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Ghana’s all-time goal scorer, Asamoah Gyan, emerged as the Player of the Decade at the 3rd edition of the Ghana Football Awards (GFAwards21) held on Saturday, July 3, 2021.
GFAwards21 was held at the Grand Arena, Accra International Conference Centre on Saturday to honour Ghanaian football stars for their sterling performance in the year under review and contribution to the game both locally and internationally.
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Legendary former Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, also known as Baby Jet, was honoured with the Player of the Decade Award on the night.
Addressing his fans and followers in a clip, Gyan, who failed to show up at the event to pick up the award, apologised to his fans.
”Hello good evening everyone, I’m very sorry I couldn’t make it to the awards night,” he said.
Gyan went ahead to express immense gratitude to his fans and Ghanaians for the award. ”I want to thank everybody for this prestigious award.
First of all, I’d like to thank my family, fans, and all the people from Ghana for this award; being honoured as the Player of the Decade is so humbling.
”I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the organisers and everybody who made this event possible,” he added.
The former Black Stars captain has a tall career achievement unmatched by his peers in Ghana.
Aside from being Ghana’s all-time top scorer with over 50 goals, Gyan is the African with the most goals in World Cup history, reports myjoyonline.com.
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On March 24, 2021, the former Liberty Professionals player launched a book project to document his life as a successful footballer and entrepreneur.
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