The former Liberty Professional, Stade Rennes player is the 3rd Ghanaian to win this award after Samuel Osei Kufuor and Michael Essien took the award in 2001, 2006 respectively.
The 25year old player currently plays his football with English side Sunderland and has scored 5 goals in 19 matches in the premiership.
Asamoah Gyan beat his fellow country man Dede Ayew, Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o, Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba of Ivory Coast.
The announcement was made during BBC's African sports programme Fast Track after football supporters across the world casted their votes online and by text.
The BBC African Footballer of the Year is an annual award given to the best African footballer of the year as Football supporters across the world cast their votes online and by text.
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