King Gyan

King Gyan

Personal information
Full name	King Osei Gyan
Date of birth	(1988-12-22) 22 December 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2004	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)
International career^‡
2008	Ghana	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 2009

King Osei Gyan (born 22 December 1988) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Fulham, Germinal Beerschot, Viking and Halmstads BK.

Club 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 joined the youth system of English Premiership club Fulham, and in 2008 was 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 club Halmstads BK signed him on a one-year contract after a week of tryouts on 11 February 2014.^[9]

Gyan retired from professional football in 2016, and has since worked for the Right to Dream Academy.^[10]

International career

Gyan represented Ghana at senior international level in a friendly fixture against Tanzania in 2008.^[11]

References

1. "GBoys - Righttodreamusa.com/". Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
2. Out of Africa: The Inside Track
3. "nscaa.com". Archived from the original on 24 April 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
4. "nscaa.com". Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
5. King arrive mardi au GBA footgoal.net Archived 3 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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. 29 January 2011. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
8. "King har signert" (in Norwegian). Viking-FK.no. 15 March 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
9. "King klar för HBK" (in Swedish). halmstadsbk.se. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
10. "King Osei Gyan". Right to Dream. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
11. Young King dreaming of Black Stars call

External links

• Profile on Ghanaweb
• King Gyan at National-Football-Teams.com