Gyan not Black Stars top scorer

Ex-Ghana captain Kwasi Owusu has been credited as the all-team leading scorer of the Black Stars and not Asamoah Gyan.
This follows days of heated debate as to whether Gyan’s 34th goal scored in last Friday’s 3-1 win over Sudan and surpassed Abedi Pele’s total goal haul of 33 was indeed the all-time record for the Black Stars.
Though available records at FIFA and the Ghana FA puts the Al Ain hitman as the current holder of the record of all-time leading scorer, renowned researcher Thomas Freeman Yeboah in his latest work concludes Kwasi Owusu as the ‘real’ all-time leading scorer of the side with 36 goals.
The Metro FM journalist took into consideration the 23 games played by the former Bofoakwa United striker between 1975 – 1977 for the Black Stars.
Freeman in his work has excluded games Ghana played against club sides – otherwise Owusu’s goal tally would have risen to 39.
Below is a breakdown of the games Kwasi Owusu scored in to arrive at a total of 36 international goals.
14/12/1975 Ghana 6-2 Guinea: Kwasi Owusu 3 goals – Olympic Games Qualifer
31/08/1975 Ghana 3-0 Nigeria: Kwasi Owusu pen, Nigeria/Ghana Festival
24/08/1975 Ghana 1-2 Nigeria: Kwasi Owusu, Nigeria/Ghana Festival
27/04/1975 Ghana 4-0 Mali: Kwasi Owusu – Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
20/04/1975 Liberia 1-4 Ghana: Kwasi Owusu 2 goals Olympic Games qualifier
13/04/1975 Mali 3-1 Ghana: Kwasi Owusu, Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
06/04/1975 Ghana 6-0 Ghana: Kwasi Owusu 2 goals, Olympic Games qualifier
17/08/1974 Nigeria 0-1Ghana: Kwasi Owusu, Nigeria/Ghana Festival
10/02/1973 Nigeria 2-3 Ghana: Kwasi Owusu 3 goals World Cup qualifier (FIFA 2-0 awarded). Match abandoned. (Goals scored by Kwasi Owusu)
14/01/1973 Guinea 2-1 Ghana: Kwasi Owusu , African Games Sf
10/01/1973 Tanzania 0-1 Ghana: Kwasi Owusu, African Games Rd 1
08/01/1973 Nigeria 4-2 Ghana: Kwasi Owusu, African Games Rd 1
02/07/1972 Ghana 5-1 Dahomey, Kwasi Owusu- World Cup qualifier
18/06/1972 Dahomey 0-5 Ghana: Kwasi Owusu 2 goals – World Cup Qualifier
30/04/1972 Cameroon 0-3 Ghana: Kwasi Owusu – Olympic Games Qualifier
02/05/1971 Ivory Coast 2-6 Ghana: Kwasi Owusu 2 goals – Friendly
07/02/1971 Ghana 2-1 Sierra Leone: Kwasi Owusu – Friendly
19/04/1970 Ghana 1-1 Ivory Coast: Kwasi Owusu – Friendly
15/04/1970 Ghana 3-0 Ivory Coast: Kwasi Owusu – Friendly
11/02/1970 Ghana 1-1 Guinea: Kwasi Owusu – AFRICA Rd 1
07/02/1970 Zaire 0-2 Ghana: Kwasi Owusu 2 goals – AFRICA Rd 1
21/09/1969 Niger 1-9 Ghana: Kwasi Owusu 4 goals – Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
17/08/1969 Ghana 6-0 Niger: Kwasi Owusu 5 goals – Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
This revelation thus puts Asamoah Gyan just two-goals shy of becoming the ‘true’ all-time scorer of the Black Stars.
This, however, can easily be achieved by the 27-year-old who barring injuries and other extraneous factors is still a long way from international retirement.
Freeman’s work also revealed a list of the first eight top scorers for the Black Stars.
(1) Kwasi Owusu: 36 goals.
(2) Asamoah Gyan: He has scored 34 goals; all recorded recorded in the archives.
(3) Edward Acquah: scored thirty (30) goals as recorded in the archives, but four of the goals had no scorers in the archives.
(4) Wilberforce Kwadwo Mfum scored 24 goals as recorded in the archives, but there are about 5 goals without the scorers being recorded in the archives during the period Mfum played for Ghana.
(5) Osei Kofi scored a total of 21 goals as recorded in the archives, but there are about 7 goals without the scorers recorded in the archives during the period Osei played for Ghana.
(6) Abedi Pele scored a total of 19 goals as recorded in the archives, but there are about 7 goals without the scorers recorded in the archives during the period Abedi Pele played for Ghana.
(7) Tony Yeboah scored a total of 18 goals as recorded in the archives, but there are about 5 goals without the scorers recorded in the archives during the period Tony Yeboah played for Ghana.
(8) Kofi Pare scored a total of 15 goals as recorded in the archives, but there are six goals without the scorers, during the period he played.