{"id":327959,"date":"2017-06-13T12:55:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T12:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=327959"},"modified":"2017-06-13T12:55:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T12:55:53","slug":"asamoah-gyan-equals-van-persie-edin-dzekos-scoring-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/asamoah-gyan-equals-van-persie-edin-dzekos-scoring-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Asamoah Gyan equals Van Persie, Edin Dzeko\u2019s scoring records"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has equaled Robin Van Persie and Edin Dzeko\u2019s record of 50 international goals.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old reached the milestone after netting in his country\u2019s 5-0 win over Ethiopia in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations over weekend.<\/p>\n
The iconic Ghana captain is tied in 35th place with the Dutch and Bosnia & Herzegovina\u2019s legends respectively on the list of top international performers.<\/p>\n
Gyan, who is on loan at UAE side Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai has insisted he has more footballing years ahead of him.<\/p>\n
Armband\u00a0row\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The former Sunderland striker has come under torrential criticism after he wore a ceremonial armband to cerebrate his 50th goal against Ethiopia.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This follows his refusal to handover his customized armband to his deputy, Andre Ayew when he [Gyan] was substituted in the game against Ethiopia.<\/p>\n But some Ghanaians believed that Gyan did no wrong.<\/p>\n Renowned journalist Farayi Mungazi of the BBC also joined the growing list of journalists who have called for more respect for the Ghanaian forward who has been a trail blazer on the football pitch on the African continent.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By Rahman Osman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has equaled Robin Van Persie and Edin Dzeko\u2019s record of 50 international goals. The 31-year-old reached the milestone after netting in his country\u2019s 5-0 win over Ethiopia in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations over weekend. The iconic Ghana captain is tied in 35th place with the Dutch and Bosnia & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142,11],"tags":[8056,8140,612,564,8141,8142,8143],"yoast_head":"\n