Gyaki started his career with Calgary Storm and was discovered by Sheffield United in Cuba while touring with a Calgary select team. Unfortunately, after just one game with United's reserves in August 2005, he damaged knee ligaments and missed the entire 2005-06 promotion campaign. After 5 years with the Premiership and Championship outfit, he left United in 2007 subsequently joining Rostock and was on 27 May 2009 released by FC Hansa Rostock.

International career

In 2004-05 season, after recovering from torn abdominal muscles, Gyaki captained Canada and scored all four of their goals during qualifying for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in The Netherlands. He played ninety minutes in all three of Canada's games in the tournament against Colombia, Syria and Italy. He was named Canada Youth Player of the Year in 2005. Gyaki presented Canada in Seventeen games on Under-20 Level and scores four goals. He was rated as on of the top 10 players to watch at the under 20 world cup in 2005

Personal life

Gyaki holds the Austrian passport and his girlfriend Vivienne Gliesche was Miss Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2007. His father is from Burgenland and his mother is from Wien, his grandparents raised in Oberwart in Austria.

Honours

Individual

• Canadian U-20 International Player of the Year: 2005

External links

• Profile on Hansa Rostock Official Site
• Stats on FIFA.com
• Canada Soccer Profile