Baffour Gyan

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Baffour Gyan (born 2 July 1980) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker.<ref>Template:NFT</ref>

Club career

Gyan was born in Accra. He played for Dynamo Moscow, FC Saturn and Czech side Slovan Liberec.<ref>Kotoko track Ghana's Appiah, Quincy Template:Webarchive</ref> 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.<ref>My first game was difficult – Baffour Gyan</ref>

International career

Gyan was a regular for Ghana and was part of the 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 made 25 appearances for Ghana scoring 4 goals.

Personal life

He is the brother of 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="nft">Template:NFT</ref>

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ghana	2001	6	2
	2002	3	0
	2003	2	1
	2004	7	0
	2007	2	1
	2008	5	0
Total		25	4

Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gyan goal.

List of international goals scored by Baffour Gyan

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Template:Abbr
1	Template:Dts	Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana	Template:Fb	2–0	3–1	2002 African Cup of Nations qualification	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2	Template:Dts	Stade Baréma Bocoum, Mopti, Mali	Template:Fb	1–0	1–1	Friendly	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
3	Template:Dts	7 November Stadium, Radès, Tunisia	Template:Fb	3–1	3–3	Friendly	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
4	Template:Dts	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Template:Fb	1–0	2–0	Friendly	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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