Baffour Gyan

Baffour Gyan

Personal information
Full name	Baffour Gyan
Date of birth	(1980-07-02) 2 July 1980
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Al-Nasr Benghazi
Number	18
Youth career
	Liberty Professionals
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997	Liberty Professionals	0	(0)
1997–1998	AO Kalamata	16	(1)
1998–1999	Liberty Professionals
1999–2000	Anagennisi Karditsas	8	(0)
2000	Liberty Professionals	22	(1)
2000–2004	Slovan Liberec	62	(11)
2004–2006	Dynamo Moscow	40	(3)
2006–2009	FC Saturn Moscow	37	(2)
2010–2011	Asante Kotoko	33	(15)
2011-	Al-Nasr Benghazi	56	(23)
International career
2001–2008	Ghana	25	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Baffour Gyan (born 2 July 1980 in Accra) is a Ghanaian footballer who is currently playing for Al-Nasr Benghazi of Libya as a striker.

Career

He has played for Dynamo Moscow, FC Saturn and Czech side, Slovan Liberec. After twelve years playing of playing football in Europe, he returned on 28 September 2009 back to his homeland Ghana and signed a three years contract with Asante Kotoko.

International career

He is a regular for Ghana and was part of the Ghana squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics. On 18 November 2007, he scored for Ghana in their 2-0 win against Togo in the Pre-2008 African Cup of Nations Tournament held in Accra, Ghana. He has 4 goals in 25 International games for Ghana. He is a current Member of the Ghana Senior Local National Team.

Personal life

He is the brother of Al Ain FC striker Asamoah Gyan and attended the Adisadel College in Cape Coast Ghana.

In September 2014, Baffour Gyan handed himself over to the police when the Ashanti Regional Editor of the Daily Graphic, Daniel Kenu, accused him of having led some people to assault him: during a pre-match press conference for the black stars 2015 African Cup qualifier against Uganda, Kenu had asked Asamoah Gyan to clarify a rumour that he had a hand in the disappearance of his friend, Theophilus Tagoe alias 'Castro', a musician. Kenu said much later on, Baffour Gyan who had not been at the press conference, met him and assaulted him. Baffour denied the accusation. Though the case went to court, Kenu withdrew the case citing health reasons.

External links

• Baffour Gyan at Soccerbase