Growing up as a football player, Ghanaian legend Asamoah Gyan said he always felt he would be the first to send the Black Stars to the World Cup.
When Ghana qualified for the competition for the first time in 2006, the renowned forward from that country saw his ambition come true.
In the match against the Czech Republic in Cologne, Germany, Gyan powered home from a Stephen Appiah assist to score Ghana’s first goal of the tournament.
With six goals in three tournaments, the former captain of Ghana is currently the African player with the most goals at the World Cup.
“We used to go to school and the teachers would ask what we would want to be in the future. Some would say I want to be a president, others say engineers and stuff but I was the only one who said I would be a football star,” he told YFM on the Leaderboard Series.
“I prophesized that I would be the person to take Ghana to the World Cup because at that time we had great players but we never qualified for the World Cup. I said the first time I will wear the Ghana jersey we will go to the World Cup. My friends at that time can testify,” he added.
Gyan holds the record as Ghana’s all-time top scorer with 51 goals in 109 international appearances.
