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Andre Ayew surpasses legendary Asamoah Gyan as Ghana’s top scorer at AFCON

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Andre Ayew surpasses legendary Asamoah Gyan as Ghana’s top scorer at AFCON

Ghana captain Andre Ayew is currently the leading goalscorer for the country at the Africa Cup of Nations.

The Al Sadd star scored his 10th AFCON goal against Gabon last Friday to become Ghana’s top scorer at the continental showpiece surpassing illustrious Asamoah Gyan, who has eight goals.

The 33-year-old Ghanaian surpassed Egyptian legend Ahmed Hassan (32 games) to become the 2nd most-games player in the competition’s history behind Cameroonian Rigobert Song (36 games).

Abedi Pelé’s son also became the 4th player in history to score in four editions of the CAN. A record shared with Gyan, Samuel Eto’o and Kalusha Bwalya.

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Source: footballghana.com

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