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– –<\/span> The 32-year-old made a strong impression as the four-time African champions defeated the European team to end strings of underwhelming performances and possibly win back the love of the fans back home in Ghana. <\/p>\n With 110 appearances, Ayew has surpassed legendary former striker Asamoah Gyan as the most-played Ghanaian player (109).<\/p>\n Ayew made his 100th appearance for Ghana in November 2021, scoring the only goal against South Africa in a crucial World Cup qualifying match in Cape Coast.<\/p>\n – –<\/span> \u201cIt\u2019s been an honour of a lifetime to play for my country and a blessing to be able to get 100 caps. Thanks to all players and coaches who have helped me all the way. <\/p>\n Thanks also to the GFA and the Minister of Sports. God bless our homeland Ghana and make us Great and Strong,\u201d said Ayew after the game.<\/p>\n – –<\/span> Historically, Ayew- who happens to be the son of the legendary Abedi Pele, three times African Footballer of the Year winner, made his debut for Ghana as a teenager in 2007 and has worked his way up to captain the four-time African champions.<\/p>\n Ayew has 23 goals to go along with his 106 appearances. With 10 goals, he is Ghana\u2019s all-time leading scorer in the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n SOURCE: www.Ghbase.com<\/strong><\/p>\n – –<\/span> – – Having led the Black Stars to a 2-0 victory against Switzerland in the final pre-World Cup friendly on Thursday, Ghana\u2019s skipper Dede Ayew is now the Ghanaian player with the most appearances in the country\u2019s history. The 32-year-old made a strong impression as the four-time African champions defeated the European team to end […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1252748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[260,1105,29031,262,1307,3715,250,731,2457,16277,309,784],"class_list":["post-1252746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ahead","tag-ayew","tag-capped","tag-cup","tag-dede","tag-featuring","tag-ghanas","tag-player","tag-qatar","tag-switzerland","tag-win","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1252746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1252746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1252746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1252746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/p>\nHaving led the Black Stars to a 2-0 victory against Switzerland in the final pre-World Cup friendly on Thursday, Ghana\u2019s skipper Dede Ayew is now the Ghanaian player with the most appearances in the country\u2019s history. <\/h2>\n
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