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Asamoah Gyan is the sixth African to score 50 international goals
Asamoah Gyan is the sixth African to score 50 goals in international football
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The Ahli striker nodded home a cross from Thomas Agyapong as Ghana walloped Ethiopia on Sunday in their opening 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi.
Gyan’s goal has made him sixth African to score 50 or more international goals.
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Godfrey Chitalu is the highest scoring African in international football with 79 goals for Zambia
Kinna Phiri of Malawi 71 goals in international football
Hossam Hassam of Egypt with 68 goals
Drogba, with 65 goals is the fourth African with more goals in international football which is followed by Samuel Eto’o Fils who scored 54 goals in national team football.
With both players having retired from international football Gyan has the chance to beat their record and come fourth in the all-time ranking and aim at beatin Hossam, Phiri and Chitalalu who have also retired.
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The former Sunderland marksman in 2014 became African greatest scorer in FIFA World Cup when he scored his sixth (6) goal against Portugal to surpass Roger Milla’s five (5) goal tally.
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