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Christian Gyan
Personal information
Full name Christian Atta Gyan
Date of birth (1978-11-02)2 November 1978
Place of birth Tema, Ghana
Date of death 29 December 2021(2021-12-29) (aged 43)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Ghapoha
Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2007 Feyenoord93 (3)
1998Excelsior (loan)16 (0)
2006–2007Excelsior (loan)16 (0)
2008–2009 TPS16 (0)
2009 Wrexham 0 (0)
2010 RoPS 0 (0)
Total 131 (3)
International career
Ghana U20
1998–2001 Ghana8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Atta Gyan (2 November 1978 – 29 December 2021) was a Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a defender. He was known primarily for his time at Feyenoord where he won the 1998–99 Eredivisie and the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.[1]

Club career[edit]

Gyan was born in Tema, Ghana on 2 November 1978. Playing for Ghapoha, he signed for Feyenoord in 1996. During the following season he moved on loan to Excelsior.[2] After only a couple of months Feyenoord recalled the defender, and he made his debut for Feyenoord that same season. Gyan remained with Feyenoord for the next eight seasons. He was mainly used as a substitute. Gyan did play the 2002 UEFA Cup Final against Borussia Dortmund. He replaced the suspended Brett Emerton in the starting eleven. With Gyan, Feyenoord went on to beat Dortmund 3–2. While at Feyenoord Gyan also won a Dutch League Championship and a Johan Cruijff Schaal. Gyan was one of the most popular players at Feyenoord, always gaining a big applause from the fans when he started his warming-up.

In June 2008 Gyan completed a successful trial for the Finnish club Turun Palloseura, and he signed a six-month deal with TPS on 3 June. In January 2009 Gyan signed for Wrexham until the end of the 2008–09 season,[3] but made only two appearances for the club in the FA Trophy before being released at the end of the season.[4] He signed a contract for RoPS in February 2010. In July, he got released by the club because of knee injury that happened in February. Gyan did not make any appearances for RoPS. He finished his career at amateur side RKSV Leonidas in Rotterdam.

International career[edit]

Gyan was part of the Ghana team that won the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship.[1]

Gyan played seven games at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship,[2] where Ghana finished fourth.

His full international debut, incidentally, came against the Netherlands. For the senior side he featured eight times between 1998 and 2001, including at the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations.[5]

Personal life and death[edit]

Gyan was diagnosed with terminal cancer in November 2021.[6] He died from the disease a month later on 29 December 2021, at the age of 43.[7]

Honours[edit]

Feyenoord

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Attah Gyan: Former Ghana and Feyenoord defender passes away | Goal.com Uganda". www.goal.com. 2021.
  • ^ a b Christian Gyan at WorldFootball.net
  • ^ Gyan Signs On Archived 5 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine wrexhamafc.co.uk 27 January 2009
  • ^ "Saunders begins Wrexham revamp". BBC Sport. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
  • ^ Christian Gyan at National-Football-Teams.com
  • ^ Feyenoord-cultheld Christian Gyan (43) ongeneeslijk ziek (in Dutch)
  • ^ Feyenoord-cultheld Christian Gyan op 43-jarige leeftijd overleden (in Dutch)
  • ^ "JOHAN CRUIJFF SCHAAL 1999 - FINAL". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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