King Gyan

King Gyan
Personal information
Full name King Osei Gyan
Date of birth (1988-12-22) 22 December 1988
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position 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)
National team‡
2008– Ghana 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 2009

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

  1. ↑ GBoys - Righttodreamusa.com/
  2. ↑ Out of Africa: The Inside Track
  3. ↑ nscaa.com
  4. ↑ nscaa.com
  5. ↑ King arrive mardi au GBA footgoal.net
  6. ↑ "Player Contract Round-Up". Fulham FC. 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Reds Reveal Trialists". TorontoFC.ca. 2011-01-29. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
  8. ↑ "King har signert" (in Norwegian). Viking-FK.no. 2011-03-15. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  9. ↑ "King klar för HBK" (in Swedish). halmstadsbk.se. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
  10. ↑ Young King dreaming of Black Stars call
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