Ghana’s men’s national football team the Blackstars have had great players over the years; however, “Baby Jet” Asamoah Gyan still remains the highest goal scorer.
The multi-talented Asamoah Gyan is not only a spectacular footballer but a gifted musician with a couple of hit songs to his credit. This article talks about the former Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan’s complete biography and his journey into music and buisness.
Asamoah Gyan Biography
Asamoah Gyan is a professional footballer whose last action as a footballer was a stint at Legon Cities FC as a striker. He is the former captain of the Ghanaian national team, the Black Stars.
Date of Birth
Asamoah Gyan was born on 22nd November, 1985 and will be 37 years in November 2022.
Asamoah Gyan Career
Asamoah Gyan began his football career in 2003 with Ghanaian Premier League club Liberty Professionals; scoring ten (10) goals in sixteen matches. He went on to spend three seasons with Serie A club, Udinese.
In 2010, Asamoah Gyan joined English Premier League club, Sunderland, breaking the club’s transfer record and netting Ten (10) goals in thirty-four Premier League matches in two seasons.
He then moved to Al Ain in the UAE Pro-League on loan in 2011 and became the league’s top goalscorer ever, scoring 24 times in 27 matches.
Baby Jet has represented Ghana at 3 FIFA World Cups. With his 6 goals, he is the top African goalscorer in the history of the World Cup. Gyan has also represented Ghana at the 2004 Summer Olympics and in the seven Africa Cup of Nations.
Asamoah Gyan Wife
The ex-Ghanaian captain married a beautiful Ghanaian woman called Gifty, in 2013.
The couple have three kids together; but Asamoah Gyan filed for divorce in 2018 over allegations that his wife was having extra-marital affair. Gyan also believed that he was not the father of two of their kids and demanded a DNA test that proved that he is the father of the children.
Asamoah Gyan House
Asamoah Gyan owns a luxury mansion he named La Basilica De Baby Jet. It is a 3 floor mansion with unique features on all floors.
The house has a beautiful view facing Weija Dam. The housing portfolio has bulletproof doors and many more security and interesting features.
Cars
Asamoah Gyan is a lover of cars and owns a collection of a different variety of them including a Rolls Royce Phantom which reportedly costs $400,000 alongside his Mercedez-Benz SLS AMG which costs $250,000.
Private Jet
In 2017, a proposed airline company, Baby Jet Airlines Limited, was announced by Asamoah Gyan. The company was given an Air Carriers License by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority and its official launch date was announced by the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo in October 2017. Howver, it never commenced operations.
Asamoah Gyan Net Worth
The ex-captain of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan is believed to be one of the richest footballers in Ghana and Africa. He is estimated to be worth over $23 million.
Businesses
As a businessman, Asamoah Gyan has interests in other industries. He is said to own several companies which are into real estate, advertising, food, and even hospitality. Gyan’s net worth is said to be growing simultaneously with businesses like Ma Vits Noodles and Rice, Asa Band, Boxing Promotion, Jetlink Events and Logistics, Baby Jet Plaza, Real Estate and Transportation.
Asamoah Gyan Controversies
Asamoah Gyan has had some controversies in his life, the biggest involving an alleged relationship with one Sarah Kwabla. Gyan allegedly had carnal knowledge of a Ghanaian university student, Sarah Kwabla, at her apartment in 2015. Sarah claimed Gyan rh@p*d her and she tried blackmailing him or she would release video of their encounter. The case was eventually taken to court but had no satisfactory conclusion. Kwabla’s lawyer, Maurice Ampaw, claimed that Gyan rh@p*d and s0d0m!sed his client; but the law let him get away with it.
Watch him talk about his life, career, businesses and other things in the video below…