Captain of the senior national team of Ghana, Asamoah Gyan has revealed his delight in holding the record as the African with the most goals delight to have broken Cameroon legend Roger Milla's all-time Africa World Cup record.
The Ghanaian set the record after scoring in the Black Stars game against Portugal at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil 2014.
The record was long held by Cameroonian legend Roger Milla but Gyan leved Milla’s 5 goals against Germany with a fantastic strike before going on to take the lead.
Gyan posted on Twitter about his delight on achieving such a mark following a birthday tweet by FIFA to the former Liberty striker.
“thanks @FIFAWorldCup its always a pleasure to represent my Country Ghana, and breaking the legendary Roger Milla's 20 years record was one of the best moments in my career having admired his goals scoring prowess and dance as kid..am humbled”
thanks @FIFAWorldCup its always a pleasure to represent my Country Ghana, and breaking the legendary Roger Milla's 20 years record was one of the best moments in my career having admired his goals scoring prowess and dance as kid..am humbled https://t.co/82O3Bmx4pr
— ASAMOAH GYAN (@ASAMOAH_GYAN3) November 22, 2017
Gyan became Ghana's all-time top scorer with 51 goals five months ago when he scored for the Black Stars 5-0 walloping of Ethiopia in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
The Black Stars failed to qualify for the World after three consecutive appearances.