Arriving in Europe at just 18 years old, Asamoah Gyan played professionally for almost two decades before leaving the field at 36 after a final season in Ghana, with Legon Cities. If his career is marked by the missed penalty against Uruguay at the 2010 World Cup, a failure depriving Ghana of a World Cup semi-final, the first for an African nation, the native of Accra will have had a good time at Stade Rennais and made his dream come true by joining the Premier League thanks to his transfer to Sunderland.
However, in 2012, at just 26 years old, Asamoah Gyan decided to leave Europe to join the Emirates with a very nice contract at stake. But in this matter, the best was yet to come since in 2015, the Ghanaian signed the Shanghai SIPG, coached by Sven-Goran Eriksson, becoming the eighth highest paid player in the world with a salary then estimated at more than 14 million ‘euros. Which is more than Neymar, Luis Suarez, Gareth Bale or Karim Benzema.
Asamoah Gyan bounced back well
A multimillionaire, Asamoha Gyan nevertheless ended his career totally ruined. Blame it on a particularly costly divorce. After accusing his wife of cheating on him, he wanted to disown his three children before DNA tests proved that he was indeed the father. And while Kayserispor, which he had joined in 2019, no longer paid him, a court sentenced him to heavy compensation since he had to give his wife and children a house in the United Kingdom, another large residence in Accra , as well as a gas station and cars.
This conviction, coupled with poor management of his fortune, would cause him to end his career in ruins. But according to RMC, the former Breton striker quickly bounced back since he transformed himself into a successful entrepreneur by becoming a rice and noodles tycoon, the owner of a vast bus company or the founder of the company aerial Baby Jet.
