Black Stars legends Asamoah Gyan (striker) and Kwadwo Asamoah (midfielder) have attended the CAF President’s Outstanding Achievement Award 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda as special guests.
Gyan and Asamoah were among other global football stars and leaders at the ceremony that was held on Tuesday night.
The ceremony was highlighted by the conferring of the President’s Outstanding Achievement Award 2022 on President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and King Mohammed V1 of Morocco by the President of the Confederation of African Football, Dr. Patrice Motsepe.
Ivorian Didier Drogba, Brazilian legend Cafu, Nigeria’s Ayegbeni Yakubu, Cameroonian legend in women’s football Gaelle Enganamouit, South African record-breaking women’s footballer Portia Modise and compatriot Amanda Dlamini are some of the other football stars who attended the event.
The others are Senegal’s Khalilou Fadiga, former Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger, DR Congo’s Herita Ilunga, Indomitable Lion’s Pierre Webo, former English international Wes Brown, former South Africa captain Lucas Radebe, and Nigeria’s Super Falcons legend Perpetua Nkwocha.
The President of FIFA Gianni Infantino, the CAF Executive Committee, and CAF Member Association Presidents were also present at the ceremony.