Former Ghana leader Asamoah Gyan must pay compensation to his ex-wife after a court ruled in their divorce case that he is the biological father of their three children.
A court in Ghana ordered the 37-year-old to give Gifty Gyan a house in the UK, a house in Accra, a petrol station and two cars.
Gyan and his ex-wife have been embroiled in a legal battle for three years, with the couple’s divorce case pending after the footballer alleged infidelity against Gifty Gyan and his claim that their three children may not be his of.
A DNA test disproved his claims that he was not the children’s biological father.
On Tuesday, the court ruled that the former Udinese, Rennes and Sunderland forward must also pay 25,000 Ghana cedis ($2,100, Β£1,729) a month in child support.
Although the couple had already divorced, the court formally annulled the marriage following a petition filed by Asamoah Gyan.
The court ruled that Gifty Gyan had made a non-cash contribution to the purchase of the properties because she was the sole carer of their children while Gyan worked.
The four-bedroom house in Accra was bought for her before their wedding in 2013.
Before officially getting married 10 years ago, the couple had two children.
Gyan announced his retirement from football in June, having scored a pan-Hellenic record 51 goals in 109 matches for his country.
He is also Africa’s record goalscorer at the World Cup – with six goals in the 2006, 2010 and 2014 editions – and played in seven Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, helping the Black Stars finish third in 2008 and runners-up in 2010 and 2015. .
The BBC contacted the former Ghana international for comment through his management, but he declined.