Asamoah Gyan explains the power behind jersey number 3

Ghana's striker Asamoah Gyan has explained why he chose number 3 as his preferred jersey number.

In the game of football strikers often like to wear either the jersey number 9 or 10 but in Asamoah Gyan's case he opted for number 3, a number associated with defenders.

Gyan has

Read full articleworn the jersey number 3 at both national and sometimes club level.

When asked by a colleague on a tennis court why he wears the jersey number 3 Gyan said it is a powerful number.

"I feel it's a powerful number and in life, if you want to lift something heavy, you count, 1,2,3 so the last one is 3 and it's a powerful number," Gyan stated.

Gyan's number 3 jersey has been an inspiration to a number of players including Cameroon's Indomitable Lioness skipper, Ajara Njoya Nchout.

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