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 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Halmstads BK | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| -2004 | Right to Dream Academy | ||
| 2004-2006 | Dunn School[2] | ||
| 2006-2007 | Fulham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | → Germinal Beerschot (loan)[3] | 57 | (2) |
| 2011–2013 | Viking | 56 | (6) |
| 2014– | Halmstads BK | 28 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008- | Ghana[1] | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 January 2015 ‡ 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 for Allsvenskan club Halmstads BK. He earlier played for Germinal Beerschot and Viking.
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.[4] While attending Dunn School, Gyan was honored as a 2005 NSCAA/adidas Boys High School All-America Team.[5] That same year, he was awarded the 2005 NSCAA/adidas High School Boys State Player of the Year[6] 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.[7] He was released in the summer of 2010.[8]
In January 2011, Gyan joined Canadian club Toronto FC of Major League Soccer on trial for their pre-season in Antalya, Turkey.[9] After a two week training camp with Viking, he signed a contract with the Norwegian Premier League club.[10] Swedish side Halmstads BK signed him on a 1-year contract, after a week of tryouts, 11 February 2014.[11]
International
Gyan represented Ghana at senior international level in a friendly fixture against Tanzania in 2008.[12]
References
- ^ King Gyan at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ GBoys - Righttodreamusa.com/
- ^ Footgoal Profile
- ^ Out of Africa: The Inside Track
- ^ nscaa.com
- ^ nscaa.com
- ^ King arrive mardi au GBA footgoal.net
- ^ "Player Contract Round-Up". Fulham FC. 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 8 June 2011 suggested (help) - ^ "Reds Reveal Trialists". TorontoFC.ca. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ "King har signert" (in Norwegian). Viking-FK.no. 15 March 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ "King klar för HBK" (in Swedish). halmstadsbk.se. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Young King dreaming of Black Stars call
External links
- 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