Asamoah Gyan surprised with ‘Nigerian flag’ birthday cake on live TV

By Olu Dare

Ghana legend Asamoah Gyan was surprised with a birthday cake live on TV as he turned 37 on Tuesday.

The Black Stars legend who is working as a pundit on World Cup games for SuperSport TV, was in the studio analysing the matches before he was brought a white and green cake that had an image of him celebrating a goal at a past World Cup.

The outlet then went on to show career highlights of Gyan, including his goals at the 2006 and 2010 tournaments.

“We have a surprise for you because you slipped in here today not telling anyone it is your birthday and yet we’re here to celebrate you. Africa’s record goal scorer at the Fifa World Cup,” said the presenter Julia Stuart, to which Gyan replied: “That was a good surprise.”

Gyan was then taken aback by the green cake. “It’s the Nigerian flag,” he said before he was asked what advice he has for young players at the 2022 World Cup.

“World Cup is every footballer’s dream to be there. It’s an amazing feeling so all those who have never been there, it should be a motivation for them because we have a lot of young players in the World Cup right now who are also performing,” the 37-year-old replied.

Gyan is Africa’s leading scorer at the World Cup with six goals after representing Ghana in three tournaments (2006, 2010 and 2014).