Asamoah Gyan (1989), a well-remembered footballer in the Premier League after a season at Sunderland, has reinvented himself after going from being the eighth highest-paid footballer in the world to being left with only 724 euros in his checking account.
How much did Asamoah Gyan earn as the eighth highest paid footballer in the world?
In 2010, Sunderland paid more than 15 million euros to Rennes for the emerging Asamoah Gyan, who previously played for Liberty Professionals, Udinese and Modena. He scored 10 goals in 31 games in his first ‘Black Cats’ season, but then his career faded.
From 2011 to 2015 he played for Al Ain, with whom he earned 193,000 euros per week, three times as much as in the Premier League, and scored 128 goals in 123 games in the United Arab Emirates.
During his time in the United Arab Emirates he was warned about his “unethical hairstyle.”
In 2015 he decided to change his scene and emigrated to Shanghai SIPG coached by Sven-Goran Eriksson, who made the former Sunderland player the eighth highest-paid footballer in the world with a salary of 274,000 euros per week (he earned more money than footballers of Neymar’s stature). (305,118), Luis Suárez (305,118) or Bale (277,380)).
Asamoah Gyan, from earning millions as the eighth highest-paid footballer in the world to earning 724 eurosMARK
In his 26 games with Shanghai SIPG he scored 8 goals in 26 games, which cost the Chinese team 3.6 million euros per goal.
Shabab Al-Ahli, Kayserispor, NorthEast United and Legon Cities were the last teams of Asamoah Gyan, who officially hung up his boots in 2023 at the age of 37.
Asamoah Gyan, who earned millions from football, admits that he kept 724 euros in his checking account
In 2018, after some disputes with his wife Gifty (whom he accused of being unfaithful and asked for the annulment of the marriage) and refusing to speak to his three children until DNA tests were done to confirm that he was the father, he confessed to ‘GhanaWeb’ that his millionaire fortune had been reduced to 724 euros.
The footballer, who was then in a relationship with influencer Nina Atalah, even presented bank statements from Turkey to prove it and alleged that his then club, Kayserispor, had not paid him for months.
Asamoah Gyan, from earning millions as the eighth highest-paid footballer in the world to earning 724 eurosMARK
In 2023 a court ruled that Asamoah Gyan was the biological father of the three children and ordered him to pay large compensation (a house in the United Kingdom, a four-bedroom house in Accra, a BMW, an Infiniti car and a gas station) to his wife Gifty and his family.
This is how Asamoah Gyan has reinvented himself after being the eighth highest paid footballer and then being ruined
Since his confession of ruin, it is not known how much money Asamoah Gyan has, who lives in a mansion in Weija (Accra) known as Baby Jet’s Basilica and who has been seen with many luxury products.
Asamoah Gyan, from earning millions as the eighth highest paid footballer in the world to earning 724 euros@asamoah_gyan3
Asamoah Gyan, who has dabbled in politics, has diversified his investments as a boxing promoter, singer, founder of Baby Jet airline, tennis player, philanthropist, mineral water advocate, rice and noodle magnate (Mama Vits Noodles and Rice), bus magnate and gas station businessman.
I have not been fair to the youth and people of Ghana. I will continue my humanitarian work and help the youth of Ghana in my own way. Nothing political
Asamoah Gyan
“I have not been fair to the youth and people of Ghana. From now on I am not affiliated with any political party. I will continue my humanitarian work and help the youth of Ghana in my own way. Nothing political. God bless our homeland Ghana Thank you,” the former footballer recently declared, who now focuses his efforts on his Asamoah Gyan Foundation.
