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Ghana Captain Asamoah Gyan will equal Ghana football legend Abedi Ayew Pele's Africa Cup of Nations appearance record at this year's tournament.
Pele remains the only player to have made six appearances at the tournament.
The Maestro made his debut Nations Cup appearance in 1982 as a 17-year-old and later played at the 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1998 editions.
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Gyan has been to five tournaments and this year's edition will be his sixth. (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015).
The former Sunderland star will also be hoping to lead Ghana to their fifth Nations Cup title after the team narrowly missed out on the trophy in the last edition held in Equatorial Guinea.