Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan was named Sports Personality of the Year at the 3rd edition of the Ghana Sports Fans awards held on Saturday.
The Shanghai SIPG ace beat fellow Black Stars teammate Andre Ayew and coach Avram Grant to the top award of the night.
Gyan secured most of votes from Ghanaian sports fans to win the award mainly due to his immense charity in the year under review.
The former Sunderland ensured one his less productive campaigns on the field of play with injury taking its toll on both his club and national team form.
Isaac Tetteh being handed his award
But charitable deeds such as the donation of $10,000 to the Cardio Center of the Korle Bu Teaching hospital, the refurbishments of a Children’s ward of a hospital in Kumasi, the staging two boxing bouts, a double donation to the Black Queens worth $40,000 were however deemed so vital as the voting pattern proved for Gyan to be handed the award.
He described the accolade as a fulfillment of his boyhood dream.
“I am leaving in my dream now,” he said after being handed the award.
“Ever since I was little, and people asked what I wanted to be in future with my friends, people will say lawyers, doctors and stuff like that but I always said I wanted to be a football star.
“And anytime my friends see me now, they say, yes, I have achieved my dream.”
Gyan had before picking up the ultimate award been also awarded for his contribution to World Sport.
Welbeck Abrah Appiah taking his award
His Black Stars teammate Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu was also awarded Foreign Footballer of the Year while Portia Boakye, Ahmed Adams and Yussif Basigi were awarded Women’s Footballer of the Year, Premier League Player of the Year and Coach of the Year respectively.
In other categories, Philipina Frimpong was named Administrator of the Year while Richard Oblitey Commey and Patrick Yaw Obeng were awarded Boxer of the Year and Athlete of the Year respectively.
The third edition of the Sports Fans Award organized by Accra-based radio station Happy FM was held at the Best Western Premier Hotel.
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu recieving his award
List of the winners below:
Special Award for his Contribution to Beach Soccer – Yaw Ampofo Ankrah
Isaac Kwabena Tetteh (Pure Joy FC) – Special Award for Contribution to Sports
Madam Habiba Attah Forson – Special Award for contribution to Womens’ Football
Daniel “McDan” McCauley – Special Award for his contribution to Sports
Welbeck Abbrah Appiah – Special Award for his contribution to Sports
Asamoah Gyan – Special Award for his contribution to the World of Sports
Unsung Hero Award – Mercy Tagoe Quarcoo (Former Referee)
Supporters Group of The Year – Die Hard Fans
Sports Discipline of the Year – Football
Patrick Yaw Obeng – Athlete of the Year
Richard Commey – Boxer of the Year
Philipina Frimpong – Administrator of the Year
Yussif Basigi – Football Coach of the Year
Ghana Premier League Player of the Year – Ahmed Adams of Kumasi Asante Kotoko SC
Foreign Footballer of the Year – Emmanuel Agyeman Badu
Portia Boakye – Women Footballer of the Year
CK Gyamfi – Life Time Achievement Award
Asamoah Gyan – Sports Personality of the Year
Asamoah Gyan named Sports Personality of the Year at 3rd Ghana Sports Fans awards
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