Asamoah Gyan honoured with doctorate degree from Ukranian University
Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, on Saturday, July 8,
2017, was honoured by the Alfred Noble University in Ukraine for his
achievements in football.
The 31-year-old has had an
illustrious campaign with Ghana since making his debut in 2003. He has
netted 50 goals to become the team's all-time top scorer and the fifth
African player to achieve that feat.
The award is in two folds- The Alfred Nobel Doctorate on a golden
plate reserved for persons who have contributed immensely to the
development of their countries and the Honorary Personality of Exemplary
Leadership Award from World International Award.
Other recipients
of the prestigious Award are President Akufo-Addo, Dr Osei Kwame
Despite, Dr Lawrence Tetteh, former Inspector General of Police (IGP)
John Kudalor, among others.
Gyan has played three successive World
Cups – 2006, 2010 and 2014 – and happens to be Africa’s highest scorer
at the Mundial with six goals, beating the likes of Roger Milla, Samuel
Eto’o Fils, Didier Drogba, among others.
Gyan is also Ghana’s all-time highest scorer, having netted 51 international goals so far.
He
has played for Liberty Professionals in Ghana, Modena and Udinese in
Italy, Rennes in France, Sunderland in England, Al Ain and Al Ahly, both
in the United Arab Emirates, Shanghai SIPG in China and recently joined
Turkish side Kayserispor.
Responding to the great honour, Gyan
said “…certainly it will urge me on to do more, when I came around to
see the astro turf, I felt happy and the recognition tells me whatever
one does, if executed well, there comes a day of reckoning, I thank the
higher learning institution for the honour.”
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