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{{short description|Ghanaian former professional footballer (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Baffour Gyan
| image = Gyan.JPG
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Gyan in May 2008
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|7|2}}
| birth_place = [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
| height = 1.80 m{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[Liberty Professionals F.C.|Liberty Professionals]]
| years1 = 1997
| years2 = 1997–1998
| years3 = 1998–1999
| years4 = 1999–2000
| years5 = 2000
| years6 = 2000–2004
| years7 = 2004–2006
| years8 = 2006–2009
| years9 = 2010–2011
| years10 = 2011–2013
| clubs1 = [[Liberty Professionals F.C.|Liberty Professionals]]
| clubs2 = [[AO Kalamata]]
| clubs3 = [[Liberty Professionals F.C.|Liberty Professionals]]
| clubs4 = [[Anagennisi Karditsa F.C.|Anagennisi Karditsas]]
| clubs5 = [[Liberty Professionals F.C.|Liberty Professionals]]
| clubs6 = [[FC Slovan Liberec|Slovan Liberec]]
| clubs7 = [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
| clubs8 = [[FC Saturn Moscow Oblast (1946-2011)|Saturn Moscow]]
| clubs9 = [[Asante Kotoko S.C.|Asante Kotoko]]
| clubs10 = [[Al-Nasr (Benghazi)|Al-Nasr Benghazi]]
| caps1 = 0
| caps2 = 16
| caps3 = 
| caps4 = 8
| caps5 = 22
| caps6 = 62
| caps7 = 40
| caps8 = 37
| caps9 = 33
| caps10 = 56
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 1
| goals3 = 
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 1
| goals6 = 11
| goals7 = 3
| goals8 = 2
| goals9 = 15
| goals10 = 23
| nationalyears1 = 2001–2008
| nationalteam1 = [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]]
| nationalcaps1 = 25
| nationalgoals1 = 4
}}
'''Baffour Gyan''' (born 2 July 1980) is a [[Ghana]]ian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|striker]].<ref>{{NFT|7419}}</ref>

==Club career==
Gyan was born in [[Accra]]. He played for [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]], [[FC Saturn Moscow Oblast (1946-2011)|FC Saturn]] and Czech side [[FC Slovan Liberec|Slovan Liberec]].<ref>[http://sports.thinkghana.com/soccer/premierleague/news/200909/41184.php Kotoko track Ghana's Appiah, Quincy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717141859/http://sports.thinkghana.com/soccer/premierleague/news/200909/41184.php |date=17 July 2010 }}</ref> After twelve years playing of playing football in Europe, he returned on 28 September 2009 back to his homeland [[Ghana]] and signed a three years contract with [[Asante Kotoko S.C.|Asante Kotoko]].<ref>[http://www.asantekotokofc.org/Newreel/2009/001109/baffour_debut.htm My first game was difficult – Baffour Gyan]</ref>

==International career==
Gyan was a regular for [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] and was part of the squad at the [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]]. On 18 November 2007, he scored for Ghana in their 2–0 win against [[Togo national football team|Togo]] in the Pre-[[2008 African Cup of Nations]] Tournament held in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]. He made 25 appearances for Ghana scoring 4 goals.

==Personal life==
He is the brother of [[Asamoah Gyan]] and attended the [[Adisadel]] College in [[Cape Coast]] [[Ghana]].

In September 2014, Baffour Gyan handed himself over to the police when the Ashanti Regional Editor of the Daily Graphic, Daniel Kenu, accused him of having led some people to assault him: during a pre-match press conference for the black stars 2015 African Cup qualifier against Uganda, Kenu had asked Asamoah Gyan to clarify a rumour that he had a hand in the disappearance of his friend, [[Theophilus Tagoe]] alias 'Castro', a musician. Kenu said much later on, Baffour Gyan who had not been at the press conference, met him and assaulted him.
Baffour denied the accusation. Though the case went to court, Kenu withdrew the case citing health reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/30990-daniel-kenu-withdraws-assault-case-against-gyan.html|title = Daniel Kenu withdraws assault case against Gyan}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="nft">{{NFT|7419|access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Ghana national football team|Ghana]]
|2001||6||2
|-
|2002||3||0
|-
|2003||2||1
|-
|2004||7||0
|-
|2007||2||1
|-
|2008||5||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!25!!4
|}

:''Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gyan goal.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by  Baffour Gyan
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|{{dts|17 June 2001}}
|[[Baba Yara Stadium]], [[Kumasi]], Ghana
|{{fb|Lesotho}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|style="text-align:center"|3–1
|[[2002 African Cup of Nations qualification]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Ghana vs. Lesotho|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/21584/Ghana_Lesotho.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|{{dts|25 December 2001}}
|[[Stade Baréma Bocoum]], [[Mopti]], Mali
|{{fb|Mali}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Mali vs. Ghana|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/21587/Mali_Ghana.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3
|{{dts|30 March 2003}}
|[[Hammadi Agrebi Stadium|7 November Stadium]], [[Radès]], Tunisia
|{{fb|Madagascar}}
|style="text-align:center"|3–1
|style="text-align:center"|3–3
|Friendly
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Ghana vs. Madagascar|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/18922/Ghana_Madagascar.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|4
|{{dts|18 November 2007}}
|[[Accra Sports Stadium]], [[Accra]], Ghana
|{{fb|Togo}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|Friendly
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Ghana vs. Togo|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/13500/Ghana_Togo.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Soccerbase}}

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