Ghana football Legend, Asamoah Gyan played his first game in the Ghana top football division for the first time in nearly 2 decades as he debuted for Legon City FC against Medeama in match day three of the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League.
The striker said , he feels extremely proud and excited to be back in the domestic league where he started his football career and he is willing to retire at the same football league.
The Ghana Black Stars player, all-time record leading goal scorer, came on as a substitute in the 70th minute of the second half for Raphael Ocloo to make his debut for Legon City FC in the Ghana Premier League.
The former Al Ahli football player began his footballer career in 2003 where he played for Ghana Premier League side Liberty Professionals.
As young football player, Gyan scored 10 goals for his team. His fantastic performance helped him secured a move to play abroad where joined numerous football clubs such as Udinese in Italy, Modena (Italy) , Rennes (France), Sunderland(England ), Kayserispor(Turkey), Shanghai SIPG (China) and Al Ahli (UAE).
Asamoah Gyan is rated among top contemporary players such as Samuel Eto, Emmanuel Adebayor, Didier Drogba, Michael Essien. Mikel Obi in the Africa football.
However, unlike most of the best African football players who made their fame and achieved much for playing European football clubs, Asamoah Gyan achieved much when he was in China Shangai SIPG and the United Arab Emirates league side Al Ain. Asamoah Gyan spent four years in UAE and was the league top goal scorer in three seasons.
Asomaoh Gyan is the record goal scorer of the Ghana national football team, the Black stars , and has played for the country at 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups with 6 goals and currently remains the record top African goal scorer in the World Cup history.
Finally. when the time was up for Asamoah Gyan to return home, many football fans in Ghana speculated that he would sign for Asante Kotoko FC, having expressed his interest to play for Kumasi based football club before, but he decided to play for Legon FC , as it was allegedly circulated that, he prefer to play a football club close to his residence in Accra.