Asamoah Gyan, who is popularly known as ‘Baby Jet’ is a semi-retired Ghanaian professional football player. Gyan has been hailed as one of the best football players to come out of Ghana and Africa as a whole. He reached a landmark of 51 international goals for the Ghana national team and has received several awards and trophies during his football career outside of Ghana.
Gyan started his football career with the Ghanaian local side, Liberty Professionals in 2003. He was then signed by the Italian side Udinese that very year. After arriving in Udine, he was sent on loan to Serie B side, Modena, for two years where he gained some experience in European football. Following some display of quality at the 2006 world cup for Ghana, he was scouted by the Russian side, Lokomotiv Moscow. Gyan however later signed for the French side, Stade Rennais on a 4-year contract where he made 48 appearances and scored 14 times. He became quite popular around this time for his goal-scoring abilities. Gyan later left France and arrived in England after he signed for the English premier league side, Sunderland AFC. After some goal-scoring exploits for the English side over a year, Gyan moved on again to the UAE where he played for Al Ain. He would later join Shanghai SIPG in China.
Asamoah Gyan is the all-time top goal scorer of the Ghana national team with 51 goals. He has the fastest goal in the world cup, a goal he scored after 68 seconds. He also famously missed a penalty that would have sent Ghana to the quarter-finals of the 2010 world cup had he scored it, thereby making history in the process.
Born in 1985 in Accra, which is the capital city of Ghana, the striker is now 36 years old. Asamoah Gyan is the younger brother of Baffour Gyan who is also a former professional football player.
- Net worth
Scoring plenty of goals in football, especially when you are a striker, is bound to net you huge sums of money in salaries and endorsements.
Asamoah Gyan is estimated to have a net worth of $23 million. The bulk of his money came from his football career along with several endorsements. Gyan was one of the highest-paid players in the world during his time at the Chinese side Shanghai SIPG. Gyan also makes money from several companies he owns in Ghana.
- Investments
Just as we saw above, Asamoah Gyan made money from his football career during the time he was active. The striker, who is now semi-retired, makes money from various businesses in Ghana as well. He acquired a license as a boxing promoter in June 2012 for his boxing promotions company which is known as Baby Jet Promotions.
He also acquired a license to operate an airline in Ghana in 2017 with his airline company which was named Baby jet Airlines, although the airline has failed to start operations up to today.
Aside from these notable businesses, the striker also has several other lesser-known businesses totaling over 10 which make him money. Some of such businesses are Mama Vits Noodles and Rice, Jetlinks Events and Logistics, Baby Jet Plaza, and many more. He has also made moves into the world of real estate.
- Luxuries
Asamoah Gyan is known for owning some of the most expensive vehicles in Ghana. The former Ghana captain owns several vehicles such as a Rolls Royce Phantom, Dodge Challenger, Mercedes Benz SLS AMG, Porsche Cayenne, and many luxurious vehicles.
Apart from the huge house he owned in the city of East Legon, Asamoah Gyan also purchased a much bigger mansion in Ghana for $3 million. This mansion is known as La Basilica de Baby Jet.
So far, we are yet to see Asamoah Gyan wearing any expensive ‘bling’ around his neck.
- Family
Asamoah Gyan was married to Gifty Gyan. The couple is said to be divorced now. The striker has 3 adorable children.
