King Gyan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | King Osei Gyan | ||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| -2004 | Right to Dream Academy | ||
| 2004-2006 | Dunn School[1] | ||
| 2006-2007 | Fulham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | → Germinal Beerschot (loan) | 57 | (2) |
| 2011–2013 | Viking | 56 | (6) |
| 2014–2015 | Halmstads BK | 45 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008– | Ghana | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 2009 |
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King Osei Gyan (born 22 December 1988 in Accra) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder. He earlier played for Germinal Beerschot, Viking and Halmstads BK.
Career
Gyan trained at the Right to Dream Academy in Ghana before leaving his home country for the United States to further his football career.[2] While attending Dunn School, Gyan was honored as a 2005 NSCAA/adidas Boys High School All-America Team.[3] That same year, he was awarded the 2005 NSCAA/adidas High School Boys State Player of the Year[4] for the state of California. In 2006 he joins the youth system of English Premiership side Fulham, and in 2008 is loaned to Belgian Jupiler League side Germinal Beerschot until 2010 due to work permit issues.[5] He was released in the summer of 2010.[6]
In January 2011, Gyan joined Canadian club Toronto FC of Major League Soccer on trial for their pre-season in Antalya, Turkey.[7] After a two-week training camp with Viking, he signed a contract with the Norwegian Premier League club.[8] Swedish side Halmstads BK signed him on a 1-year contract, after a week of tryouts, 11 February 2014.[9]
International
Gyan represented Ghana at senior international level in a friendly fixture against Tanzania in 2008.[10]
References
- ↑ GBoys - Righttodreamusa.com/
- ↑ Out of Africa: The Inside Track
- ↑ nscaa.com
- ↑ nscaa.com
- ↑ King arrive mardi au GBA footgoal.net
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- ↑ Young King dreaming of Black Stars call
External links
- Profile on Ghanaweb
- King Gyan at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Pages with broken file links
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Accra
- Ghanaian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Fulham F.C. players
- Viking FK players
- Tippeligaen players
- Ghanaian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Right to Dream Academy alumni
